{"id":10112,"date":"2023-05-13T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=10112"},"modified":"2023-04-03T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T19:07:37","slug":"holidays-in-the-movies-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/05\/13\/holidays-in-the-movies-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays in the Movies:  Mother&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10540\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/05\/13\/holidays-in-the-movies-mothers-day\/serialmomposter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SerialMomposter.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"260,383\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SerialMomposter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SerialMomposter.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SerialMomposter.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SerialMomposter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10540\" width=\"206\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SerialMomposter.jpg 260w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SerialMomposter-102x150.jpg 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We haven&#8217;t been completely lucky finding acceptable movies that took place on Mother&#8217;s Day, so this is another holiday where a thematic selection of movies will come to the rescue.  There is a glut of mother themed movies to choose from, and so this year we might:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psycho_(1960_film)\">Psycho <\/a>(1960):  What&#8217;s there to say?  Essential.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dark_Water_(2002_film)\">Dark Water<\/a> (2002):  I lean toward the Japanese original.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/My_Stepmother_Is_an_Alien\">My Stepmother is an Alien<\/a> (1988):  I haven&#8217;t seen this one since I was a kid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serial_Mom\">Serial Mom<\/a> (1994):  Also essential. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We haven&#8217;t been completely lucky finding acceptable movies that took place on Mother&#8217;s Day, so this is another holiday where a thematic selection of movies will come to the rescue. There is a glut of mother themed movies to choose from, and so this year we might:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[290],"class_list":["post-10112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-holidays-in-movies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10450,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/holidays-in-the-movies-calendar-summary\/","url_meta":{"origin":10112,"position":0},"title":"Holidays in the Movies:  calendar summary","author":"leems","date":"September 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the past few years we have been cultivating holiday themed watching to get us in the right frame of mind for every holiday. 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