Man on a Ledge: Movie Review

By Stacey Tuttle

Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) was convicted of a crime that he said he didn’t commit.  Now he’s going to extremes to defend his innocence.  He’s on a ledge, threatening to jump to his death, and he asks for a particular police psychologist to handle his case, Lydia Mercer (Elizabeth Banks). 

Lydia didn’t seem like the logical choice.  In fact, she was famous for just having lost a jumper.  In other words, she was recently assigned to talk a suicide jumper down from his jump, but she …

Man on a Ledge: Quotes

Quotes compiled by Stacey Tuttle

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Nick Cassidy:  “Today is the day that everything changes, one way or the other.  …I’m ready to die, and it’s important you understand that.”

Nick Cassidy, in response to Lydia asking why he wanted her as the negotiator:  “You’re famous.  Last week you had a jumper on the bridge and he died with a huge crowd watching.  I wanted to make sure there would be a lot of people here …

The Vow: Movie Review

Review by Stacey Tuttle

I went to see The Vow with some friends and everyone loved it…everyone except me.  I mean, I enjoyed it, but something nagged at me, something I couldn’t quite put my finger on, until now.  I think it has to do with the title.

Paige (Rachel McAdams) and Leo (Channing Tatum) are very happily married until a car accident leaves Paige with amnesia.  When she wakes from her coma, she is essentially in another place in time, years ago, when she was engaged to another man, in law school, and happily connected to her parents.  She has forgotten …

The Vow – Movie Quotes

Quotes Compiled by Stacey Tuttle

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Leo:  “My theory is about moments, moments of impact.  My theory is that these … flashes of high impact actually end up defining who we are.”

Leo:  “Each one of us is the sum total of all the experiences with all the people we’ve ever knowna nd it’s these moments that become our personal history.  Like our greatest hits CD that we play over and over again.”

Paige:  “I vow to help you love life, to …

The Iron Lady: Movie Review

Review by Stacey Tuttle

“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”[1]

Whatever you may think about Margaret Thatcher and how she handled her authority, her relationships, her family, her country, you cannot deny the influence she had.  She wasn’t out to win a popularity contest; she didn’t try to make everyone feel good.  She did, however, say, “All I wanted to do was to make a difference in the world.”  And that she did by being willing to make decisions that no one else …

The Iron Lady: Quotes

Quotes compiled by Stacey Tuttle

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Margaret Thatcher:  “We must never, ever give in to terrorists.”

Margaret Thatcher:  “If I can’t go out to buy a pint of milk then what is the world coming to, now really?”

Margaret Thatcher:  “We have always lived alongside evil, but it has never been so patient….  Western Civilization must be determined to root [it] out.”

Margaret Thatcher:  “It used to be about trying to do something, now is about trying to be someone.”

Margaret Thatcher:  …