Tag: film

#129 From Valborg Fires to Friendly Faces

It’s a two for one special today! We’ve got Lee and Alan, both from the UK. We chat about Valborg, defend Systembolaget and share some tips on meeting people through […]
March 26, 2018Uncategorized

Boring Sunday + 3D Printer =

My husband was so preoccupied with whether he could, he didn’t stop to think if he should.
June 8, 2016Uncategorized

12 Angry Birds

My youngest son was extremely excited yesterday when looking over our movie list and seeing that we had “12 Angry Men.” He thought it was a sequel to the Angry […]
February 16, 2016Uncategorized

This really irritates me

Someone posted this in a Facebook group yesterday. Here’s my problem with this every time I see it in a movie… In most of these movie situations, the person is […]
November 2, 2015Uncategorized

Little Shop of Horrors – Alternate ending

So I decided to show my youngest son one of my favorite movies since I was 11 – “Little Shop of Horrors.” I’ve watched it many times over the years […]
July 8, 2015Uncategorized

Baytown Outlaws

I grew up in Baytown, Texas, just outside of Houston. I usually just tell people I’m from Houston since it’s more well known (and I pause for the required, “Houston, […]
April 9, 2015Uncategorized

Alan Turing vs. the Sharknado

This weekend I watched both “The Imitation Game” (nominated for 8 Oscars) and “Sharknado 2″(nominated for 0 Oscars). I will now write an comparison essay on these two films: “Alan […]
January 5, 2015Uncategorized

Pet peeve

What happens after people sneak into a room and pull papers from a file folder? Do they put the files back where they belong?
October 3, 2014Uncategorized

Scandinavian Film

Recently, I’ve been taking an online course on Scandinavian film. This course has been going on now for 4 weeks, but I can save you the time spent taking the […]
June 17, 2014Uncategorized

The Fugitive

Almost all of my knowledge about Chicago is based on “The Fugitive.” However, my husband doesn’t think it’s funny that at every restaurant and museum, I walk up to the […]
January 14, 2014Uncategorized

Zardoz

Just a little break from the usual to say – How did I miss the movie Zardoz??!!! This was recommended by several people, so I looked it up. Sean Connery, […]
December 18, 2013Uncategorized

Subtitles

I like that Sweden subtitles their movies and keeps them in the original language. The only thing that’s annoying is that we all read the subtitles before the actor says […]
October 13, 2012Uncategorized

Movies

I went to the movies this week which started me thinking of the differences between movie theaters in Stockholm and Houston. So today I have a list of pros and […]
January 4, 2010Uncategorized

Worst dinosaur movie ever

I accidently started a horrible dinosaur movie for the kids. It’s poorness complete with a poorness soundtrack. Every dinosaur in the movie talks like a 5 year old girl. Why […]
November 26, 2009Uncategorized

You can fly!

In the Peter Pan movie, do you think they had to add in the part about the pixie dust after the first screening went wrong? First Peter Pan says, “All […]