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Ryan Gosling’s Range
This is not going to be a blog post where I write about how attractive Ryan Gosling is; I think his good looks are pretty obvious. Even my own husband commented on how handsome he looked in “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” And he never comments on another man’s looks. “I’ve never seen him look so good,” he said as we exited the theatre. This is exactly my point. Gosling could use his looks to his advantage in every film, but he doesn’t. And I, for one, am thankful for it. Gosling stars in four of my favorite movies: “The Notebook,” “Lars and the Real Girl,” “Blue Valentine,” and his latest film,…
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Marriage and The Blues
* I’ve been catching up on some reading and movie watching this summer, as you can tell by some of my posts. My husband attended a dinner last night, and I plunked myself down in front of the television alone and watched a movie I’ve wanted to see ever since this year’s Oscar nominations came out—“Blue Valentine”—starring Ryan Gosling (Dean) and Michelle Williams (Cindy). While I’ve decided not to do a full movie review, I’ll tell you that I liked it and found it thought provoking, hence the nature of this post. It was raw, depressing, and chock full of emotions. One of my former students, Jordan, loved this film,…