Yep, that's right. My husband ought to be quaking with fear, because there's a new love in my life, one who had me at "lonely and troubled childhood." And the only thing that stands in the way of our enduring love is the fact that I'm not a cartoon character. (Oh, and he already has [...]
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Recovery Nerds on New Moon
This post includes some spoilers. It's been a long time since I nerdily reviewed a movie, but my husband and I went to see New Moon this weekend, and I just couldn't resist writing a post about it. The movie is a vampire love story. No, actually it's a vampire, werewolf, human love triangle. Bella [...]
Footloose Haiku
A school carnival: swept in a wild, laughing throng we push through gym doors. Heads bent like flowers, a giggling daisy chain, girls walk with arms linked. "Hey, it's your birthday! I'll request a song for you! Do you like Footloose?" Like popcorn we bounce, squealing as one breaks away, rushing the DJ. Twenty five [...]
Ghostly Intervention
Promotional still of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past from IGN.com While I was away on my mini vacation a few weeks ago, I relaxed with some cheesy movie watching. Among the brainless, feel-good flicks I watched was Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, which stars Matthew McConaughey as Connor Mead, an alcoholic sex addict trying to turn his [...]
Unmanageability in Burn After Reading
I've been working on Step 1 and thinking about unmanageability in my own life and had one of those lovely moments of coincidence last weekend when my husband Mark and I went to see Burn After Reading, a funny, clever movie just drowning in unmanageable lives.WARNING: Spoilers from here on out!(See, I bet you wish [...]
Tropic Thunder
This weekend my husband and I went out to see the new comedy Tropic Thunder. There has been a good deal of controversy about this movie in disability rights circles, and many organizations, including the Special Olympics, have called for a boycott of the movie over its alleged inflammatory and derogatory use of the word [...]
Recovery Nerds on Dark Knight
My husband and I went out this weekend to catch Dark Knight, the latest Batman movie to hit the screens. In spite of the fact that it had, not only the typical suspend-your-disbelief fantasy movie moments, but also the oops-we-never-closed-that-loop sloppy production moments, the movie sucked me in and delivered on thrills like a good [...]
Confused Recovery Nerds on Hancock
Will Smith's Hancocktells us we deserve better. Mark and I went out to see Hancock last night. We were really looking forward to this one: July 4th weekend opening, Will Smith, superhero antics and alcoholism. It was slated to have everything! And the first half of the movie delivered on its blockbuster promises. Will Smith [...]
Recovery Nerds on The Incredible Hulk
Whew! Summer has its plusses and minuses. Among the plusses: Summer movie season. Among the minuses: Kids out of school means no time to blog about summer movie season. This past weekend, Mark and I left our kids in the care of our wonderful babysitter, who, next to The Junky's Wife is the love of [...]
Movie Nerd Weekend
I spent part of each day this weekend enjoying the dark coolness of a movie theater, and I'm feeling a little sick, as if I spent too much time eating candy. Um, and that was, in part, because I actually did spend too much time eating candy... On the docket this weekend were You Don't [...]
