"Legend" is a 2015 crime thriller film directed by Brian Helgeland. The movie is based on the true story of the rise and fall of the notorious Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie, who were powerful London gangsters in the 1960s. The movie stars Tom Hardy, who plays both of the Kray brothers.
La Haine (1995) is a French film by Mathieu Kassovitz, that explores the lives of three young friends living in the impoverished suburbs of Paris. The film is shot in black and white and deals with themes of poverty, racism, and police brutality. With Vincent Cassel debuting an amazing performance.
Here’s a blog that lists top 10 Christian Movies you shouldn’t miss in April 2024. You will learn more about their brief description, rating, and my personal review. Read on and know which movies you will not regret watching!
From classics to new releases, Spoonful of Comfort is here with a list of movies to watch when you’re sick. Order a soup care package today and begin to binge!
5 Throwback Sunday Memo Ideas To Inspire Your Team, Friends, Social Media Followers Or Blog Readers. Throwback Sunday.
The other evening I was sitting with some friends and we started to talk about the movie Julie & Julia and the blog. One of the women hadn’t heard the story…. The Blog: Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. Take a step back in time…. Julie Powell began blogging on Sunday, August… Read more The Julie/Julia Project – A Blogging Success Story
A meddlesome matchmaker brings together the young clerk of a wealthy Yonkers merchant and his assistant with a widowed milliner and her assistant, while making sure she herself gets to marry the merchant. (Playbill.com)
With the craziness of our weeknights, I really want to bring back the Sunday night dinner whenever I can. Tonight I did. I had planned out dinners for the week last Monday, and I had everything I needed already. Here’s what was on the menu tonight: Roast chicken: (I used this recipe from Allrecipes.com. Everyone […]
Every year at Christmas we all have our favorite Christmas movies, but have you thought about the potential of having Easter movies traditions as well? As my kids have grown up, we have movies we've watched every Easter, and they've changed as they've grown older.
This week was my first full week of being back to blogging and I have to say I really, really missed it! Last summer I had such a great routine of working and blogging and I've missed how connected I was to my readers and other bloggers. So since I'm back to blogging I figured I needed to get back to Five Things! They've always been my most read post, and my mom's favorites, so for you mom, I'm back to my Five Things! This week is my first full week of actual summer. I spent the first month and a half in a math class because I failed math last semester. I passed this time but I really didn't think I was going to. I was having so much trouble with it so I'm extremely relieved! i've been going back and forth on if I wanted to admit that or not, but I have been struggling so much with math and managing work and school that I really think my experiences could help other people out. You'll probably be seeing a post about it real soon! Since I'm no longer in a horrid math class, I spent this week catching up on my freelance work and my blog. I really made a point not to work after 5 so I can still have some time to relax. Kayla and I decided to have a date night this week. So we head out to Red Lobster (we had a gift card) and a movie and she gets a text from her manager "do you remember you have to host tonight?" She completely forgot! So we finished dinner and I dropped her off at work. It wasn't quite the date night we had planned but we'll go see a movie some other time! That was my week so let's get to it! 1 - Hulu// I have been wanting Hulu for a long time now. I've pretty much exhausted Netflix (except for Orange is the New Black) so I needed something new. I really like Hulu because they have new releases. It blows my mind that Pretty Little Liars comes on Tuesday's and it's on Hulu within a couple of days! I don't have cable so getting to see Pretty Little Liars, the Bachelorette and so much more within the same weeks makes me feel like I'm in the loop! I'm currently binge-watching Real World, with a side of Mindy Project and the Bachelorette. Does anyone else have Hulu? 2 - Movies// Like I said we were going to go to the movies on Friday, however, we couldn't decide on what we wanted to watch! Finding Dory just came out, we wanted to see the Shallows, The Purge came out the day before and we LOVE scary movies and the Conjuring so the Conjuring 2 was on the list as well. Ultimately we didn't have to choose but I was leaning towards the Purge. I love that it's about the election year and I thought that would make for and interesting plot. Within the next couple of weeks we're probably going to go on another date night, so we're going to have to narrow it down. What movies have you seen? Any recommendations? 3 - Planner Escapades// So I'm having trouble. My Day Designer ran out this month. But after classes ended this semester I didn't really see a need to use it, honestly. I still work and up until last week I was having to do an insane amount of math so I could have used it, but I didn't really want to carry around a huge planner everywhere. But looking back at pictures and thinking about how I like to plan, I am really considering getting another one. I love that you can plan out hour by hour and quite frankly during the school year with working, classes, homework, studying and Koda, I really needed it. However, I started bullet journaling and I really like the system I have in place. Also, a couple of months ago I did a post on the Happy Planner. So I still have that planner as well. You can plan out morning, afternoon and night, which is definitely helpful. So for now I think I'm going to continue to bullet journal as well as use the Happy Planner. Maybe by next week I'll decide what I want to do! Target 4 - Baby Wedges// On Friday when we were getting ready for our date, Kayla went to get her hair cut which is right next to Target. So I ran in there. I've been looking for some high heels/wedges that are low enough that I can wear comfortably and that look professional enough to wear to work. So I found these. However, they're children's shoes! I saw them and they're cute, they were ON SALE and they had a low heel. So I bought them. I now call them my baby wedges. I think it's so funny that I can fit into kids shoes. I think they're so cute and I can't wait to wear them more! 5 - Ingrid's Sunday Routine// In honor of the first Sunday edition of Five Things (if you're just starting to read Design Ally I used to do my Five Things on Friday) I thought I would share Ingrid's Sunday Routine. While I usually don't wear makeup on Sundays (especially during the school year) I can totally see where it makes you feel better to put some makeup on! And I'm actually watching the Mindy Project too! Yay Hulu! What You Missed this Week: What It's Like Living With a Significant Other Girl Power Songs to Pump You Up What are your five things for this week? Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | Bloglovin' | Tumblr | Email |
However you feel about going back to work tomorrow, let's take a peek at some movies that will help you prepare for the week ahead.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It's a great comedy, and a fun way to introduce Shakespeare to kids.
Happy Sunday, everyone! Every Wednesday, blogging buddy Aaron over at The Confusing Middle posts a “Sunday Scribblings” prompt for other bloggers to ponder and respond to on the following Sun…
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Happy Friday friends! Today I am so excited to share my book, movie, and TV review of the month with y'all! Before I start though- if you have any suggestions for me for April please let me know! I am constantly looking for suggestions so if you have any favorites - please pass them on! (Also- if you missed February's Review and are looking for some ideas yourself you can find it HERE!) So there a few books (and one I sadly can't recommend), movies, and a thought about TV... here we go: *smiles* Books {one}Moving Mountains *sad sigh* I wanted to love this book. I really did and went into it all excited. I don't think I have really shared this here or with a lot of people who even know me well but Wild at Heart written by John Eldredge is one of my favorite books. I honestly wish that I could get it into the hands of every man that I know because I think that there is a very dangerous mis-conception that guys who believe in God and are Christians should just be "nice guys". This is simply not the case. Was Jesus "nice"? Yes. But He was way more than that and I truly believe that God designed men to heroes, warriors, to live lives of adventures and risks and to be "dangerous" in the best sense of the word. When John wrote this more than a decade ago I wanted to shout "YES" as loud as I could because that is what Jesus was all about. We as Christians have done the greatest disservice to men by trying to say the opposite. John states, "It is no wonder that many men avoid church, and those who go are often passive and bored to death.". Amen. Amen. Amen. In addition to this I have mentioned more than once Captivating (co-authored with his wife) (the "girl version" of Wild at Heart (maybe?)) is simply brilliant. Honestly if you are a woman read it. (If you are curious and want to know more about the book Captivating I wrote about it HERE.) So... when I saw that John had written a new book in 2017 that I hadn't read, Moving Mountains, I was excited to read it. Besides the books above I have enjoyed some of his other books (including Waking the Dead) but... I just couldn't really get into this one and on many philosophical notes I disagreed with him completely. So I can't recommend this book but would love to know your thoughts. Anyone else read this? {two} Crime and Punishment So a year ago I mentioned that I had gotten about 1/2 way through Crime and Punishment. I shared this last year, but my goal was to branch out and try reading some classic authors and books that I haven't read before. If I am honest I find with classic books that I tend to read and re-read the same books and authors again and again (hello all of my favorite Alexander Dumas books *smiles*) I realized that I had never finished this and made it my goal for it to happen this month... I will be honest... it's rough. It's a bit depressing, a bit dark... but I would recommend it because the story makes you really think about a lot of things. At the same time it I feel challenged by it and definitely recommend it. If you are looking to branch out and read something new in the classic section this one is one to read. You can find it HERE. {three & four }Eat Right for Your Blood Type / Blood Type A Book Years ago I read these books when I first started to feel my health decline. I was teaching at the time and the wife of a co-worker of mine recommended this book. (I have Type A but there are books for each of the blood types.) So I decided that I would read them again and did. Honestly, I didn't find them particularly helpful simply because I realized that I was already eating basically this way. I don't find that I necessarily followed this eating pattern from years ago, but those of you who know me know that I am extremely strict about what I eat due to my health and so I didn't find this as helpful as it may be to others. If you haven't read it or you are looking into making healthy changes in your lifestyle than I would recommend it as something to add to your library. You can find Eat Right for Your Blood Type by clicking HERE and Blood Type A Book by clicking HERE. Movies {One} Instant Family I watched this movie at the beginning of the month and honestly I still don't know what to write about it. I think that I went into with some different expectations maybe? I mean there are definitely funny parts, some parts that will just bring you to tears, and then there are some parts that seemed... a bit random maybe? As a bit of background I should say that I have always wanted to foster/adopt and before I got sick was starting the process to become a foster parent. I think the route to foster care is different for every family - so I think that realistically that was portrayed really well - especially in the group meetings. I laughed a lot because I think that I met "each of these people" in my beginning classes. It is hilarious in general but if you have been through the process you will find it even more funny. I also really loved that they showed the "not so fun side" of things when talking about fostering and the challenges that are unique in doing this... I think that I would have loved to have seen some more character development as far as the connection between these kids and the foster parents... it seemed a little "off" which was more centered around the couple itself in that they maybe weren't sure why they had gone in to fostering and then at one point were thinking about "returning the kids"... and then all of a sudden they didn't want to lose them... I don't know some of it just seemed "off". Also- I was turned off by the amount of language that really wasn't necessary - it just seemed to be added in for "drama" sake... I hate to say it because I wanted to love it but I can't say I recommend it. Anyone else disappointed by this one? {two} Mary Poppins Returns *happy happy childhood sigh* Earlier this month we re-watched the original Mary Poppins and then when this released this past week we watched Mary Poppins Returns. Y'all, if you haven't seen it... go see it. It is sweet, will remind you to have an imagination, make you smile, and bring all the nostalgic feelings back. If you have read the books I would say that some ideas were taken from some of the later books and implemented but it is it's own story all on it's own. A few of my favorite things... (1) Dick Van Dyke. Need I say more? And seeing him still dance? Inspirational and wonderful all at the same time. I just love him. (2)The soundtrack... the way that some of the old music is woven throughout the movie in a seamless way paying tribute to the original Mary Poppins while introducing new music was nothing short of brilliant. Y'all know my love of music and I was blown away by the creative imagination and the time that this must have taken. Absolutely brilliant. (3) Lin-Manuel Miranda...So incredibly talented and he does a fantastic job. (4) Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins... she is just lovely. So something that a lot of people don't know about me is that one of my favorite movies is The Young Victoria but for some reason I never mention it. hahaha! I have no idea why I don't talk about it more because I just think it is one of the sweetest movies of all time. The love story y'all... so so precious. Emily Blunt plays Victoria and seriously you forget that this is the same person as Mary Poppins - that is just how talented she is. You can watch it on Amazon Prime by clicking HERE or purchase the DVD HERE. {three} The Long Goodbye: The Kara Tippetts Story It is hard to believe that this amazing woman has been gone for four years. When Kara died four years ago I wept because although we had never met, her words and her encouragement to find goodness in the midst of suffering and hard were a beacon of light in the darkness for me on my health journey. Over the last four years I have continued to re-read her posts at Mundane Faithfulness, re-read her books (The Hardest Peace, And it Was Beautiful, Just Show Up (which was co-authored with Jill whom y'all have met here on the blog), and Big Love) on numerous occasions and even had the humbling opportunity to share my heart on Mundane Faithfulness over the years. I have kept up with updates about this documentary and knew it was coming and so when it was released this month I knew I wanted to watch it. I admit though that emotionally I knew it would be difficult and hard to see and so I purposefully set aside some time where I could watch it knowing this. I walked away from it the same way that I have walked away from every interaction with Kara years ago... inspired...encouraged...in awe...and stunned silent at her realness in the midst of tragedy and suffering and the way that she pulled back the curtain into what real life was like in those last months. I didn't feel that there was anything "new" necessarily as far as being different then the books, the blog, and her speaking (if you had kept up with all of that), but there was a tenderness and grace that can only come with "seeing" that it put all of those things into a greater depth for me. She, her family, and her friends graciously drew back the curtain on life during that time... giving each of us a great gift. I think I could go on and on and on about this documentary but I want to say two things... (1) If you are in the midst of suffering there is a beautiful hope that is found in this documentary and could be of great encouragement... and (2) to her family, her friends, her loved ones... thank you for giving us one more chance to be inspired by "your Kara"....in doing so you have beautifully continued her legacy but more than that you have sacrificed private moments for all of us to tell her story. You can watch it on Amazon Prime by clicking HERE or purchase the DVD HERE. TV Life has been so busy that I haven't really been watching TV so I am going to save those reviews for next month y'all! There have been some things that I have been watching and am finishing up from the last few months that I can't wait to discuss more next month! If you are curious about other book reading lists I have done in the past you can find those posts below: // February 2019 Book, Movie, and TV Review // // Best Alaskan Books to Purchase for Your Road Trip // // 10 Inspiring Books to Read (Spring 2018 Reading List) // // Best Rhine River Books to Purchase for Your Trip from Travel To Culture to History // // The 5 Books that Have Impacted My Life the Most // What about you- what have you been watching and reading that you would recommend? Happy Friday friends! Thank you so much for reading today! I hope that you have a wonderful day and weekend!
It’s Sunday Movie Night, so my hubby is waiting patiently for me to finish blogging and come join him on the couch. We’re watching 500 Days of Summer tonight. (Have you seen it?) I’m really lovin’ our new Sunday night tradition...
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Watch a great movie tonight! Updated list of LDS movies to watch on Netflix (March 2015)
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Hi friends, well its been my birthday weekend and its been a really good one. I have a lot to be thankful and proud of and I am focusing on all the good there is to acknowledge this weekend. Thank you for all of the wonderful and warm birthday wishes. It’s always such a busy …
