Celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday + Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility’s 30th Anniversary

Today is Jane Austen’s 250th birthday! She was born on December 16, 1775, and even after 250 years, her words resonate just as clearly as they did back in the Regency era. As a member of Jane Austen Society (JASNA) Minnesota Chapter, my fellow Janeites and I celebrated Miss Austen’s birthday with a festive brunch …

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Music Break: 10 Favorite 2023 Scores/Soundtracks

So I'm continuing with my best lists of 2023 as I'm putting my final touches on my Top 10 BEST FILMS list (coming in a week or so). I finally got a chance to catch up with some of the most buzz-worthy films that have been raking awards, Poor Things and Anatomy of a Fall. …

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Music Break: Halloween Special 🎃 Six Favorite Horror Film Scores

Well, it's Halloween's Eve and I'm actually not really into Halloween though I did meet my hubby for the first time at a Halloween party back in high school (I was wearing a black cape and he had a skeleton costume on, ha!) That's pretty much the only time I actually celebrated this popular 'holiday' …

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Music Break: Top 5 favorite 2022 film scores snubbed by Oscars

Happy Weekend, all! I'm taking a bit of a break from movie reviews as I still have the Oscars in my mind. There's still a bunch of controversies swirling around the nominations, the latest one focusing on Andrea Riseborough's nomination in the Best Actress category. Apparently, The Academy is conducting a review of the campaign …

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Merry Christmas! Five Favorite Christmas Songs in Movies 🎄

Happy Christmas Eve and Merry Christmas, everyone! Like many of you, I'm not traveling anywhere this Christmas... it's just too cumbersome to plan for traveling, even domestically, given this Omnicron surge. Basically the pandemic is far from over, and you know what, I'm feeling blessed that my hubby and I are in good health and …

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Music Break – Five favorite songs from West Side Story

I am still humming the gorgeous songs from West Side Story today, as last night I had the privilege of seeing the newly-adapted musical directed by Steven Spielberg at a Dolby Cinema. I haven't done a Music Break since last August, so I thought today would be the perfect time to highlight the timeless songs …

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Music Break – The fabulous songs from The Greatest Showman (2017)

I can't believe I hadn't done a Music Break post on The Greatest Showman since it's been released three years ago. I've been listening to its songs over and over, and it's truly one of my absolute favorite musicals in the past decade. Interesting Trivia - courtesy of Screen Rant and IMDb: The musical grossed …

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