2014 Summer Movies #2: Places in The Heart

1930's Waxahachie, TX where a new widow takes in a boarder and a drifter who help her to keep her family homestead.  Released in 1984, we recently re-watched Robert Benton's film based on his home town.  Rated PG, the film does have some violence from racism and a tornado and a side story of the infidelity on the part of brother-in-law character.  The film strives for time period accuracy in furnishings, clothing, mannerisms and the like.  It's good example of  the depression era and it earned Sally Field her second Academy Award along with winning best original screenplay for 1985.

2014 Summer Movies #1: Apollo 13

(Summer movies are those that appeal on a level sublime or occasionally secondary, in one way or another, but they are movies we feel we can recommend with some extent of assurance.   Apollo 13 is starting out the movies for 2014.)

Rated PG, movie came out in 1995, event happened in 1970, lots more historical facts available including a bunch of science facts from Apollo 13 found here: http://www.universetoday.com/62339/13-things-that-saved-apollo-13/    It's an intense movie but a good one. The reluctance to watch an old space movie was quickly replaced with anticipation of what would happen next.

I admit, I think we're starting to lose track of all the movies starring Tom Hanks ;)