Month: December 2017
Favorite Side Characters From IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Once a movie gets as familiar as IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, you start wondering about all the cool side characters who, although they may not have a lot of screen time, make the most of it by leaving a strong impression. And many of them hint at the dark underbelly of life in Bedford Falls.
A’Caroling We Will Go
Despite my loathing of Christmas, I have a soft spot for Scrooge– and even more for the various Scrooge knockoffs.
Mac Review: Elsewhere by Jay Faerber
Elsewhere is a portal fantasy where a young woman is taken to another world to help a pitiful band of rebels against their evil king.
My Favorite Christmas Story: ‘Red Ranger Came Calling’
We have a few Christmas traditions here at Casa MacQ; one of them is the annual reading of Berke Breathed’s ‘Red Ranger Came Calling,’ a simply marvelous holiday story that I stumbled upon in a Target store about ten years ago. The cover caught my interest, partly because it’s Berke Breathed, and partly because of the vintage toys all scattered around, so, while waiting for family to find whatever they were looking for, I picked it up and started skimming it.
The women of Jerry, Part Three
We’re onto the next season of Seinfeld, where we find two famous actors, but famous for very different reasons!
