By: Mary Fran BontempoOh, no, not subtitles!I’ll confess, it was my first thought when a friend and I took in the award winning film, The Intouchables, last week at Doylestown, PA’s charming County Theater. But in a testament to the film’s heart, I barely even noticed that I was reading the dialogue running at the bottom of the screen.A French language film, The Intouchables gifts movie-goers with the story of a blossoming friendship [...]
by Chrysa SmithOf course, they say the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. That's why, I suppose that marriage is a twisted up, knotted, curvy line between 'I do' and uhm, 'Till death do us part.' Otherwise, it'd be too easy. Everyone would be doing it. And it would virtually eliminate the need for self-help gurus, therapists, alcohol distributors.So, what exactly does a long marital road look like? Do you [...]
Chrysa SmithI like to think of myself as a realist: a romantic, but fairly realistic. And sometimes, you know, you just have to regress for mental health sake. So I'm putting it out there. Get out of adulthood for awhile, and be a kid again.Get out the hula hoop, the pink bike with the streamers or in my case, a Disney movie, and feel the exhilaration of being 30, 40, 50 years younger---at [...]
by Chrysa SmithRemember the 1960's? Or were you a pot-smoking hippie who lost her long-term memory?Well, regardless, it will all come back to you in the sweet but quirky love story: Moonrise Kingdom.Set in what appears to be the northernmost coastal towns of the states, the story tells the tale of two seemingly misfit youths who find each other. It not only brings you back to a bygone era, when things were simpler, [...]
By: Mary Fran BontempoHere are words I never thought I’d say:Last week, I became intimately acquainted with Matthew McConaughey’s butt cheeks and I am not happy about it.Don’t misunderstand. McConaughey has fine looking butt cheeks. In fact, so do all of the guys who bared their bums in Magic Mike, the film currently in theaters which chronicles the tale of a male stripper (an even finer looking Channing Tatum) who indoctrinates a young [...]
by Chrysa SmithI walked into a large building of contractors painting, sanding, drilling, installing electricity, flooring, screens and drapery. It was the making of a theater, and I found the whole experience quite fascinating.The back story is that my husband has spent most of his career --actually all of his career in the Theater Industry. In fact, we met at a theater convention--but that's a story for another day. So, the equipment he [...]
By: Mary Fran BontempoLet’s face it, when it comes to movies, guys and gals have different tastes. While the ladies will line up for a good rom-com, it’s car chases and explosions that get the guys’ juices flowing.Since Sunday is Father’s Day, this week in entertainment, NRFGP is featuring a few films for Dad—with a little “eye candy” the ladies will enjoy, too! With some available for purchase and some new in theaters, [...]
