by Janet Ruth | Sep 7, 2022 | Movies and Books
Guest post by Constance Hastings. Stories of war, spies who risk their lives in service of their country’s security, daring civilians who step up in heroic measures, are the stuff of good tales and great movies. When based in historical fact, the appeal is all the...
by Janet Ruth | Jul 18, 2022 | Movies and Books
This weekend, I watched a delightful movie: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. The movie is based on a novel by Paul Gallico. In the story, Mrs. Harris is a cleaning lady and a war widow living in London in the 1950’s. She is a simple, lower-class working woman, who has an...
by Janet Ruth | Jul 11, 2022 | Movies and Books
This past weekend, made over 10 million people went to see Marvel’s newest superhero movie, Thor: Love and Thunder. Most of those people were probably fans of Marvel movies, maybe even fans of the comic books that inspired them. More than a few of those people were...
by Janet Ruth | Jul 4, 2022 | Christian Living, Movies and Books
I think this might be the first time I’ve blogged about a fairy tale, but Cinderella has been one of my favorite stories for a long time. Did you know that IMDb lists 200 movies containing “Cinderella” in the title. I’m sure you’ve seen at least one of them. I’ve seen...
by Janet Ruth | Jun 27, 2022 | Christianity and Culture, Movies and Books
A new installment of the Jurassic dinosaur films released a few weeks ago. Jurassic World: Dominion held onto to the top box office spot in the US the first two weeks it was in theaters. Jurassic World is a big film, best seen on a big screen. It also comes with a big...
by Janet Ruth | Jun 20, 2022 | Movies and Books
I was excited to add a new DVD to my collection of Marvel movies this weekend. I wanted to see Spider-Man: No Way Home on its opening weekend, but I wasn’t able to. Even a week later when I went to the theater people were still cheering to see some special guests...
