by Rachel Wagner | Jun 13, 2016 | Home and Family
Everyone has those guilty pleasure movies. Films you know aren’t ‘good’ but you still enjoy watching. Today’s suggestion for Family Movie Night is one of my guilty pleasure films, so I suppose it is a bit of a risk to recommend to all of you. I don’t know if you will...
by Rachel Wagner | Jun 6, 2016 | Home and Family
Recently we celebrated Memorial Day and I wanted to think of a war movie that would be appropriate for a family film recommendation. Most war films are rightly rated R (it is war after all and war is R rated) but I have made a commitment to not pick an R rated film...
by Rachel Wagner | May 30, 2016 | Home and Family
With the exception of Christmas Carol and Peter Pan, there is perhaps no story more frequently brought to the screen than Alice in Wonderland. Written by Lewis Carroll in 1865 it’s a very simple novel, more a collection of short stories in fact. Alice is bored with...
by Jane Thurston | May 26, 2016 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
One legal thing that parents of a handicapped child have to do is apply for “Conservatorship” when the child reaches 18 years old. It is an interesting process that can be done with or without an attorney. I spent 6 months getting through the paperwork and then we...
by Rachel Wagner | May 23, 2016 | Home and Family
By the time you read this post most of you will have probably seen “Captain America: Civil War” and I hope you enjoyed it. I certainly did. You can see my review here: So instead of repeating what I and other critics have said I thought I would take a...
by Rachel Wagner | May 16, 2016 | Home and Family
Because it is constantly evolving in front of us I don’t know if most moviegoers appreciate what Marvel has done with their movies in the last 8 years. I mean how often is the very concept of cinema reinvented? That’s essentially what Marvel did with their cinematic...