Just a World Away

[Apr 1] “Swimming with Sharks” (1994) Guy (Frank Whaley) is the newest assistant to legendary Hollywood producer Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey). He starts off all bright eyed and enthusiastic, but…

[Mar 21] “The Bodyguard” (1992) A former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard for hire (Kevin Costner) takes a new job guarding a pop star (Whitney Houston) who has a dangerous…

[Mar 11] “The Horse Whisperer” (1998) When Grace (a young Scarlett Johansson) suffers from a traumatizing accident with the horse, her mother is determined to help her (and her equally…

[Mar 1] “Le Chef” (2012) A French comedy starring Jean Reno as a veteran chef who is at odds with the owner of his restaurant, who wants him to modernize…

[Feb 21] “The Kingdom” (2007) This movie follows a squad of FBI agents (played by Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, and Jason Bateman) investigating a bombing of the American…

[Feb 11] “Moscow on the Hudson” (1984) This was one of the most memorable movies I’ve watched over the last few months. It stars Robin Williams as a Soviet immigrant…

[Feb 2] “Blood Diamond” (2006) This is a story about the blood diamond trade in Africa – enslaved labor mining diamonds to be used for war. I hadn’t seen this…

My husband and I started watching a movie (sometimes more than one) every day in October. I’ve reviewed some of them briefly on my reading log at LibraryThing, but I…