The Kingsman: The Secret Service (R) ***** Take the best of the Bond films, add some modern gimmicks, a very funny script, tricks and surprises, including a villainess with blade legs, spectacular stunts, fights and an ending that will literally…
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Celebrate Chinese New Year
by Sheilah Kaufman • • 0 Comments
Recently I got to experience Taiwanese food for the first time, and it was amazing. Since I like learning about the history of a food, I wanted to know all I could about the cooking of Taiwan. Taiwan is an island…
‘Us’ Written by David Nicholls
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I knew I was falling in love from the very first page of David Nicholls’ fourth novel, “Us.” This gifted screenwriter/novelist promises and delivers on a novel full of hilarity, warmth and poignancy. Yet beneath the humor lies a sharp…
The Great Man Still Abides
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It may rank as only seventh in the “List of America’s Favorite Architecture,” but the Lincoln Memorial is the most memorable to me. Seeing its unearthly beauty, especially at night with its image shimmering in the Reflecting Pool and Lincoln’s…
Mike at the Movies
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Mortdecai (R) *** You may or may not like this film, depending on how you react to British comedy done by Americans, how much you like silliness and how much tolerance you have for puns, sight gags, a plot that…
Time for HYGGE*
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A sign above a book display near the Children’s Room in the Olney Library read, “Hygge with a Good Book.” I thought, “Oh, no, not another new acronym I’m supposed to know and I don’t.” Then I noticed another sign…
Mike at the Movies
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Gone Girl (R) **** This one has been out for some time, but it is still getting much discussion so we include it this week. This is a film for adults but maybe not newly marrieds, since it portrays marriage…
More Holiday Delights
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More wonderful, unusual, treats to celebrate the holiday season. Enjoy! Brownie-Stuffed Tollhouse Cookies I love Marcy’s recipes and always look forward to her new books. When she gave me this recipe, I made it, and secretly ate all the cookies…
‘A Tale for the Time Being’ Written by Ruth Ozeki
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Read the reviews of Ruth Ozeki’s third novel, “A Tale for the Time Being,” and you’ll see a stream of enthusiastic reactions: “Intellectually provocative,” “full of breakthroughs,” “a dreamy, spiritual investigation,” to name a few. Yes, the novel is all…
Mike at the Movies
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Unbroken (PG-13) ***** “Everyone in town wants you put away,” says a cop to Louis Zamperini, who is growing up in Torrance, California, as a delinquent, smoking, drinking, stealing and running away from most attempts to capture him. Zamperini’s brother…