Save the Date!
Spring is in the air, and it’s time to get ready for the blockbuster movie season. A brand new slate of romantic comedies and wedding films is in queue, including Bridesmaids, Jumping the Broom, and Something Borrowed. I can almost …
Category: Cinema Toast
Courtly Couture~ The Fashion of Grace
Waking up Friday morning, one of my first thoughts was “William and Kate are married, now.” I didn’t watch the royal wedding live; I recorded it. The Today Show, however, played as I readied for my workday. My focus …
Smacked in Terabithia (Spoiler Alert!)
I’m sitting in a dark theatre, watching Bridge to Terabithia, enjoying a pleasant afternoon with friends. It was the scene where Jess comes home from the outing with Ms. Edmunds and learns that his best friend, Leslie, has just …
The Innocent and the Ignorant
She stepped backward, out of the blue-white beams of the headlights and into the shadows. She slipped off her three inch stilettos and prepared to run. Writers face a challenging task of telling a story as quickly and precisely as …
My Wild Kingdom
As a little kid, I remember looking forward to Sunday nights. That was the one night each week when my family ate dinner in front of the TV and watched Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. For lots of families these …