With the exception of a few days this week, we have been having some really rotten weather. MCPL has even had a few snow days! I decided to ask my fellow Edgerton librarians what movies and books are their all-time favorites. Which book and/or movie would they pick up to read or watch on a snow day, even if they have read it or seen it a hundred times?
Tiara - I love Tombstone with Val Kilmer! One of my favorite quotes from Doc Holiday is, "Looks like poker just isn’t your game. I know, let’s have a spelling contest."
I was standing in the kitchen taking a break from the dishes with a little television when my 16-year-old son peeked over my shoulder and asked, “Who is that!??”
Many of you, I’m sure, watched the 83rd Annual Academy Awards which celebrated the most talented film actors and industry leaders of the year. If you’re like me though, you haven’t seen very many of those nominated and winning films.
Does Broadway beckon? Before you don tap shoes and head for New York, you might want to sample the grueling life of auditions that dancers, singers, and actors endure. From the comfort of your living room sofa, you can vicariously experience auditions for the revival of A Chorus Line on Broadway.
If you were just diagnosed with a life threatening disease and given only a few short weeks to live, what would you want to do with the rest of your time here?
Would you go on a daring adventure in some foreign land? Or go skydiving? Or get a tattoo? Or, would you stay at home to spend the rest of your time with your family and friends?
Here are a few movies about how people facing this dilemma spent their last moments: