Tag Archives: Drama

The Great Big House

            Place A Hold Okay, Downton Abbey? I thought I would be bored, you know the aristocrats upstairs and the servants downstairs. But English actors can do this stuff standing on their heads. They seem … Continue reading

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Wait, come back, this isn’t a Pioneer story.

Place A Hold It’s Little Dorrit the movie! What’s it about? The usual sorts of things. Boy meets girl, boy can’t have girl because …. well, there’s the whole debtors’ prison thing and it just goes on and on and … Continue reading

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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Place A Hold Don’t you believe in comebacks? Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (also known as Wall Street 2) is, in fact, the sequel to the 1987 film, Wall Street.  You need the smarts to survive the sharks of business … Continue reading

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The Perfect Shot

Place a Hold What do basketball, hunting, photography, and murder all have in common? The perfect shot! Brian is living the perfect life. He is the captain on his high school basketball team. He has an awesome girlfriend and great … Continue reading

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Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin

Place A Hold “Either a mother and daughter know each other very well, or they are strangers. Until last fall, you thought you knew your mom well. But last fall, your belief that you knew her was shattered.  You went … Continue reading

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