Tag: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Movie of the Week: ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’

Jeff Mitchell

AHFW looks back to high school, and not our teenage days, but Greg, Earl, and Rachel’s experiences in 2015.  It’s worth the trip, because “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” – and off-beat wonder – is one of the most affecting high school movies in years. “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (2015) – A self-doubting teen (Thomas Mann) befriends a fellow student stricken with leukemia (Olivia Cooke), and the particularly well-written script provides an equally hilarious and affecting journey about teenagers coping with untimely circumstances.  Director Alfonso…

Happy Birthday Nick Offerman!

Jeff Mitchell

On June 26, Nick Offerman turns 47, so Happy Birthday, Mr. Offerman! Nick began his acting career in 1994 but became instantly recognizable in 2009 with his star turn as Ron Swanson in the popular NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation”.  With his droll, sardonic delivery, Ron can expand on all of the ways he despises government, despite his job as the head of the parks and recreation department of a small Indiana town. Offerman has shined on the big screen in recent years as well with very memorable supporting performances…