I sit here writing my spoiler-free review, as the tears dry on my cheeks, of the newly released Hamilton the Musical, the film version on Disney+. This version of Hamilton is the original cast filmed during a Sunday show in June 2016, live on stage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City (the …
As I continue on through the bibliography of Jane Austen, next on my list of book reviews is Emma. Now, I am aware that it should in fact have been Mansfield Park next if I wanted to go in order. Truth be told, I was swayed partially by the recent 2020 theatrical release of Emma, …
On May 1st, Amazon premiered the new Prime series Upload. A ten-episode season with most episodes ranging from 20-30 minutes aside from the 45-minute pilot. The show centers on a unique idea about the afterlife and what technology can provide to guarantee humanity eternal happiness after death. The series focuses on the process of being …
My boyfriend and I recently watched Yesterday, another movie on the long list of movies to watch that we’re working our way through while doing our part by staying inside. For those who don’t know, Yesterday is a Danny Boyle film that came out last year, about a struggling musician who finds he is the …
On the suggestion from my boyfriend, I recently read the novel Broadband by Claire L. Evans. It’s a nonfiction book about the pioneering women involved with computers throughout history, starting with Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, and more recent female entrepreneurs such as Pam Hardt-English, Stacy Horn, and Dame Wendy Hall, who tried their best to …
I was watching an episode of Laugh-In recently, which my boyfriend and I decided to get back to watching (we cleared the first two seasons pretty quickly). One of the episodes of the third season, episode 8, guest-starred Buddy Hackett. Before his name was revealed, I asked who he was. The following conversation took place: …
As my second foray into Jane Austen, I chose Sense and Sensibility, known as her first published novel but written second to what would later become Pride and Prejudice. So, either way you look at it, I did stick to the right order, for the most part. Sense and Sensibility is a much different novel …
On a recent episode of Moving the Needle, a podcast of which I am one of the co-hosts, we discussed the RomCom and an argument was made in support of and in opposition to the RomCom being dead. You can listen to that episode, with our special guest Dr. Sara Netzley–a journalism professor, podcaster and …
You better, You better, You bet…I’m going to tell you how The Newsroom made me cry. Of all the Aaron Sorkin shows I have watched so far, this one by far has affected me the most. In just two and a half seasons, the series finale brought me to tears and then had me laughing …
Netflix recently released the third season of their popular show, Glow, a show I have been meaning to watch for some time now. So I used my recent week-long business trip to Chicago, to catch up. During the day, I trained the new hires on the team, and the evenings were spent in my hotel …