Went with my mom and dad to see "Lincoln". Every school child in Illinois learns about "Honest Abe" but this just brings those long-ago lessons back in a whole new way. It reminded me a lot of "Schindler's List" in that they both are films about one man in a time of war, trying to do the right thing but it's an uphill process. I would really like to see it again when it comes out on DVD because there is so much to it - when I started looking at the costumes, make-up and sets, I lost track of the story! I think one of the gowns Sally Field wears was modeled after an actual gown worn by Mary Todd Lincoln from the Lincoln state museum down in Springfield.

The film was researched at the Lincoln library down in Springfield and I think also at the Chicago Historical Society. I heard on the news that Daniel Day-Lewis was at the Lincoln library doing research, but the staff only realized it was him when he answered his cell phone and his voice gave him away.

My dad is a huge 007 fan so I'm hoping we'll get to see "Skyfall" while it's still in theaters. Mr. Bond drinking beer instead of a shaken martini, though?