I guess Valentine's Day is good for something. I quite like the picks in CineFix's Top 10 Movie Romances of All Time: [link]

Any list that has Brief Encounter and In the Mood for Love near the top spot is okay by me. Also, a mention of one of my all time favourite films nobody talks about -- Powell & Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death!

Boy, the Romeo in Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet looks awfully like Zac Efron, doesn't he?

Waiting to see Deadpool, and WTF why are there several small kids here? Honestly, people.

I went to see it last night and saw several under-10-year children in the theater. Not enough facepalm in the world.

...and a new generation of Quentin Tarantino's is forged.

As the mom of a tween, I can see how that sort of thing happens. I have very gore-averse kids, but they seem like outliers to me. In our case, saying no was the right decision.

Finally saw Deadpool today. Really enjoyed it, though the comics nerd in me was taken out of the moment when Colossus was eating cereal in metal form. He's not going to armor up just to eat breakfast, people!

I thought Colossus was a mutant and that all the mutants belonged to another studio.

They belong to this studio. Fox. Dead pool is a fox property too. Part of the X-Men universe.

Marvel studios was not involved in dead pool.

I'm watching The Hobbit on tv right now. I didn't hate it when I first saw it, although I didn't think it was nearly as good as LotR. But as something in the background as I sip an elderflower old fashioned and read Cold Comfort Farm, it's not bad. Sort of like having aunts and uncles talking about something while I read a book. Comforting.

I'm willing to rewatch the first Hobbit, I haven't seen the third Hobbit.