On a personal note, when I first heard that our next trip was going to include, Wichita, Kansas, I was more than dreadfully anticipating the departure date. What is there to do in the middle of nowhere in a place called Wichita, Kansas? Well, one might be surprised; there is a lot to do there […]
Tag Archives: Melodrama
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Sep
Sep
“Stoker” is a disturbingly awesome piece of art. This Hollywood debut project of esteemed Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook, also the man behind the revered “Oldboy” and the rest of “The Vengeance Trilogy,” works as a memorably twisted horror drama that’s sexy, dreamy, and perverse in its own special way. Its script may not always carry […]
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Mar
Mar
There is perhaps no movie duo more enduring or loveable than that of William Powell and Myrna Loy, made famous and best known as Nick and Nora Charles in the Thin Man series. There was an unsurpassable chemistry between them on-screen, and even off, that made them unforgettable to audiences of the 1930’s to today. […]
The last episode of ER killed it as a TV month. Before the ER finale, almost every episode is hyped as a big event, with at least one major star returning. So for the series finale itself, fans of ER should naturally have something big to aim for. Either a return from the last star, […]
You often hear a movie described as a melodrama, but have you ever taken the time to wonder what exactly separates a melodrama from a run of the mill, average, ordinary drama? Essentially, a melodrama is a drama in which the emotions and events are invested with a heightened sense of meaning. Almost always, a […]
The 59th triumphant season of Summer Mummers began on June 15th and will run every weekend until September 1st. That means that you have literally all summer to take in Piracy on the Permian Seas: The Curse of the Burnt Kernel. I highly recommend that you do so, especially if you have never had the […]