The Life and Times of a Midwestern Movie Addict

I've just been a Julie Andrews state of mind this past week, I started with Victor/Victoria and then came Thoroughly Modern Millie , and now I'm taking a look at one of Julie's many attempts to distance herself from musicals and her family-oriented typecasting that occured after Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music . It was a thriller by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, and was one of the many that was released after people began to murmer that the old man was beginning to slip on quality.  He had followed up the critically loved The Birds with the critical disaster (unfairly labeled I say) Marnie and then decided to go back to his international espionage roots with a picture that would star Andrews and new hearthrob Paul Newman as a couple who were thrown behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War and into a plot that could endanger their lives.  Not unlike Foreign Corrospondant , this film would deal with the hard feelings between East Germany and the United...

Well, isn't it lovely outside?  Summer is in the air and I can't help but feel infected by it.  I'm beginning to get hyper and anxious for school to be let out, and I have some super plans for passing the time.  There will be some trips, I'm starring in a local musical, and I have the annual summer Zelda Playthrough to look forward too hehe.  Gotta love it.  Anyway, in celebration of my mood and the choice of next year's spring musical at school, I decided to look at one of my favorite Julie Andrews musicals.  No, its not Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music but rather one of her lesser known films that is famous only for the Tony-award winning show that is based on it.  It is a madcap adventure about a small town girl who comes to the big city with hopes of marrying for money instead of love (preferably the boss she works as a stenographer for) and her brushes with the wealthy and the white slavers of the 1920...and its funny too.  So let's get r...

I'm alive and well, just so you all know.  I closed the spring musical last weekend and spent much of this week chilling out and calming down from that.  This coming week is our last instructional week, with the following week dedicated to finals.  The school year is coming to a close and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.  I think my year has been successful overall, and I'm very ready for the long break.  That's really all I have for today.  I will have more to write about tomorrow. Take care all!