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The Namesake


Date: April 9
Location: Muvico City Place

Took a day off on Alex’s last day of Spring Break and we sent the kids to school so we could watch this movie. Alex loved the book and was really loooking forward to Mira Nair’s film. I would have seen anything at this point — it’s April and I’ve seen only two movies!

Turned out to be a wonderful film, with Oscar-worthy performances by Irfan Khan and Tabu. A beautiful character study that’s in turn funny, sad and uplifting, here’s the second film (of three) that I can see placing in my year-end top ten. Not a bad start to the year!

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Music and Lyrics


Date: March 10
Location: AMC Cocowalk

Alex and I celebrated our 10th anniversary with the traditional dinner at Los Ranchos followed by this enjoyable romantic comedy. We arrived at the restaurant around 7 with a plan to see a 9-ish show in Broward (Amy and Dana were graciously watching the girls) but wound up finishing dinner in time to see a 7:30 show right there at Cocowalk. Ten years on (15, really) and we’re a well-oiled moviegoing machine.

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Zodiac

Date: Late February
Location: AMC Sunset Place
I saw this by myself while Alex and Barbara went shopping with the kids. Great start to the year, as this is a film I can easily see in my top ten 10 months from now. Excellent performances, especially by Mark Ruffalo, and a top-notch script.