Music Mondays Crazy Heart Movie Review I recently watched and enjoyed Crazy Heart, a movie about a country music singer with an alcohol problem. With plenty of good true-story music legend movies already out there like Walk the Line and Ray, I wasn’t sure whether this might be an overdone theme. However, I ended up [...]
Hunger Games Book Review The Hunger Games is quite popular right now. I read the book on my wife’s Kindle and enjoyed it. The book is set in the future with some advanced technologies (high speed trains, hovercraft, etc.). However, for those living outside of the Capital, low-tech skills like hunting and fishing provide a [...]
A Guy’s Thoughts on Twilight My wife is a big fan of the Twilight series books and movies so I’ve definitely been exposed to the series. The whole thing is pretty ridiculous (the challenges presented when a human and vampire fall in love), but at the same time, it’s okay. There’s a lot worse stuff [...]
I recently saw the new movie True Grit and highly recommend it. It’s a great story of a girl determined to track down her father’s killer. She enlists the help of U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn (played by Jeff Bridges) and Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (played by Matt Damon). This new version does justice and stands up [...]
This weekend’s link is the movie The Social Network (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition). At first, I didn’t think I was going to enjoy the movie. The portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg was of someone who was annoying and talked much too fast. However, the second half of the movie was interesting and I enjoyed the film overall. [...]