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The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

Based on an Oscar Wilde play, this movie became one of my very favorites from the moment I saw it. Jack Worthing (Colin Firth) is leading a double life. At home in the country, he’s a dedicated landowner, conscientious about his duties, fastidious to a fault, and devoted to the care of his young ward Cecily (Reese Witherspoon.) But a man can get very bored of such a life, and so every once in a while, he heads up to London, where he calls himself Earnest, spends too much money, and woos Gwendolyn, (Frances O’Connor) the daughter of the irascible … Continue reading →

A Good Woman (2005)

“A Good Woman” is based on the Oscar Wilde play, “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” and stars Scarlett Johansson as Meg Windemere, a young lady who has been married one year to the love of her life, Robert (Mark Umbers). They go to stay for a time at an Italian resort, where they enjoy the lush living, luxurious accommodations, and get swept up in the society. A Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt) is the talk of the town and the focus of all the gossip—she’s said to be a loose woman, a person without morals, and for a time it would appear that … Continue reading →

Just Like Heaven (2005)

In “Just Like Heaven,” Elizabeth Masterson (Reese Witherspoon) is a young doctor who is working her way up to attending. She wants this promotion more than anything else in her life, to the point of excluding a social life and even sleep. When we meet her, she’s working through a twenty-six hour shift at the hospital, tired but pulling it together for the sake of her patients. Her sister Abby wants her to come over and meet this guy, and she says she will, but things keep coming up. Finally off work and on her way to her sister’s house, … Continue reading →

Mansfield Park (1999)

Jane Austen’s books are primarily romances between persons of a genteel class, and the movies that are made from the books contain emotional drama. But “Mansfield Park” takes us on a different journey, as we touch on slave trading in England during Victorian times. Fanny Price is a poor girl who has many brothers and sisters. Her mother, desperate for a way to feed all of her children, sends Fanny to live with a relation, who is the housekeeper at a grand house called Mansfield Park. The master of Mansfield, Sir Bertram, agrees to let Fanny live in the main … Continue reading →

Plays: The Drama Magazine for Young People

PLAYS, The Drama Magazine for Young People is published seven times year. A year subscription costs $39.00, which comes out to be $5.57 an issue. Each issue contains eight to ten plays. Plays for lower, middle and upper grades are included with each issue. All the plays are royalty free. Sometimes the plays are short skits or spoofs. The December issues have holiday themed plays. Other issues may have patriotic plays, folk tales, fairy tales, myths, melodramas, puppet plays, or plays based on historical events. Plays for upper grades are often dramatized classic stories from authors like Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, … Continue reading →

General Conference From the Past: “Women of Righteousness”

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In a devotional address given at BYU on March 13, 2001, Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve addressed the role of women, and how God views them. This was a wonderful talk that I, as a stay-at-home mom, particularly took to heart. It is very uplifting and, as Elder Ballard stated, good for both women and men to read and ponder. He begins by quoting a letter sent to church headquarters from an LDS woman who felt as though she were living a lie. Despite a strong testimony of the gospel, she doubted her value beyond … Continue reading →

It Could Happen to You (1994)

“It Could Happen to You” is the story of Charlie Lange (Nicholas Cage) a genuinely nice man. He’s a police officer for the New York Police Department, always goes above and beyond the call of duty, is generous with his money, honest to a fault, spends his evenings playing baseball with the disadvantaged children in the neighborhood, and never has a cross word for anyone. His wife, Muriel (Rosie Perez) has decided she can’t take it anymore. Charlie makes a small income and he gives it all away. She’s decided that she wants money, and lots of it. One night … Continue reading →

Cook Books with More Meat

When is a cookbook more than a cookbook? Come with me and let’s find out. In recent release “Cooking with the Bible,” authors Anthony Chiffolo and Rayner Hesse Jr. outline meals they feel would have been served in Biblical times, based on scriptural references and also on their own research into the region and the times. According to the Reader’s Digest, the duo spent over three years researching and experimenting to come up with dishes that would be just right, but because of the scarcity and rarity of some of the ingredients, substitutions were made to suit what is available … Continue reading →