Archive for October, 2009

A duo of Nazi films

Netflix, combined with a weird sleep schedule, has been useful in allowing me to watch more movies recently. The selections I have watched recently are a bit eclectic – that is what happens when you have a queue with nearly 500 films. Being a longtime fan of Daniel Craig, I was interested when I saw [...]

Bonas Brothers win Wimberley contest

Dallin (far right) was in the class of third graders that created the guitars for the Bonas Brothers entry in the Wimberley Halloween decoration contest. We had to swing by and snap a pic of him with his handiwork. Not quite as popular as the Jonas Brothers, this trio managed to take home first place [...]

Let the wild rumpus review begin!

It seems that as things get settled into a more normal routine, I am remembering more and more films that I have seen and not reviewed. First off, let’s cover the most recent film I have seen first – Where the Wild Things Are. I was struck by a few things with this film. First, [...]

Gorgeous Texas weekend!

I have to say that it has been an amazing weekend in terms of weather – beautiful crisp, cool mornings, followed by spectacularly sunny afternoon skies and not an ounce of humidity to be found! Dawn and I went for a walk Saturday morning to kick things off and it was a great way to [...]

Movie catch-up time

Although my movie watching has dropped off dramatically since my transformation from bachelor to family man, I still manage to catch a few flicks. In fact, my blog posting frequency has dropped off much more than movie watching, so it is time to go through a few recent ones. The Time Traveler’s Wife was an [...]