Laura’s high school classmate and movie actor Richard Sargent (also cookbook author The Horror Movie Cookbook ) invited us to be extras in a film Graduation 2007 but Wikipedia says it was filmed in 2005.
We won’t mention it had a 0% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 3.08/10 according to Wikipedia. Ooops I just did.
I sat near actor Adam Arkin and he autographed the graduation program.
It was a fun experience.
Thanks Richie.
I thought the 1968 George Romero Film Night of the Living Dead was really scary.
It was just before 2024 Christmas and my sister was visiting. We were near the Monroeville Mall to pick up a pair of shoes so why not check out this museum?
Some of the movie was filmed here at the mall. I treated.
If you’re a horror flick aficionado you need to visit.
“ Although the monsters that appear in the film are referred to as “ghouls“, they are credited with popularizing the modern portrayal of zombies in popular culture.”
Did you see a Movie in a theater this year? December is a month full of new releases. Many families celebrate the holiday season by going to the movies. With streaming at home readily available, movie theater attendance has declined over the years. Here’s an article from January 2022 telling how movie attendance is below historical norms (quotes are from article)
I have friends who are regular moviegoers? I used to see a lot of movies in the theater but since the pandemic, I can count on one hand. Once.
We drove up to Squirrel Hill to pick up Aiello’s pizza for Supper. On the way home we switched drivers so I could photograph the movie making scene at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in East Liberty. We didn’t stop, but I caught a glimpse of the action as we went by. Perhaps it’s the Tom Hanks movie everyone is abuzz about. Check out the cars!
Dessert at the Cafe at the Frick. See those slices of fresh pear? The flaky crust galette was warmed and topped with a scoop of ricotta gelato. That’s a golden drizzle of bourbon caramel and a shake of cinnamon you see finishing the presentation. Oh and a pansy with a few blueberries for garnish. Mmmmmm.It was a perfect fall dessert.
Before lunch, my friend V and I had seen the exhibit of Katherine Hepburn Dressed for Stage and Screen showing her Costume and Fashion Collection. On view until January 12th. This winter we’ll watch a few of the old movies featured to see her wearing the costumes on screen. Here’s an article link https://www.post-gazette.com/life/fashion/2019/10/17/The-Frick-Pittsburgh-Katharine-Hepburn-Dressed-for-Stage-Screen/stories/201910170010in the Post-Gazette by Sarah Bauknecht about the exhibition
from The Philadelphia Story
Katherine Hepburn had a 20 inch waist.
It’s been unbearably hot this past week and one cool place to go is the movies. Three of the grandkids and I went to the movie theatre to see Toy Story 4. We took turns sitting in the chair of this cardboard commercial for an upcoming movie.
When I was a kid I loved reading Charles Addams cartoons in a big book we had in our house.
Saturday night at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont, PA,
Steve and I went to see Groundhog Day (1993).
My friend Vincie said I’d really enjoy seeing it on the big screen and she was right. She told me how wonderful it was when she saw Casablanca in the theater compared to viewing on TV.
We sat in the front row with plenty of leg room and weren’t too close to the screen as there’s the stage between us. There was even a beer tasting happening in the front when we arrived. And a bar and food available, too. Great audience reaction to seeing the skyline of Pittsburgh in the opening credits. We had a fun night.
Filmed in Woodstock Illinois, my sister and I visited a few years ago on our way back from Rockford. You can see the house used as the bed and breakfast where Bill Murray stayed in the film in this post from five years ago.
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