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Mecano: Lessons Learned

I watched Mecano last weekend with my husband and loved it.  It was heart warming and moving or maybe I was in an emotional mood.

If you haven’t watched the movie and don’t want a spoiler than go check out another post and come back when you have seen it.  It really is a great movie [...]

Sayyad el Yamam - صياد اليمام

فيلم إجتماعي فلسفي يدور حول “علي” وهو مواطن سكندري يعمل في محلج للقطن ودائم التمرد على وظيفته لكنه يحب صيد اليمام فهو دائماً يحمل بندقيته كي يصطاد حتى انه ترك عمله في المحلج من اجل هوايته هذه لكن حياته تتغير بعد مشادة مع زوجته يخرج على اثرها ليقابل شخصيات عدة فيشعر [...]

Growing Younger and Benjamin Button

A couple of weekends ago I watched “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” with my husband.  He totally surprised me and liked the movie.  The guy surprised me even more the week before when he didn’t enjoy “Wanted”.  Guns, car chases, lots of action and Angelina Jolie in theory should make a great movie, but [...]

Lessons from Horton Hears a Who

Dr. Seuss is one of my favorite childhood authors.  The silly rhymes and weird looking creatures created funny and interesting worlds for children and adults alike.  Each story always had a couple of lessons to be learned.  Yesterday my daughter and I watched Horton Hears a Who, well actually I wanted to watch and she [...]

Marriage in movies – Le3bet el 7ob (The game of love)

I am not a romantic movie fan in general, I find them soppy, sappy and boring and it usuall has an unbelievably happy ending.  That said I watched Le3bet el 7ob, starring Khaled Abou El-Naga and Hend Sabry a couple of days ago and I liked it.  Since I am not going to spoil it [...]

45 Days

45 Days Movie Poster

Ahmad Ezz El Deen (El-Feshawi)  is a rich kid, convicted of killing both his parents and is sent to a mental institute for 45 days to confirm the state of his mental health.  I am not a fan of Arabic movies in general.  I don’t like silly comedies (El Limby style) [...]

The incredibles, self esteem and raising smart kids

I subscribe to a wonderful podcast called ThePsychFiles by Michael Britt a psychology professor, he talks about everyday topics with a psychological twist. In his episode titled “How Do You Really Raise Self-Esteem? The Incredibles vs. American Idol” he touches on the subject of praising children on talent versus effort and how it really [...]

You gotta be …

This is an old song (came out in the 90s) by Des’ree which has this upbeat, “life is good” feel to it. Please enjoy.
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8 movies in a day and a half

Too much, seriously 8 movies is too much in a day and a half.  We were bored, Thursday night, and the weather was not exactly helping and since in Kuwait your going out options are quite limited we decided to stay in and watch a movie, the only problem is my husband got 8, and [...]

Only in the movies

I came across this site and had to smile , things that only happen in movies like:

It is always possible to find a parking spot directly outside or opposite the building you are visiting.

I also find it amusing that people need never lock their cars and just leave them like that.
For the rest of the [...]