Monthly Archives: June 2015

Size Doesn’t Matter

Posted on June 28, 2015 by An Unturned Stone

Spy is a clever spoof on the Bond-genre spy movies. It features Melissa McCarthy as a CIA employee working in a non-descript office where she uses her instinct and intelligence to serve as the eyes and ears for agents on … Continue reading →

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Keeping The Faith

Posted on June 21, 2015 by An Unturned Stone

Ida is a film about the connection between two characters who are related; one has lost faith, and another drawn closer to her faith. The story opens with a convent in Poland where Anna has been raised and is approaching … Continue reading →

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Landslide Will Bring It Down

Posted on June 10, 2015 by An Unturned Stone

Force Majeure is about a Swedish couple, Tomas and Ebba, and their young children, Vera and Harry, who are on a winter holiday at an alpine ski lodge. While taking a lunch break overlooking the mountain at a terrace restaurant, … Continue reading →

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Through The Eyes Of A Child

Posted on June 7, 2015 by An Unturned Stone

Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping is a novel about the interplay of memory and imagination. The story is narrated by a granddaughter and opens with the patriarch who moved his family out west to Montana where he is killed riding a train … Continue reading →

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