Tag: romance

December 25, 2016 /

A.O. Scott of the New York Times makes a glowing Christmas pick: . In a second I’ll tell you why this particular film fills me with a sense of Christmas well being… It is near the close of the film, Christmas Eve, as the stage is set for the wonderful…

July 1, 2016 /

Even if you’re fighting with your beloved, the point is never to lose connection. Sometimes, even in heated debate, the Mr. and I find we’re still touching, and there’s not a damn thing make-believe about that. No matter what is said, it helps…

August 29, 2015 /

The great erotic moment in “Vertigo” is the one where the man kisses the woman of his fantasy, while the room whirls around him. There is a parallel scene in “Notorious,” and it was famous at the time as “the longest kiss in the history of the movies.” It was…

May 25, 2015 /

Babies, that’s Pop, sometime in the late 1940s early 1950s. You know, I’ve mentioned him and my uncle a couple of times on the weblog: Once upon a time (when I was oh so much younger) I cracked wise to my pop – something about Hollywood being a cesspool, or…

April 23, 2015 /

This is turning out to be a WOW day! Many thanks to author Luanne Castle!

April 23, 2015 /

It’s a dreary gray day in Southern California, and then I remembered this interview with one of my favorite bloggers and I thought I’d dust it off and put it front and center… Three cheers for Michael and thanks again for the sparkling conversation!

December 11, 2014 /