When Harry Met Sally (1989) is what I watch every New Year’s Eve, without fail. And apparently, I’m not alone because when searching for the best films to watch as the ball drops, it’s on many top ten lists. Written by the brilliant late Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner, this movie transcends the…
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Finger in the Eggnog–Our Christmas favorites
Laura’s Favorite: Take a sip of wassail and Scrooge yourself There always is a need for an anti-hero, otherwise you wouldn’t recognize the good people in this world. Christmas is not Christmas without Scrooge. He just happens to embody the good and the bad, just like me. For this reason, I always have to watch Scrooged…
While You Were Sleeping…I was cooking my ass off you lazy bastard
White Christmas and Miracle on 34th Street have been playing as a double feature for the last couple of weeks on the Sundance Channel, so I tried to get into the classic holiday movie spirit (like Rina) and settled in for some “inspirational” viewing. Four hours later, I was less than inspired to come up…
Love Actually…isn’t everyone’s taste, but certainly more appealing when food’s involved
This is one of those rare occasions when majority rules and we pick a movie that isn’t everybody’s favorite (eh hem, Rina). Yes, we admit it’s kinda corny and flawed–not all the stories work and some are just plain depressing (ugh, we’re referring to the thwarted hook up scene between Laura Linney and Rodrigo Santoro)–…
Comic: You DO That Little Thing!
Meet Me in St. Louis is unexpectedly one of my favorite movie musicals ever. I recommend you watch it, not just because you’ll understand the following comic better as it references a lot of scenes and quotes from the movie, but it’s just so GODDAMN good and it’s the holidays!! Make Mimi’s Irish Coffee, tuck…
Meet Me in St. Louis…or Tootie never gets in trouble even though she’s a liar and almost kills people
Most people watch It’s a Wonderful Life or A Christmas Story…or Miracle on 34th Street to get into the holiday spirit. As followers of this blog should know by now, we like to approach things from a different angle…even with old Hollywood classics. Though technically not a Christmas movie per se–it takes place over the…
Our Thanksgiving Favorites
We are taking time out between movies to talk about one of our favorite holidays, Thanksgiving! Yes, we love it of course for the eating, but also because it’s one way to bring family together…whether we like it or not…just kidding! So with this post, all three of us wanted to share our favorite Thanksgiving…
Honor among thieves
To wrap up our tribute to Ocean’s Thirteen–yeah, it’s taken me a while (day jobs can be a real time suck)–I’ve come up with two more recipes inspired by the gamblers and con men who inhabit the luxurious Asian-themed hotel casino central to the movie. Justice for Reuben is what galvanizes the Ocean’s crew, so…
Follow the Nose
In Ocean’s Thirteen, nothing smells sweeter for the crew than revenge, especially when it involves getting justice for one of their own. This time the one who has been wronged is Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), who is conned out of his rightful stake in Vegas’s newest and brightest hotel casino The Bank, by his…
What happened in Vegas most definitely should’ve stayed in Vegas
When we decided to tackle the Ocean’s Trilogy, one thing we all agreed on right from the start was that Ocean’s Twelve, for lack of a better word, sucked. The story line was convoluted, while the pace, in comparison to the Ocean’s Eleven and Thirteen, laborious. The big heist this time, payback for stealing the…