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Stay on Course with This Cool Compass Necklace
In one of my favorite movies, "Contact," Matthew McConaughey gives Jodie Foster a compass necklace that he finds inside a Cracker Jack box. Throughout the movie, she holds on to it and it seems to guide in her the right direction.
Maybe I'm a total cheeseball, but I was always touched by this, and when I stumbled upon an identical compass necklace at one of my favorite on-line stores, Uncommon Goods, I just knew I had to have it. Now I can pretend that Matthew McConaughey gave it to me, and I'll never get lost in life.
By the way, if you haven't seen the movie, you should go out and rent it tonight, it's great. Mr. McConaughey is looking pretty fine! (And so is Ms. Foster, if she's more to your taste!)
Posted by Megan on August 30, 2006 | Comments (0) | Tell a friend
Highly recommended by Norman's mother
What better way to celebrate this frightful time of year, than with a classic scary movie! For me, nothing beats Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller Psycho, which is now available in a Collector's Edition on widescreen in its original aspect ratio. There's some great extras on this DVD, including Hitch's original trailer, and a 90-minute documentary on the making of the film! See this black and white masterpiece as the first audiences did, on a big screen in a dark room, with lots of popcorn. And maybe skip your nightly shower, just this once.
Posted by tracy on October 15, 2006 | Comments (0) | Tell a friend
Let me tell you how to get, how to get back to Sesame Street
Do you remember Sesame Street before Elmo? It's scary, but to a lot of kids growing up now, Sesame Street IS Elmo. Personally, I prefer the days when Sesame Street was less of a merchandising tool for toy companies, and more of a grassroots experiment in the then largely unchartered waters of children's programming. Like when Grover taught us the difference between near and far, and the animated pinball machine helped us count to ten. And when Bob, Gordon, Maria and the rest of the gang delivered valuable life lessons in their garishly glorious plaid 70s fashions. Classic.
If you were a kid during the early years of Sesame Street, and you know a toddler who can appreciate some vintage muppet humor and maybe a bit of Spanish to boot, definitely check out Sesame Street - Old School, which covers some of the greatest hits of this landmark children's show from its inception in 1969, till 1974. I'll be buying this for my 2-year-old niece this Christmas!
Posted by tracy on October 16, 2006 | Comments (3) | Tell a friend
Cool movies on the cheap with Netflix!
In case you didn't know (because I didn't), Netflix sells their used DVDs. This is a perfect gift for my father who is impossible to buy for. He has a HUGE DVD collection, I would say its sort of a hobby for him, so this has been a great find for me. Shipping is free so costs are low and DVDs are from $5.99 - $9.99. I just bought four movies for $32, along with some pajamas, popcorn and chocolate he is going to be one happy Pop!
Posted by Krista on December 13, 2007 | Comments (0) | Tell a friend
Waterloo presents Amelie!
they've seen it, most people love it; but if they haven't I tell them to stop whatever they're doing and go see it. Now. Don't worry about the subtitles, because if you're like me you'll forget you're reading them two minutes into the movie because you're so entranced by Amelie. 
I fancy myself a bit of an Amelie. Not because she's a loner and uber shy (not me at ALL) but because she enjoys making people happy. And she's charming ;)Anyway, I came across this Amelie t-shirt at Waterloo and I had to share. If you're an Amelie fan like me, you'll want to snag it for yourself right now.
Head on over and pick one up or check out their other awesome tees - they've been kind enough to give A Girl Must Shop readers an additional 10% off with coupon code agirlmustshop.
PS - Janet - there's even a Led Zeppelin one!
Posted by Megan on January 18, 2008 | Comments (0) | Tell a friend
