by pstokstad | Aug 20, 2021 | tennis
I’m on vacation today, and so had a lavishly lengthy amount of time of time to work on various strokes this a.m. with my friends Big Red (ball machine) and Basket Case (ball hopper – filled with a boxful of Infiniti pressureless balls). Adding to that my...
by pstokstad | Aug 19, 2021 | Movie reviews
The water cooler talk right now is both virtual and limited: Office politics? Minimal. Sports? Crippled. Vaccinating? Don’t ask, don’t tell. So streaming media is about it. What that means is that your tennis buddy – socially distanced, each of you serving with your...
by pstokstad | Aug 19, 2021 | Movie reviews
Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones’ Diary The general feeling is that the 1995 BBC mini-series version of Pride and Prejudice is more or less the definitive version. Featuring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, it makes use of the extended time of a six part series in...
by pstokstad | Aug 19, 2021 | Movie reviews
The critics were dismissive about this show (BTW – it’s on Amazon Prime) but don’t let that deter you – it is a hoot! Yes, it’s a mashup of a Pride and Prejudice storyline and a zombiefest, but that’s the the idea, and if you can’t suspend disbelief, you probably...
by pstokstad | Aug 19, 2021 | Movie reviews
In the 2020 musical version of Pride and Prejudice (on Amazon Prime). Directed by Robert Kelly and produced by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, we find ourselves not in a movie, per se, but watching a video of a staged production. In watching the musical derivation of a...
