I’m trying to utilize as many of the local walking and hiking trails as I can before it gets warm and they become infested with people, bugs and bears. Today we went to Macedonia Brook State Park...

What initially seemed like a down year for movies turned out to be not so bad.  And “Star Wars:  The Force Awakens” came out. I have a love-hate relationship with the Oscars.  While I enjoy the ceremony...

Several weeks ago I saw headlines about Alec Baldwin’s enthusiastic live Tweets on the compelling 10-part Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer.”   I had noticed it on Netflix as a recent addition but was too much in...

Director: Steven Spielberg (“Schindler’s List”, “Saving Private Ryan”, “Lincoln”) Main Cast: Tom Hanks (“Philadelphia”, “Forrest Gump”, “Saving Private Ryan”) Mark Rylance (This is the first film I’ve seen him in) Alan Alda (“Same Time Next Year”, “Crimes...

Director: Ridley Scott (“Alien”, “Thelma & Louise”, “Gladiator”) Main Cast: Matt Damon (“Good Will Hunting”, “True Grit”, The Bourne movies) Jessica Chastain (“The Help”, “Zero Dark Thirty”, “Interstellar”) Jeff Daniels (“Broadway Danny Rose”, “The Squid and the...