Rating: B
Premise: Two girls go to Spain for the summer. One is getting married and the other is a bit lost. They both fall for the same artist. One girl still gets married and the other ends up living with him and his crazy ex-girlfriend. Then everyone breaks up.
Recommend: Yes/No. I watched part of it and then had to restart it. It wasn’t terrible but I’m thinking it just wasn’t my kind of movie. Penelope Cruz played crazy really well and Javier Bardem is always worth watching.
Rating: B
Premise: NY Girl has to go to her sister’s wedding in London. Surprise! Her ex-fiance is the best man. She hires an “escort” to be her boyfriend for the weekend. Of course they fall in love. Of course.
Recommend?: Yes. I’m not a Debra Messing fan but I was told this was cute. I actually bought it before watching and I think it definitely has rewatchability (mostly due to Mr. McDermott). Definitely a chick flick/rom-com. Cute and sweet. Amy Adams bugs in it though – suprising.
Rating: B
Premise: Rebecca Bloomwood, 16k in debt due to her shopping habit, gets a job at a Savings magazine. Then she falls in love with the cute editor.
I think they did a decent job of adapting the book into this movie. The books are much better but this was a fun chick movie. Isla Fischer is adorable and is a good Rebecca. Hugh Dancy was good but a little miscast as Luke Brandon…a Clive Owen type would have been better. Go see a matinee or rent when it comes out.
Rating: B
James Bond is out for revenge. He wants to get the man responsible for girlfriend/traitor, Vesper’s, death. He ends up in South America as a rogue spy and uncovers a plot to hoard water.
Huh?
Well, overall I liked this film. I have major bones to pick with whomever decided to do all kinds of quick cuts for the action scenes. It would have been nice to have actually seen what I suppose to be cool action bits. Also, the story was very hidden. Who was he looking for? How did this all fit together? It was very loosey-goosey. Major critics will have a field day with this one and I’m thinking that the second weekend drop will probably be at least 50 – 60%.
But, I can’t help it. I enjoyed it. Giancarlo Giannini could have used more screen time – he’s wonderful.
Rating: B
This is the film of the Steven Sondheim musical. It is the fictional story of Georges Seurat and the characters he painted in his painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”. The first half focuses on Georges Seurat and his “girlfriend” Dot. The second half focuses on Seurat’s Great-grandson, George, who is also a struggling artist.
If you are into musicals, this one is a gem. Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters are wonderful. This isn’t a typical musical of recent (pop hits strung together as a musical) but the music is beautiful. Warning: It is 2.5 hours long.
Rating: B
This movie revolves around an eccentric widower English professor and his amusingly dysfunctional family. Things are ok until his loser brother moves in and the professor falls in love with a former student.
It took me a while to get into this movie but at the end I came out liking it. Dennis Quaid’s character is a real asshole.
Rating: B
Premise: The great nephews & niece of Spiderwick come across a book that gives away all the secrets of the fantasy world around them. Too bad the big mean ogre wants the book.
Recommend: Yes, for adults who want a cute movie or for kids. I thought this would suck but I actually enjoyed it. It’s a typical family movie and you know who wins in the end. Still worth a watch.
Rating: B
Charlie Bartlett is a rich kid who gets kicked out of private school and goes to public school. Through his ability to obtain prescription meds, he becomes the most popular kid in school.
I liked this film alot. It sounded like it would be a funny (LOL) type movie but it is really more about parent/teen relationships. I would recommend it.
Rating: B
Disney movie from the 1960s. A widow and her three children must give up their affluent life in Boston and move to the country in Maine due to a money issue. They reinvent their life in the country with the help of Burl Ives.
I hadn't seen this before and I thought it was cute. Not one I must own but it is worth a look. Has a song in it "The Ugly Bug Ball" that I had heard before but not known where it came from...very cute. I wasn't expecting this to be a musical but they broke into song with regularity.
Rating: B
An old man recounts the tale of the legend of the Loch Ness monster to two tourists in a pub.
I thought this movie was well done. The water horse was cute and the cgi was believable for a fantasy character. The actors were good although I thought Emily Watson was miscast in her role as the mom/housekeeper. If you have kids, you should totally rent this.
Rating: B
Focuses on a diamond smuggler in Sierra Leone who has learned that one of the revolutionary groups has found a 100 carat pink diamond. The diamond has been hidden by a man who was taken by the group and who is looking for his family.
This is a fantastic movie. I gave it a B due to the tremendous violence and the bad acting on the part of Jennifer Connelly. Makes you want to boycott diamonds. Leo DiCap was much better than usual.
Rating: B
Dan is a widower with three girls who has given up on love. He meets the woman of his dreams while at a family reunion only to find out that she is the girlfriend of his brother.
I enjoyed this movie. Steve Carrell was funny but in a dramatic way. I bought this before seeing it and am not unhappy with the purchase.
Rating: B
Mr. Magorium has run the magic toy emporium for over 100 years. Now it is time for him to depart and the store is upset.
I wanted to see this in the theater but ran out of weekends so when it came out this week on DVD I went ahead and purchased it. Not really what I expected. It can't decide whether it wants to focus on the emporium being upset that it is losing its owner, the life struggle of the store manager or the life struggle of the accountant. So it focuses a little on each but not enough on one. The best story is the one focusing on Mr. Magorium and the store - his departure is the sweetest death scene I've ever seen. The effects are good. I'm glad I bought it and am loaning it to my friends with kids.
Rating: B
This is another movie written by Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein). She is becoming one of my "people to watch". It is the story of a neurotic PhD and a flaky gym membership salesgirl who decide to get married after knowing each other for only a few hours. The cast that surrounds them as their parents are great and the movie is just sort of sweet.
Definitely a renter - but worth renting.
Rating: B
I'm not a huge fan of action flicks and I had only seen the first Die Hard. The Ex had put this in the queue and I hadn't deleted it before it was sent to me. So I watched it. I have to say that I enjoyed it. It is full "balls out" action - like they knew this would be the last Die Hard movie so why not make it a huge spectacle.
You need to seriously suspend belief for this one but it is worth the watch.
Rating: B
Springfield is an eco-disaster so the EPA and President Schwarzeneger (?) decide to put a huge dome over it. The Simpsons manage to escape and move to Alaska (which is apparently walking distance from Springfield) but go back to help their friends and neighbors when the EPA goes a little psycho on them (the friends and neighbors).
I thought this was just so-so. It was worth watching until the end but I never need to see it again.
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