Posts in ‘Movies’

Tomorrow kicks off Fashion Week in NYC, and mostly I care because of watching The Rachel Zoe Project and going “bananas” over the super sweet outfits and vintage designer dresses that cost more than most people’s first cars. You start to believe everyone needs a $16,000 Birkin bag from Hermes (except not really because that’s nuts). Even Tim Gunn puts a realistic limit on bag shopping and suggests Macy’s, which seems much more feasible for the average buyer. It also helps that he’s one of their spokespeople — but whatevs, back to Fashion Week. Since I won’t be able to attend (somehow my invites went missing), I’ll get my fill of fashion by catching up on some movie and TV favorites. Read More

If you’re anything like me, your movie Queue is 60% movies you want to watch, 20% movies your significant other wants to watch, 10% movies you both want to watch, and 10% movies you feel smarter for having in your Queue. With those odds, it’s not every day you have a movie at home that you are both psyched to see. This is my current state of affairs. For the past two weeks, our coffee table has been the resting place for The Help and Death Wish 3. I think it’s fairly obvious whose pick is whose. I really want to watch my movie, and my husband really wants to watch his, but we’ve been married long enough to know neither of us is willing to sit pleasantly through two hours of the other’s choice. This leads me to today’s topic: movies you won’t have to bribe your other half to watch with you. Read More

These are movies that share the same name but aren’t remakes of the same film. I realized the confusion this causes after a DVR incident of recording the wrong film with the same name last week. I was seriously irritated when I settled in to start my movie and realized what happened. The husband was sympathetic only after much snickering, which was not enjoyed by all. Read More