Posts

Welcome to the Blog: The 365 Day Meryl Streep Film Challenge.

I recently watched the film Julie & Julia-- a wonderful film, by the way!--and was inspired by Julie Powell's Julie/Julia Project--she basically challenged herself to cook 524 of Julia Child's recipes in 365 days--to make my own challenge. So, I have decided to watch all of Meryl Streep's films (according to Wikipedia, this is 76 films, with an additional 2 films on the way) in 365 days. If you know me, you know I'm a big Meryl Streep fan, but have recently realised that I have only watched a small fraction of her films. I can hear you asking "why the heck are you doing this?" and, truthfully, I have no good answer to this question. But, I love a little challenge and this should be a bit of fun. So, really, I guess my answer to the question should be: "why not?". I will be writing a short post on this blog after watching each film to share my thoughts. So, the Meryl / Eve project--or, perhaps, the Meryl Marathon?--begins July 1st and will f...