: About Me

Holly Huffstutler joined the ranks of Helium writers in January of '09. Prior to that she earned her Bachelor's Degree in English/Coummincations fronm Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and her Culinary Arts Certificate from Harper College. She wrote for two publications at MCLA including the Beacon (www.mclabeacon.com) and the Susan B Anthony Women's Center Newsletter. (www.mcla.edu/Student_Life/Womens_Center) Most recently she served as the Arts and Entertainment Editor of the Beacon, covering many major arts events in the Berkshires. Events that she is thrilled to have written about include the Williamstown Film Festival and several exhibit openings at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), the largest modern art museum in the country. Holly loves to use her culinary skills to feed herself and those around her, counts following politics with an optimistic heart as a favorite hobby, and loves to analyze film, TV, music and all other art forms more than anyone else she knows. Besides writing for Helium, Holly currently freelances for Clef Notes Journal for the Arts in Chicago and writes ad copy for ecopywriters.com

My passion is ...

Living my life the way I want

I know too much about ...

the complete filmographies of actors, writers, directors, producers...

My parents always told me ...

that education is valuable, that I was smart and kind, that history is made up of people like me and not names and dates

My childhood ambition ...

To play Amaryliss in "The Music Man" (totally did it!) and to find a mysterious old mansion with a forbidden wing inhabited by someone fascinating (still hoping)

My favorite memory ...

spontaneous carol sing, in four part harmony with family.

Why I write ...

I have so many thoughts and I express them better in print

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

watching True Blood and Oscar noms, listening to things I finally got around to buying on iTunes

My first job ...

Cashier and maid of all work at White Hen Pantry

My best moment ...

Not sure its happened yet but anytime I've confronted someone or something against the advice of my inner coward

My inspiration ...

Wisdom imparted in great lines of dialogue, quirky miracles of everyday life

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Armored

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Nimrod Antal’s “Armored” is a consistently competent heist-gone-wrong action thriller from the consistently competent Hungarian director. The incredibly tense film kicks off when a group of work friends at an armored car service come up with the perfect crime. Step 1. Steal the 42 million they are charged with transporting   Step 2. Claim they got hijacked   Step 2. Get away with it.   At the center of the film (but not the heist planning) is Ty (Columbus Short) an Iraq war vet desperate to hang onto the house he inherited from his recently deceased parents...

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