The husband and I did the dead wife double feature this week.  “The Descendants” left me sad and somewhat empty; “We Bought a Zoo” less so.  In the former, daughters saying good-bye to their comatose mother wrecked me.  In “…Zoo”, she was already gone and we were left with the father finding and fighting his way back, albeit in unconventional ways.  Both films succeeded in shoring up my resolve for the new year, a belief that taking chances regularly is necessary, not only because you never know … [Read more...]