Month: October 2020

Maybe ‘The War with Grandpa’ should give peace a chance

Jeff Mitchell

“The War with Grandpa” – Since I’m a child of the 70s and 80s, sometimes 2020 feels like an alien world, not necessarily due to miracles of modern technology, but socially. Back in the day, parents left their Gen X children to their own devices (not cell phones but ideas and related tomfoolery) for hours and hours.  My mom would shoo my brothers and me out of the house on Saturday or Sunday mornings, and say, “Have a great day.  Dinner is at six.” My father’s word was law, including…

‘Time’ is sometimes off, but the punctual, personal messages resonate

Jeff Mitchell

“Time” – “If you fall, I will catch you.  I will be waiting, time after time.” – Cyndi Lauper, “Time After Time” Sibil Fox Richardson (a.k.a. Fox Rich) has been waiting for her husband’s return for just over 20 years.  Fox and her high school sweetheart Rob are not legally separated but remain physically apart. The couple is legally separated but in an altogether different way.  You see, in 1999, a Louisiana court sentenced Rob to 60 years in prison for armed robbery, and Fox was not an unknowing party. …

Movie of the Week: ‘Raw’

Jeff Mitchell

It’s October, so it’s Pumpkin Spice Month!  Well, it is, but more importantly, it is the spookiest time of the year.   Since it’s Halloween Month, each AHFW Movie of the Week will be a horror film.  Let’s kick off the fun with an eerie cannibal story set in a Belgian veterinary school…of all places. “Raw” (2016) – Justine’s (Garance Marillier) parents drop her off at veterinary school, and she feels a bit nervous about her new journey.  Her older sister, Alexia (Ella Rumpf), already studies there and should be an…