By: debbie lynn elias Trust. By definition, it means (1) “reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing”; (2) “custody; care”; (3) “something committed into the care of another”; and (4) “one in which confidence is placed.” All of these may be used to define
By: debbie lynn elias With the smoothness of the finest Irish whiskey, or the perfect froth of a heady Guiness, with WHITE IRISH DRINKERS, writer/director John Gray brings us a wonderfully introspective character study of not only individuals, but a community and ethnicity. Captured within the confines of mid-70’s Brooklyn
By: debbie lynn elias Back in the 70’s, Danny Greene was a name that regularly popped up in the news not only in Cleveland, Ohio, but around the country. And in the years 1976-1977, other names were even more familiar as Cleveland became the victim of 36 bombings in 1976
By: debbie lynn elias Although he is no Lisa Scottoline, Michael Connelly has long been a favorite author of mine. Calling on his years covering the crime beat in the Los Angeles Superior Court, as a mystery/thriller writer, Connelly never ceases to create intriguing scenarios and situations involving criminal defense
By: debbie lynn elias In 2006, the world was blessed with what quickly became a classic in children’s literature – Berkeley Breathed’s “Mars Needs Moms.” Inspired by a disagreement involving broccoli between Breathed’s wife and their 5 year old son, Milo, Breathed was placed in the difficult position of how
By: debbie lynn elias Stealing the hearts of everyone who has sees this film, DEAR LEMON LIMA is the most charming, genuine, cute, sweet and utterly adorable film!!!!!! Cotton candy colored joy. As soon as the film ended, I wanted to see it again. The film makes your heart smile.
By: debbie lynn elias It has been a pleasure of late to stumble upon little theatrical gems that are joyous, uplifting, hopeful and well, let’s face it, happy. One such gem, HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE, is compliments of writer/director Josh Radnor. An absolute charmer, HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE is filled with heart and joy on so
By: debbie lynn elias Director Brad Anderson has long been a force to be reckoned with when it comes to horror and suspenseful psychological thrillers. Harkening back to days gone by when terror was created by suspense and the fear of the unseen and unknown as opposed to slash and
By: debbie lynn elias With two teenaged nephews I like to keep my pulse not only on the teen film market but the literary world as well. Needless to say, when I AM NUMBER FOUR, the teen sci-fi adventure novel by Pittacus Lore (aka James Frey), was released, I was
By: debbie lynn elias To be a gnome or not be a gnome; that is the question. And the answer, my friends? Go “gnomal” with the most “GNOMETASTIC” film of the year (and my pick for Best Animated Feature at Oscar 2012) – GNOMEO & JULIET!! If I died today,
