I make a lot of phone calls. I’ve called people to sell higher, buy lower and haggle interest rates. At times, I’ve made more “cold calls” in one day than a teenage girl would text. Nothing really compares to the call to ask a girl out on a date. If you’re a girl out there […]
Month: September 2015
DATEWORTHY? – THE INTERN
In a movie world awash in clichéd romantic comedies or raunchy sex romps, there’s something downright refreshing about the new movie “The Intern.” It’s a story about a friendship between a man and a woman – one that never threatens to be sexualized, and which shows that there can be great beauty and wisdom shared […]
Black Mass – “Dateworthy”?
Johnny Depp is an actor who knows how to completely submerge himself in a role, and for most of his career, he has been putting those skills into the service of quirky movies kids could enjoy, ranging from “Pirates of the Caribbean” to “Alice in Wonderland” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” But in the […]
Is The Movie “The Visit” Dateworthy?
Paying a visit to your grandparents when you’re a kid should be one of the best memories of your childhood. But what if you just knew that something was, well, a little bit odd and off-kilter about them – and that that oddness could possibly be hiding something downright sinister? That’s the delicious premise of […]
Is The Movie “A Walk In The Woods” Dateworthy?
You might think that a movie about two old men in their 70s walking the Appalachian Trail is the last thing you’d want to see as a hip young person on the dating scene. But I’m happy to report that the new movie “A Walk in the Woods” defies expectations and might just be, surprisingly, […]
Is The Movie “The Gift” Dateworthy?
A great film has been scaring up good word-of-mouth for the past month, but I somehow missed it until last weekend. “The Gift” stars Jason Bateman, who normally acts in raunchy comedies like “Horrible Bosses,” in a thoughtful, foreboding and intelligent thriller that would make Hitchcock proud. The Gift Focusing on Bateman’s character Simon, who […]
MODERN ROMANCE – A Book Review
“Should I text or call? Send an emoji? Several emoji’s?” “I go on dates every week but why can’t I just find the right person?” Aziz Ansari’s “Modern Romance” most likely won’t give you the answers to these and dozens of other modern dating dilemmas, but he will share with you the opinions and experiences […]