Frivolous Views

Category: Movies

  • REVIEW: Gravity

    I don’t see movies at the theatre very often anymore.  Honestly, it’s just too expensive.  And I really don’t see movies when they open (except the Harry Potter movies – those were a big exception for me).  There’s rarely anything I want to see so badly that I can’t wait for the DVD.  However, Gravity was one movie…

  • REVIEW: The Bling Ring

    Just watched “The Bling Ring” – not quite sure how I feel about it, to be honest. On the one hand, it’s a bit of frivolous fluff. But on the other hand, it’s a really depressing commentary on society. Rather typical of a movie written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It felt more like something…

  • Review: “Snow White and the Huntsman” – Fairest of them all? Eh!

    So my good friend, Watty, is back in town so that she can attend the GCLS Conference in Minneapolis.  I just picked her up from the airport today.  (And what an experience it was trying to get to the international terminal at O’Hare!)  After we got back to the house and she distributed the goodies…

  • Review: “In Time” is neither “in” nor “timely”…discuss

    I remember being in class during graduate school and discussing the concept of time as currency.  I mean, just look at the language we use.  How often do we say, “Time is money!” or tell about how much time was “spent” on a project?   In my office, I’ll often talk about allocating time like…

  • Review: Karin Kallmaker and KG MacGregor have ruined me. (Or, I feel sullied and unusual)

    I like Anne Hathaway.   I think she’s talented.  She’s very good at romantic films – comedy and drama.  So, when she has a new movie release, I try to see it. Okay, so I wait for the DVD – I can’t afford to actually go to a movie.   The latest release for me…