watching: A Royal Affair (2012)

A Royal Affair (2012) was a movie that somehow slipped by me in 2012, probably because it’s Danish. I certainly never heard of it, but our small-town theater doesn’t play half of what’s available. And you know what? I loved it. I only mention the movies here that I love. I hate movies that leave

watching: The Box Trolls (2014)

There’s only so much we can cram into a lifetime, and I wish I would have realized sooner that working for a company making stop-motion animation sounds pretty cool. There’s only a handful of people making a living at it (and even those, pretty off and on), but you know, I might as well be

watching: The Wind Rises (2013)

Our house eagerly awaits each new Hayao Miyazaki movie, and every year he has not retired seems like such a blessing on the world. I admit we are greedy and do not want him ever to retire, because even though the list of his accomplishments is long, there would always be the unanswered: What might

watching: Cloud Atlas (2012)

I saw one of those lists of “the 10 best movies you never bothered to see,” and noted down four or five of them. Cloud Atlas is the first to arrive, and yes, it’s one of those WOW movies you should add to your list. Six stories set in divers settings and time periods intertwine,

watching: Hannibal (2014)

You know that quote by Oscar Wilde? “The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.” That’s how I feel about Hannibal. (Link will take you to Hulu.) Fridays on NBC, I think at 10p.m. but I watch it on Hulu. This is the best show you’re not watching, and you should be. Hulu will

watching: Coraline (2009)

People always say, “The book is so much better than the movie.” But Coraline is one of those rare cases where the movie is so much better than the book. (My other notable exception is Fight Club. The book is okay, but the movie is amazing.) Filmed in stop-motion, Coraline brings a creepily fascinating world

watching: Looper, 2012

I only comment on movies that I get to the end of and say, “Wow.” This one five minutes from the end I said, “Wow,” and then it was sort of a little let-down hiccup I can’t put my finger on, but: Bruce Willis, time travel, and close-enough to “Wow.” Worth a blog post. Co-stars

watching: Top Hat (1935)

I’ve been tracking down all 9 films Fred and Ginger made together, you can read my reviews of the first 7 somewhere under my “watching” tag, and Top Hat is — well, I was going to say one of the fun ones, but they are all fun, aren’t they? Maybe it just stands out because

watching: Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

I hate to admit that the only Wes Anderson film I’ve seen before now is Fantastic Mr. Fox, The (2009). My bad. Absurdism is something that had a vogue in the films in the 1960s, a short-lived vogue, and it’s sort of a shame it surfaces so rarely now, particularly when so many parts of

Watching: Hannibal

Okay, I haven’t actually watched Hannibal yet because it hasn’t aired, but are you like me and have just been jumping up and down for the last four months since learning Bryan Fuller is the creator of the series??? I know! I can’t wait! Just to remind you about how awesome Brian Fuller is, well