By Suzanne A. Marshall from the August 2014 Edition Director: Dean DeBois Starring: Voices of: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, “When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious dragon rider, the two friends find themselves at the center […]
Continue readingBy Suzanne A. Marshall from the August 2014 Edition I’m getting old. Chronologically that is. But I still feel young. And as they say nowadays; ‘sixty something’ is the new ‘forty-something’. Now you couldn’t tell my granddaughter this but certainly in my mind that’s how I feel! So when the spirit moves me along with many […]
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By Suzanne A, Marshall from the July 2014 Edition Director: Doug Liman Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton “ An officer finds himself caught in a time loop in a war with an alien race. His skills increase as he faces the same brutal combat scenarios repeatedly, and his union with a Special Forces warrior gets […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the July 2014 Edition A month or so ago, having returned to Canada for the summer season, we invited friends who also winter in Manzanillo to our home for a meal. This is always an excuse to sample some of that fine Mexican tequila and enjoy a marguerita! My husband insists when […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the June 2014 Edition Since childhood I have been enthralled with these beautiful fluttering creatures, at that time, completely unaware of how truly remarkable they were. I was simply engaged by their remarkable beauty and flight. We had learned in school about their basic metamorphosis from egg to caterpillar then the chrysalis to […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the May 2014 Edition Director: John Lee Hancock Starring: Emma Thomson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Bradley Whitford, Paul Giamatte “Inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic ‘Mary Poppins,’ made it to the screen.” When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the May 2014 Edition Many years ago, my youn son and I would leave the Canadian prairies and head west to Vancouver Island where, my mother settled following the loss o my father at the age of 54. They had moved there for his health and to escapehe harsh winter climate in […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the May 2014 Edition Many years ago, my young son and I would leave the Canadian prairies and head west to Vancouver Island where my mother had settled following the loss of my father at the age of 54. They had moved there for his health and to escape the harsh winter […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2014 Edition Director: George Clooney Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, ”An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners”. This is a true story based on the book by Robert M. […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2014 Edition Director: Steve McQueen Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender, “In the antebellum United states, Solomon Northrup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.” This movie was nominated for 9 Oscars and took home 3, including Best Picture and Best Supporting […]
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