Wednesday, July 12, 2017
First Lines: Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers
On the first Monday in the month of April 1625, the little market town of Meung, birthplace of the author of The Romance of the Rose, appeared to be in the throes of as full-blown a revolution as if the Huguenots had come to make it a second La Rochelle.
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Fireflies in the Garden (2008)
A family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.
Well-made family drama with a large ensemble of characters demands some attention, before one can peice together the stories from different time periods; the cast is splendid, especially Dafoe as the horrifyingly tyrannical father.
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