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Three Movies I Loved in 2016 (and One I Didn’t)

December 31, 2016 By Haley 18 Comments

Movies I Saw in 2016

Since I’ve been to see more movies this winter than I usually do in a year, I thought I’d share some thoughts! Let’s start with the one that (to my surprise) disappointed me: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Maybe I should have known that when Rowling branches out from the original canon, it doesn’t seem to go well (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child *cough cough*). But I really had high … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Films Tagged With: arrival, fantastic beasts and where to find them, film, film review, kids movies, moana, movie review, movies, pete's dragon

If I Could Cast Austen’s Mansfield Park…

July 11, 2016 By Haley 32 Comments

If I Could Cast Austen's Mansfield Park...

I'm re-re-re-re-reading Mansfield Park right now. I've written before about how it's Austen's underrated novel and that we don't love Fanny Price as she deserves to be loved. What I find terribly disappointing that there isn't a decent film version of Mansfield Park. Granted, the 2007 Masterpiece Theatre version was tolerable, I suppose, but the casting was just not right. Haley Atwell as Mary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bookishness Tagged With: fanny price, jane austen, mansfield park, movies

The Best Comfort Movies for a Sick Day

December 3, 2014 By Haley 49 Comments

The Best Comfort Movies for a Sick Day // Carrots for Michaelmas

There seems to be a magnetic attraction between December and illness in the house. Thankfully, so far it's just been mild colds for the kids, but I don't think we're alone in this phenomenon. And sick days often merit some snuggle time with a good movie. Tis the season of comfort movies, amirite?! Which made me wonder....what movies are comfort movies for other families? So I asked the Carrots … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Films Tagged With: comfort movies, films, movies

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Welcome! I’m Haley Stewart, a bookish mama of four and wife to a beekeeper. Writer, speaker, podcaster, and Catholic convert. Homeschooling, bacon-eating, and bright red lipstick-wearing Jane Austen aficionado. My first book, The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture is available now!

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