Good Stuff! The Greatest Showman

By John Brown | March 10, 2018 - 8:50 pm |March 10, 2018 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

I saw the previews of The Greatest Showman, the movie about the circus guy. I rolled my eyes. The circus? Come on. But my daughters, one by one, went to see it and came home raving. And then my wife went to see it and came home raving. And then my youngest was playing some →

Good Stuff! Savory Thai, Planters Medley, Everest, The Arrival

By John Brown | December 4, 2016 - 5:12 pm |December 4, 2016 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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I love finding little, non-chain restaurants with excellent, reasonably priced food. And I just found another one this week. It’s called Savory Thai, and it’s on 182 W Center Street in Orem, UT. Oh, baby. If you decide to go, you are in for a treat. We ate there in celebration of my third daughter’s →

Good Stuff! Woman in Gold

By John Brown | June 4, 2016 - 12:57 pm |June 4, 2016 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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I recently watch Woman in Gold with my family, and we loved it. It has delightful characters, a suspenseful plot, and moments of both humor and deep poignancy. The movie is based on the true story of Maria Altmann, an elderly Jew living in Los Angeles. When she was a young woman, the Nazis took →

Good Stuff! Mr. Holmes and 13 Hours, the book

By John Brown | February 3, 2016 - 7:00 am |February 6, 2016 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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Earlier this month I watched Mr. Holmes. It left me with this fine peace. With this feeling of goodness and light, in spite of, or probably because of, a number of poignant moments. It also surprised me. To write a story like this, to give people this kind of gift… What a wonderful, powerful thing. →

Good Stuff! 4 Delightful Movies

By John Brown | September 7, 2015 - 9:26 am |September 7, 2015 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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If you’ve been looking for some good movies to watch, I have four here that I think you’ll enjoy. The first is for fans of Downtown Abbey and Pride and Prejudice. It’s a four-episode, BBC TV miniseries called Wives and Daughters, and is based on the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, who was a popular English →