Fully Charged — Finding Energy and Joy

Posted on November 16, 2015 at 7:00 am

Best-selling author Tom Rath writes books about how anyone can find more energy and joy. Now his work is explored fuller in a new documentary called “Fully Charged.” Rath and experts from academia, medicine, business, religion, and the military talk about the small changes anyone can make, and demonstrate the extraordinary results.

It is not easy, but it is simple. Eating better, exercising more, getting sleep, connecting more deeply with those we care about, and tapping into our innate gratitude and generosity gives us a feeling of purpose and meaning that gives us more energy, more joy, and more satisfaction. It’s just the thing for for a reminder of what matters in the midst of holiday stress and New Year’s resolutions.

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/fully-charged/id1059853825

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Fully-Charged-Tom-Rath/dp/B01948A3QE

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/fullycharged

VHX: http://fullychargedfilm.vhx.tv/

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Fully_Charged?id=PwSlgClK8bs&hl=en

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Stephen King’s “Misery” — Now on Broadway with Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf

Posted on November 15, 2015 at 3:26 pm

Stephen King’s novel about a deranged fan who captures her favorite author became the film Misery, with an Oscar-winning performance by Kathy Bates.

Now it has been adapted for live theater, with a Broadway production starring Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf.

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An 18 Year Old Interviews Himself at 56

Posted on November 15, 2015 at 8:00 am

Filmmaker Stoney Emshwiller is raising money to complete a film he began when he was 18 years old — in 1977. He recorded half of an interview, wondering how his life would turn out. Now at age 56 he is raising money on Rockethub to complete the film. This little sample is charming but also wistful, bittersweet, and touching. How many of us live up to our dreams at 18? How many of us at 56 are happier that we didn’t?

Emshwiller writes about what he did in 1977:

I interviewed my future self. Using state of the art (for its time) equipment, I recorded one side of a time-travel talk show.

I sat in a well-lit chair in a completely black studio and, like some teenaged Johnny Carson, chatted with an invisible older me. During this one-way conversation, I asked my older self tons of questions about my future – from career to family to art to friendships to sex. Then I recorded many different reactions to each possible answer, ranging from polite nods, to joy, sadness, annoyance, surprise, and outright horror.

I’m glad to see he has raised enough for his modest $10,000 budget and is close to his stretch budget of $25,000. Can’t wait to see the film.

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List: Movie Nells

Posted on November 14, 2015 at 3:53 pm

I’m sorry Sandra Bullock’s film, Our Brand is Crisis, isn’t getting more attention. I thought it was smart and funny and loved Bullock’s performance. But I admit another reason I liked it was that the wonderful actress Ann Dowd played a character who shares my first name, Nell.

I often joke that my parents collect antiques, starting with the names they gave their daughters. I love my name — it is simple but rare. It has literary connections thanks to Charles Dickens, and musical connections, especially if you’re in a barbershop quartet. And I’m happy to share my name with my friend, the brilliant writer/director Nell Scovell, and with Nell Carter and Charles II’s famous love, Nell Gwynn.

Here are my other favorite movie Nells.

1. Debbie Reynolds in “The Gazebo.”

2. Jodie Foster in “Nell”

3. Julie Harris in “The Haunting”

4. Sarah Jessica Parker in “Dudley Do-Right” (I vastly prefer the original television series but have to mention SJP)

5. Eva Marie Saint in “Raintree County” (Elizabeth Taylor has the flashy role, but Eva Marie Saint as Nell is the woman whose love for Montgomery Clift provides him with some stability and peace.)

6. Marilyn Monroe in “Don’t Bother to Knock”

Trailer: Finding Dory

Posted on November 14, 2015 at 3:46 pm

The sequel to “Finding Nemo” is “Finding Dory,” with Ellen DeGeneres as the forgetful blue tang. Pixar has just released the trailer for the film, which will be out in 2016.

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