Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: Movies

  • Memories

    Guess what I just bought for 5 bucks at Hastings? The Lost Boys! I love this movie. I saw it for the first time in the theater. When was that? 1987? 1988? I was still living in Spokane. I remember it was summer. Probably this time of year. I remember walking out of the theater…

  • Oh! So romantic

    I checked out the Bollywood film, “I Have Found it (Kandukondain Kandukondain)” from the library the other day and watched it last night. It’s a Bollywood adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. With the fantastical musical numbers and everything! (I LOVE the Bollywood musical numbers soooo much). So. Incredibly. Romantic. Sigh. Oh my god.…

  • The Hunting of the President

    Have you seen this film, “The Hunting of the President?” I checked it out from the library yesterday and watched it last night. It’s a documentary (from 2003) that is based on the Joe Conason book of the same name. It’s about the Conservative’s attempt to discredit the Clinton presidency during the nineties. I remember…

  • Monster

    I’m, right now, watching the film “Monster” for the first time. (One of the things that is nice about working at a public library is the DVD checkout, hee hee!). I can’t friggen believe this is Charlize Theron playing the lead role! She is amazing in this movie! Totally deserved the academy award for best…

  • Dawn of the Dead – the remake

    I’ve been meaning to post on this all week but haven’t had a chance. Plus, I can’t get the handy Amazon plugin that I had in the earlier version of WordPress to work. Anyway, I just saw Dawn of the Dead Saturday night and I have to say that it is a surprisingly great movie!…