My Life as the Glue

Tag: movies

August 22, 2010

Joan Wilder’s adventure has nothing on mine

Just eight days ago, my only mental images of Colombia were from the fun & far-fetched ’80s movie, Romancing the Stone. I totally! dug this movie as a kid, mostly, I’m sure, because Michael Douglas was at the height of his hunkiness and the main character, Joan, was living my …Read the Rest

It’s more complicated than you think
January 5, 2010

It’s more complicated than you think

The older I get, the more I appreciate Meryl Streep. She can make a 2 second facial expression into dramatic …Read the Rest

High hopes
March 27, 2009

High hopes

‘In a manner of speaking, Sir,  it was the kite that ran away, not the children.’ – the driver(?) in …Read the Rest