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

  • Hero

    I finally got a chance to see the movie, Hero last night. I think it just might be one of the best movies I have ever seen. A beautiful film, all around. The cinematography is breathtaking. The director’s use of color throughout the film is brilliant. The story is fantastic, and seems to capture the…

  • Bush’s Brain

    I thought I would post a little something about a little documentary that I watched over the holiday weekend. Bush’s Brain. Based on the book, Bush’s Brain. It’s about Karl Rove. It was a fairly short documentary that presented a biography about Rove, and then talked about how he has helped Bush rise to the…

  • Manchurian Candidate – Old School

    I haven’t posted in a couple of days. I apologize. I”ve been obsessed with knitting lately and have been spending lots of time over at black sheep. I wanted to take a moment to tell you that I watched The Manchurian Candidate over the weekend. The old one. It was great! I’ve had it on…

  • Unprecedented

    “I really marked the end of the Republic when the election ended without a public outcry” –Gore Vidal in Unprecedented." Last night I watched the film Unprecedented, directed by Richard Ray Perez, and Joan Sekler. The film came out in 2002. I had never seen it before. It is about the 2000 election, some of…

  • Have you seen Outfoxed yet?

    If not, get thee to Netflix and put this baby on your queue. It will make you very angry, as Fox news has a tendancy to do. I don’t have cable and don’t watch cable news, and, therefore, am sheltered from this bane on society. However, Fox news rears it’s ugly head in my life…