Movie Review: CATS fim adaptation

The first time I saw CATS was a lifetime ago at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It was a stage play and started my love affair with the bizarre story and quirky music. Since then, I've seen it performed live on stage at least five times. CATS is based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's …

Musings from an Outlander Addict

You know what a cult show is, don't you? No? Well, let me clue you in. A cult show is one that sucks you in so completely that you become obsessed with it. It's the show that causes you rearrange your schedule just so you don't miss any episodes even though you have a DVR. My first experience …

Lessons learned from Maleficent

So, I just got around to watching Disney's Maleficent released last year. I stalled because I'm a bit conflicted in how I feel about Angelina Jolie. But, being a lover of the fantasy genre, Peanut, The Investigator, Entrepreneur and I had a movie night last week after Twix went to sleep. Having recently seen Cinderella in the theater, …

Enemies of the People

Recently, Entrepreneur and I attended the True/False Film Festival.  We chose to see the True Life film documentary, Enemies of the People, sponsored by our church, The Crossing. It's an independent film about Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime and the killing fields. It's a part of history probably not found in textbooks. It wasn't covered much …

Werewolves and Vampires and Bella, oh my!

I've been to Middle Earth a few times, am regular visitor at Hogwarts, and have wandered around in Narnia from time to time. But, I arrived late to Forks, WA. I just watched Twilight and went to see New Moon with Army Wife, who "runs with werewolves." I have not read the books yet, but …