🍺📚 BOOKS ‘N BEER: ‘WIT’ PLAY SUMMARY (MARGARET EDSON, 1995) 🎭
WIT PLAY SUMMARY (MARGARET EDSON, 1995) 🎭 This week in Books ‘n Beer, we read Wit, a serious and surprisingly funny play by Margaret Edson. 🎭 Here is a quick Wit play summary, just as an FYI. 🍺 The play first appeared on stage in 1995, and it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in […]
🎬🌹📚 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (2026) MOVIE: NEW RELEASE IN THEATERS 🍿💕
Sense and Sensibility: A Jane Austen Masterpiece: again! 🔥 The Sense and Sensibility 2026 movie is a new romantic drama based on Jane Austen’s famous 1811 novel. 📖 It opens in U.S. theaters today October 16, 2026. 🎟️ What Is the Sense and Sensibility 2026 Movie About? 💌 The story follows two sisters, Elinor and […]
📚🍻BOOKS ‘n BEER: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
🏢 GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS 💼 This week in Books ‘n Beer, we discussed Glengarry Glen Ross, both the play and the 1992 movie. Honestly, it is fantastic! I give it five out of five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and two thumbs up! 👍👍 What Is Glengarry Glen Ross About? David Mamet wrote Glengarry Glen Ross in 1983. […]
📚🍻BOOKS ‘n BEER: ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Spoilers)
Okay, so this week’s story started as a play. Edward Albee wrote it in 1962. It was a big deal on Broadway in the USA. Shocking. Raw. People didn’t know what to do with it. Then in 1966, they made it into a movie. Same story. Same brutality. But now you could see their faces […]
📚🍻BOOKS ‘n BEER: A LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (2026)
We read and watched an old school play this week, ‘A Long Days Journey Into Night. I absolutely loved it! It is extremely rare for me, but I knew this one was a 5/5 star when I was only half finished! It is an amazing one day journey into human relationships, behavior and emotions. And, […]
🎬🍿 GLADIATOR (2000) MOVIE QUOTE
🎬🍿 GLADIATOR MOVIE QUOTE TODAY: Today, we did a quote from a favorite scene of mine from Gladiator. Emperor Commodus is entering Rome for the first time as Emperor. After riding into the city to the cheers of the crowd, he meets Senator Falco on the steps: FALCO: “Rome greets her new emperor. Your loyal […]
🤴🎬STUDENT GETS HOOKED ON ‘THE TUDORS’ ON NETFLIX🍿
A student recently got hooked on the Netflix series, ‘The Tudors.’ Watching series in English or with subtitles is a fun way to learn some English. Discussing it in class is a great way to practice and internalize the language! The Tudors is a historical drama series on Netflix that tells the story of King Henry […]
1.🎬🎥🍿MOVIE LINE- THE HUNGER GAMES- PRESIDENT SNOW
Part of this month’s game in the Whatsapp group: Recite President Snow’s welcome to the Hunger Games! Give it a try!: Be sure to speak loudly, like you are presenting to a crowd. Also don’t forget your pauses “…” for effect and drama! AND: May the odds be ever in YOUR favor! : President Snow: […]
⛪CHURCH SERVICES DURING CLASS???🙏👼
For the first time ever, I did a bit of a church service in class the other day. I have a student that moved to a new country and town for her job. She went to church and did not understand the English. So, I made a dialogue with AI and we actually read the […]
🎥🍿🎬THIS WEEK’S MOVIE QUOTE: PET DETECTIVE / JIM CARREY (Comedy)
🎥🍿🎬THIS WEEK’S MOVIE QUOTE: PET DETECTIVE/ JIM CARREY. See Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura in, Pet Detective. In this scene ACE arrives at the home of someone he is looking for, Ray Finkle, a former football player. 🎬MOVIE DIALOGUE Ace Ventura: Hi, I’m looking for Ray Finkle. [Shotgun comes out of door, pointing at Ace.] […]
🏗️STUDENT PREPARING FOR L1-B VISA INTERVIEW
🎯 Business English — Visa Interview Prep! One of my students is preparing for a US L1-B Visa interview. We are practicing through real dialogues — questions, answers, professional vocabulary and confidence building. This is exactly what Business English is for. Good luck! 🍀🫡
🎭WHAT IS ‘DRAMA ENGLISH’???
What is Drama English? 🎭 Drama English is one of my most popular and unique classes. In Drama English, students read and act out dialogues — in English. The dialogues are about real situations: job interviews, vacations, conversations at work, everyday life. Sometimes I write custom dialogues based on YOUR real life. Sometimes we use […]
🎬GLADIATOR: “Are you NOT entertained?”
DRAMA ENGLISH PRACTICE—-GLADIATOR : MAXIMUS “Are you NOT entertained!? ARE YOU NOT entertained!!?? Is this NOT why you are here!!??””
🎬PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2005
MOVIE DRAMA CHALLENGE: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2005: Can you say the lines ‘correctly.’ (See the parentheses. 😉 ) Mr. Darcy:So, what do you recommend, to encourage affection?(He is genuinely curious but also somewhat guarded. He respects Elizabeth’s intelligence and is trying to engage with her, though he is not sure if she is teasing him.) […]