Malala Yousafzai has risen to prominence as a proponent of free speech, the right for girls to get the same education as boys, and for getting the Taliban out of power in Pakistan among other countries after the Taliban shot her in the head on her way to school. Davis Guggenheim’s newest documentary follows the […]
I think that everyone has an important story to tell. Some may be better told than others, but all would be intriguing from an outside perspective. Ned Handy’s story is part of probably one of the most defining moments of world history: World War II. A flight engineer in the Air Force, Handy takes readers on a fantastic […]
Even in his own restaurant, Chef Cullen would never be described as the center of attention. He does, however, manage all aspects of his restaurant from running solo on the line to hiring staff and sourcing food, beer and curating his bottled beer list, while making just about everything in-house. During a lull in orders […]
Do you have a nickname? To my family, I’ll always be Mandi. What’s your biggest pet peeve? Attention Rhode Islanders: It drives me nuts when you don’t use your blinkers! Do you have a favorite book? Does a cook book count? It does if you bring us treats. What’s your favorite movie? My favorites are […]
Justine is an American college student with a privileged background who joins up with an eco-activist group working out of her college. She joins them on a trip to Peru to stop the destruction of the rain forest by a development company who are pushing indigenous tribes off of their land for the natural gas […]
Aries: Suddenly there’s a lot of action going on with various people in your life. Lovers, friends and co-workers converse, argue and placate you. Someone in particular talks a lot and loudly. After the 9th, you get the message without all the shouting. Conversations begin anew, clarity emerges and things begin to clear up. Taurus: You […]
Generally speaking, I am the kind of woman who likes to eat and drink with the seasons. This means that in the summer I pick vegetables out of my garden, whip up a stir-fry and wash it down with a glass of white wine at the picnic table in the yard. In the winter, I […]
In The Intern, Robert De Niro plays Ben Whittaker, a retired widower who finds that his daily routine has become boring. Ben decides to apply for a senior internship program with up-and-coming internet clothing company About The Fit, run by mid-20s entrepreneur Jules Ostin played by Anne Hathaway. After initial resistance, Jules accepts Ben […]
Lukas and Elias are twins whose mother has just returned from reconstructive plastic surgery following some sort of unexplained accident. The boys become convinced that who or what is in their home is most certainly not their mother. After a series of tests, confrontations and continued abnormal behavior from their mother, the boys decide […]