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Street Corner Symphony

My friends and I agree on one thing about the 2007 movie August Rush: if it had been about three minutes longer, it would have gone from “What a touching film”…

My Favorite Movies: Deep Impact

I thought I’d concluded the Favorite Movies series with my all-time fave, but I forgot about another personal classic: the 1998 ensemble drama Deep Impact. Deep Impact was one of…

My Favorite Movie, and Marrying Your Best Friend

I find it almost impossible to settle on one “favorite” anything. But if asked to name only one favorite movie, When Harry Met Sally is usually my choice. Like some…

My Favorite Movies: Walk The Line

Walk The Line, the biopic about Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, deserved every Oscar it won. Although it has upsetting and disturbing elements (as real life often does), it’s…

My Favorite Movies: Never Been Kissed

Never Been Kissed is the story of Josie Geller, a dorky Chicago copyeditor desperate to become a writer and reporter. Unfortunately, her big break is an undercover assignment at a…