Alan Rickman

Today is the birthday of one of my favorite actors, Alan Rickman.  Most people  recognize him from the Harry Potter movies as Severus Snape.  He is also well known as the villian from Robin Hood, the one with Kevin Costner from the early 90's.  We loved him in the movie, Galaxy Quest,  PLEASE  watch that movie if you can, it is so funny!  I have found a short clip of Alan Rickman from Galaxy Quest.  Also, I hope you like the clip of Severus Snape with the music playing quietly. It is almost like a silent movie, you can see the expressiveness of his face.   Of course, you really want to make sure you see Alan Rickman in a speaking role because of that voice!  It is magnificent! 

When the Harry Potter books would come out at midnight here, the bookstores would have a party and people would sometimes dress up as characters from the book.  Our son loved all the Harry Potter books...he really is almost the same age as Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who portrayed Harry Potter.  We always made sure we took him to those book parties! (A party to celebrate a book, you know I had to be there too, right?)  Richard decided that if he put on a Halloween wig and sewed some extra buttons on his old black jacket, how close would he look to Severus Snape?   What do you think?  And hey, guess what, Richard has a magnificent voice too!

Happy Birthday, Alan Rickman, I wish you many happy returns of the day!

The Very Thought Of You

One of our favorite movies is "The Very Thought Of You" and stars Monica Potter, Joseph Finnes, Rufus Sewell and Tom Hollander.  It's really a sweet old fashioned kind of movie. Filmed mostly in London, it is fun to recognize bits of London that you may know.  Originally, it was a TV movie by the name of "Martha- Meet Frank, Daniel and Lawrence."  It involves all those gorgeous men  that I have listed and they meet a beautiful blonde American and all fall for her and laughter and trouble ensues.  I found a trailer for this movie on Youtube but since it is only a short movie, it showed a lot of the funniest bits, so I didn't want to ruin it for you.  If you are looking for a movie to watch for Valentine's Day, I would suggest this one to you.  It's not just a "chick flick" either, as my husband and son like it very much too.  Did you know that my son's major at college is Film?
It's very interesting to watch a movie with him as he points out so much to me that I have never considered. 
Movies are really just stories brought to life, either from books or from a screenplay.  So, if you like to read, then you really should like movies too, especially good ones that I can recommend to you.  I only like the good ones!  I really like "The Very Thought Of You" because it is so well written.  It is by Peter Morgan and he is the same one who wrote "The Last King of Scotland", "The Queen", and "Frost/Nixon".
You may think that I just love this movie because it is about a beautiful American girl with English guys fawning all over her.  Oh yes, that has ALWAYS happened to me anytime I am in England!
Come to think of it though, I was serenaded once on the London underground after the young men involved made fun of my bright (Kryptonite) raincoat, does that count as fawning over?

Peanut M&M's are gluten free!  Happy Valentine's Day!