Jun 29 2012
Bridesmaids (2011) Genre: Comedy/Romance Grade: B+ “You kind of stole all the crazy.” “I out-crazied you.” Okay, the fact that I reviewed “Bad Santa” last year should tell y’all I have no shame about watching and recommending gross-out movies. Still I hesitated on this one awhile before deciding to give it a shot. The critics’(…)
Jun 15 2012
Father of the Bride (1950) Genre: Comedy Grade: B I’ll be up front and admit that I prefer the original of this to the remake. The 1991 version isn’t bad and I actually think that it was updated very nicely but the original is what I saw first years ago and it’s hard to beat(…)
Jun 1 2012
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) Genre: Romantic Comedy Grade: B/B+ “The bride or groom?” [pause] “Bride or groom?” “It should be perfectly obvious that I’m neither. Great God!” I can’t count the number of times I’ve caught bits and pieces of this film on TV over the years but I honestly don’t think I’d(…)
Sep 9 2011
Space Slugs by Frances Pauli – What starts well doesn’t necessarily end well. There are tons of plot threads that are tossed in then left and the world building needs help. See posted review. Unnatural Fire by Fidelis Morgan – I picked this one up and enjoyed it though I didn’t love it like a(…)
Jun 3 2011
The Wedding Singer (1998) Genre: Romantic Comedy Grade: B- I’ll be honest and say that I didn’t expect I’d like this movie. Drew Barrymore is an actress who works for me about 50:50 while Adam Sandler is someone I’ll dive for the remote to change the channel away from. But the comments about the movie(…)
Apr 27 2011
Dear Ladies, I’ve read that Americans are more interested in British royal weddings than the Brits. Well, the bloom might be off the rose for me after watching Chuck + Di and Andrew + Fergie make hashes of their marriages but I do wish the latest young royal and his bride better luck. At least(…)
Dec 16 2009
Dear Ms. O’Keefe: I mentioned on Twitter that I wanted to try out more Harlequin Superromance authors and Larissa Ione suggested your books. I am so glad for the recommendation. Baby Makes Three is not a book I would have bought through ordinary browsing. Generally I am not a fan of books with babies, featuring(…)
Nov 26 2009
Dear Ms. Warren: Emily Saunders was in Elk Crossing for “a wedding she didn’t want to attend with far too many of her family and friends asking nosy questions about her own continuing single status” when her hotel becomes infested with bed bugs. Another traveler at the hotel is Jonah Betts playing in his Old(…)
May 4 2009
Dear Ms. Roberts: While I haven’t read all of your books, I’ve read a great many of them and I think I can safely say that Vision in White is one of the funniest books you’ve penned in a long time. I thought Carter Maguire, the clumsy, blushing, tweed wearing, Yale educated, English lit teacher(…)
Oct 24 2008
Dear Ms. Ford, When you offered us a chance to read your novel, the title gave me pause. “Oh dear,” I thought. This is going to be about some spoiled heiress who has to act silly and ends up falling for a poor hero all told against a backdrop of weddings. Which goes to show(…)
Jun 19 2008
Dear Ms. Cabot: This is the third in the Queen of Babble series featuring Lizzie Nichols, a wedding dress restorer and designer. I’ve read the first one but not the second (I have no explanation for not reading the second). The book begins with Lizzie confused about an encounter with her good friend, Chaz, and(…)
Jun 16 2008
Dear Ms. Alers, Long Time Coming is the first book in your trilogy about the Whitfields of New York. For the Whitfields, weddings and other celebrations are a family business. The book’s heroine, Tessa Whitfield, is an event planner and owner of Signature Bridals, the company through which she orchestrates dream weddings. Tessa’s sister, Simone,(…)
May 3 2008
AMC Video Wedding Blog posted a video of a toast made to Amy and Brad. It is the best toast ever. Ever. No hyperbole. Sit down and grab a kleenex. The man giving the toast, I think, is the best man. Amy and Brad (both actors) are sitting together. Via Angela James. Send to Kindle
Apr 2 2007
Ladies, Thank you for that hilarious trip down memory lane. I’m a born and bred Southerner and have attended Dixie weddings my whole life (starting when I was a darling four year old flower girl and got to wear my first long dress – yellow silk with lace trim- and sashay down the aisle. I(…)
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