Icon Tag: Cheesy

Libeled Lady (1936)

Libeled Lady (1936)

Posted June 9, 2022 by Whitney in movie review / 1 Comment

Spencer Tracy plays Warren Haggerty, a newspaperman known for postponing his Maridel nuptials, this time due to a young woman (Myrna Loy) threatening to sue the paper for slander.  Haggerty quickly hatches a plan to persuade her to change her mind, in comes lady’s man Bill Chandler (played by William Powell), who slowly woes himself […]

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Begin Again (2013)

Begin Again (2013)

Posted June 3, 2022 by Whitney in movie review / 1 Comment

Begin Again was a cheesy imitation of Coyote Ugly which was an ugly picture to begin with.  The film stars Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, and Adam Levine and revolves around Keira Knightley’s character Gretta getting into the music business after her boyfriend (Adam Levine) gets too big for his britches when he strikes it big. […]

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The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom

The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom

Posted November 4, 2021 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment

Mini Review I read this for my book club with very low expectations, thinking it may be too spiritual or inspirational for me. Know my reading preference I was right. the five people you meet in heaven were a little too pull at the heartstrings for me and was trying too hard to mimic plot […]

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Book Review: The Art of Racing in the Rain

Book Review: The Art of Racing in the Rain

Posted May 25, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 2 Comments

I’ve always hated books about animals — Black Beauty just wasn’t for me. Maybe it is because of this and my extremely low expectations but I actually kind of liked it. The dog was actually rather intelligent — more the Lassie type so that probably helped my disinterest in animal books as he was a […]

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