Wow, we’re really back on track on this project now! Lauren and I spent our Sunday night watching 1987′s Best Picture, The Last Emperor, the biopic of Puyi, the last boy to be named emperor before the nation became the People’s Republic of China and adopted a president instead. I think one must know something [...]
1985 • Out of Africa
The Best Picture project finally resumes! Friday evening, Lauren and I were both suffering from colds, so we stayed in and cuddled up to watch 1985′s Out of Africa which had been sitting on our TV stand for a couple months. As usual, when we have time for TV in the summer, it’s Twins baseball [...]
1982 • Gandhi
Wednesday evening, Lauren and I thought we could both stay awake long enough to watch our next Best Picture winner, 1982′s Gandhi, the movie from my year of birth! At 190 minutes, it would be a challenge, but the part I fell asleep for I rewatched in the morning before work. Gandhi is of course [...]
