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The Lovely Bones - WATCH IT!

No Spoilers.....

I'm sure if you have seen the previews before that you know the basis. A girl is killed and she narates the movie from the "in between" I guess like a purgatory of sorts. Now I have not belief in purgatory but that is neither here nor there. I read this book years ago and loved it and I equally love the movie. Peter Jackson got a lot of flack for portraying the "in between" in the fanciful way he did but I found that aspect of the movie quite fantastic. I think he did a great job!

Saoirse Ronan did a wonderful job as the main character as did Mark Wahlberg as the grieving father trying to find the guilty man. Stanley Tucci was downright terrifying as the creepy neighbor in the movie.

It is a tear jerker and it will wrench your emotions in parts. I balled for a LONG time!
However, given the nature of the movie it was done as tastefully as possible with no disgusting parts and no unnecessary gore. Given movies nowadays that was quite impressive!

So give it a go - it is a great great movie! Oh and my husband liked it too so this is NOT a chick click!

“These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections - sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent - that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. The events that my death wrought were merely the bones of a body that would become whole at some unpredictable time in the future. The price of what I came to see as this miraculous body had been my life.”

From Paris with Love - Watch it

No Spoilers......

So here's the DL on this movie....... if you like guns - watch this. If you like lots and lots of shooting scenes - watch this. If you like Travolta as a bad guy (with a bald head and an earring) - watch this.

This is a shoot em up kinda movie. It does have a story line which is good too. My husband LOVED this movie. I watched it while painting. LOL! Given there is more shooting than speaking I advise actually watching it while laying on the couch! (Like I used to do!)

Enjoy!

She's out of my League - Watch it!

No Spoilers....

This movie was pretty hilarious. If you have a good sense of humor I think you should watch it!
It was a funny movie with a pretty hilarious cast!

Mind you there are some raunchy jokes and scenes but that is to be expected in most films unfortunately though I have to say that theose aspects did NOT overshadow the majority of the none offensive nature of the movie.

Nonetheless I say check it out :)

Tooth Fairy - Kids watch it!

No spoilers....

This will be a fast review. First off no I am not embarrassed that I watched this movie. I have no life LOL and it was one of the few in Redbox I had not seen. So I watched it.

Now that being said I still would be a bit embarrassed if I was Dwayne Johnson LOL - pink fairy outfit REALLY! Geesh! Hope he made a lot of money for that movie!

Either way it is a cutesie kids movie. Typically what one would expect. So if you want to watch a family friendly movie that will make your kids giggle and you will enjoy too then I say give it a try!

Invictus - Watch it!

No Spoilers......

Now fair warning here - this is not a normal drama type movie as it is based on real events. It's also not an extremely boring documentary. It's a nice mix of both in a way.

All in all I would say that this was an incredibly inspiring story! If everyone in the world could have the forgiving positive attitude that Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman plays him in the movie) had after induring such hardships then the world would be better for it!

I suggest you check this out! Short review but there's not much more to say other than that - if you want to be inspired check it out!

Alice in Wonderland - WATCH IT!

No spoilers....

This is a Tim Burton movie but even those who are not fans of his movies should check this one out! Now be warned this is not the cheerful Alice from your childhood think of this as a sequel of sorts kind of like Return to Oz was for Wizard of Oz. It is Alice's trip BACK to Wonderland after the red queen went and screwed it all up, hence the dark Tim Burton-esque quality of the movie. It's not just because of Tim Burton - it did make sense with the story.

Johnny Depp is fantastic as the mad hatter. I mean he's pretty good at mad. And for those that will find it weird his changing to a scottish accent (kind of sounds like Jack Sparrow a bit in parts) was NOT a mistake. He would talk normal in 'lucid' moments and sort of scottish when he was 'mad' - this was completely on purpose on his part :)

Anne Hathaway and her hand movements as the white queen and mannerisms in general were quite amusing. Helena Bonham Carter as the big headed red queen was pretty great. The CGI was pretty awesome and I have to admit I saw it in 3-D and it was amazing! Though I watched in on DVD too - still great!

The tea party scene with the mad hatter and the march hare was pretty great. So my point here is Tim Burton fan or not, Johnny Depp fan or not, Alice in Wonderland fan or not.... Check it out. You may not like it but I'd say it's worth shot :)

Oh and.... "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
We may never know....

Nine - Don't bother in my opinion

No spoilers....

Okay now I know some of you musical lovers out there MAY have loved this movie. I am a musical lover myself and I would never watch it again. I admit it had beautiful cinematography and all such loveliness HOWEVER this alone will not make me enjoy a movie.

The movie was stocked with big name actresses who all sang in their rather trashy get ups (a.k.a. like the Moulin Rouge music video back in the day - Moulin Rouge I suggest you watch!) I realize that the trashy get ups fit with the movie plot, I'm just saying.....they were trashy. None the less I am not the type of person who writes off a movie because of something like that. I just can only handle so much.... a movie with a plot basis of a married film director who pretty much sleeps with every woman he comes in contact with is a bit much. Not only that but he and every woman in the movie (of course) sing about these escapades. Just a bit much for me. Daniel Day Lewis can sing I'll give ya that. Much more impressive than Pierce Brosnan in Mama Mia (Liked that movie too by the way). But I mean that's not saying much it's a musical and he was the main character - one would hope he could sing!!!

The actresses with their sometimes brief moments of lustful, seducing songs were decent I suppose. They could sing I guess but it was all just a bit much.

With that said.... if you would like to see a film about a man and a ton of woman who want to sleep with him and his poor wife who is heart broken by his trashy sleeping around then by all means to each their own. But in case it hasn't been obvious.... I wouldn't waste your time and money (even if it did only cost me $2).

Book of Eli - Watch it !!

No Spoilers.....

I am a Denzel Washington fan! I thought he was really good in this movie (which came as no surprise to me). This had a very I am Legend (also a great movie) feel to it. Where as Denzel's character in the beginning is pretty much the only person in the film. I thought it might be that way the whole time much like I am Legend but don't worry more people are added into the mix.

Mila Kunis was actually very impressive in her role which after years of being on That 70's show I figured she couldn't be that good of a dramatic actress - so way to go Mila! Gary Oldman also played a great bad guy which again was no surprise to me. I thought the entire cast was great and the story line was great for the most part.

The only thing that bothered me a bit was I would have liked a BIT more description as to why the world was the way it was. The sky opening up and the sun burning everything and a few other vague descriptions just didn't do it for me. But other than that minor issue I thought it was a great movie. Denzel keep it up!

I'd even POSSIBLY be excited for a sequel..... those tend to bomb but I'd give it a chance!

Youth in Revolt - Don't bother

No spoilers....

I went out and rented this as soon as it was available through Redbox as I expected it to be rather hilarious. While I am a Michael Cera fan (though Paper Heart was not great) I loved him in Juno - this movie left much to be desired. He had his moments as did the script with some rather funny awkward teen embarrassment type moments. Zach Galifianakas was pretty funny in the movie (though not nearly as hilarious as he was in The Hangover) but he was only in the first 20 minutes or so! Steve Buscemi who I also really like had a rather small part as the father and was not all that amusing.

The trailer left me with the thought that Nick (Michael Cera) was going to be his geeky self but then try to impress this girl by becoming a french man - as in I thought he literally was going to fool her into thinking in he was french and a completely different person! This was not the case. It was more of a he was seeing the french guy in his head. I don't know it was weird.

The whole movie seemed like a bit of an over extreme situation for a guy to impress a girl but maybe I am looking to deep into a comedic movie. Either way I am not the pickiest person in the world and I still say don't bother there are way more amusing movies out there! For instance (although no very PC) The Hangover was pretty darn hilarious! Get that one instead!

Killers - Watch it !

NO Spoilers!

This is a chick flick sort of HOWEVER - Your husband or boyfriend will love it too!!!!!


This was a MUCH better movie than I was expecting. The pairing of Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl was quite fantastic. Ashton Kutcher managed to actually act well AND not come off as stupid or overly full of himself - color me impressed! They had good chemistry and more importantly sparred well with the comedic aspects of the movie!

This was way more hilarious than I expected it to be. The introduction of Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara as Katherine Heigl's parents in the movie was amazing! Tom Selleck for nothing more than his overbearing daddy role (and hilarious mustache of course) and Catherine O'Hara because she has SO many scenes where she is just such a funny DRUNK! Haha - great faces, great commentary. She was a great addition to that cast. Even if all you remember about her was her being the mom in Home Alone now you should remember this!

So I don't want to give anything away but trust me this movie is worth it. Mind you it would be just as good on your TV as in theaters so you COULD wait till DVD and catch an action movie as there are MANY good movies out right now.

Either way SOONER OR LATER - check Killers out! If you're disappointed I'd be surprised!

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus - Watch it !

To start if you don't like hippy trippy weird somewhat confusing movies.... stay away this is all of those combined. If you're in for some interesting scenery and some messing with your head.... GO FOR IT :)

Some Spoilers...... beware!

For starters this was Heath Ledger's last movie. He actually passed away before the filming was done.... because of this we have the addition of Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Ferrell. They all also play Tony (Heath Ledger's character).... trust me that is NOT the first confusing part!

I thought that they tied in the four actors together rather well as they were all "Tony" in the Imaginarium not in the real world. So given that the Imaginarium was not real so to speak it seemed more logical that someone not look the same. However, not many other characters changed while in the Imaginarium but that didn't really bother me much.

The whole plot of the movie is rather foggy and confusing given you are in the real world you go through a mirror (yes sort of like the whole Alice and the looking glass except a cheaper looking mirror) and BOOM you're in a trippy weird everyone is on drugs looking world! What is this world? Well it seems to all come around to Dr. Parnassus.

We learn that this is your not so typical good vs. evil battle. Dr. Parnassus vs. the Devil for the Dr.'s daughter.

Interesting? Yes. Strange? You betcha! Odd tango dancing between 16 yr. old daugher and the devil? Yep!

I guess my point here is..... it's good if you don't mind weird. Also... it is impossible to explain the movie so I'm not going to try more than I have. Worth the watch though if for nothing else then to see the interesting Imaginarium scenes and Heath Ledger's last bits of acting - with that Joker-esque smile.

When in Rome & Leap Year - Chick Flick lovers Watch them!

No spoilers really....

My husband was amused by Leap Year though I doubt he would have liked When in Rome (fair warning for you couples out there)....

This is a rather simple review for both as they are similar chick flick typical type movies. For those feminists out there I deeply apologize for the use of the word "chick" but honestly let's just get over that because I will use the term many times in the future - I am a chick so I have that right ;) .... It is not meant to be insulting-now to carry on...
These are both movies that are rather PREDICTABLE so if you want to be surprised -don't bother. But who REALLY watches a chick flick to be surprised?
Anyways to get right down to the nitty gritty.... they are cute movies with actresses and actors that play loveable characters. If you like chick flicks you should like these movies... but if you don't want predictable rent Object of my Affection or My I myself love a good predictable romance now and again....

The New Daughter - Maybe see it

Some tiny spoilers - won't ruin the movie though if you choose to watch it!

This movie stars Kevin Costner as a father of a son and daughter. His wife just abandoned the family and went off with some younger man. So this leaves him to be the father he never has been. Blah blah - typical stat to a movie.

Then the movie gets interesting - there's this whole evil presence and unexplainable things are happening, etc. The daughter is not acting the same (hence the point of the movie)

Well this was one of those movies to me where it was really good - I was given a much more creepy feeling than I initially expected. However, the ending left me wanting. It was an ending that had they given it a 5 minute wrap up I think I could have loved the movie.

IF you don't mind endings that leave you hanging then GO FOR IT! If the open ended endings bug you like they do me then I would suggest staying away from this one. An alternate ending even in the extras may have made me feel better. Definitely not the worst movie ever but the ending left me unsatisfied.... to each there own....

Date Night - Watch it!

NO SPOILERS AGAIN!

Date Night is a movie that you should like if you like the lead duo! If you hate Steve Carell and/or Tina Fey then seriously why bother?
However if you like that type of humor and are a fan of ridiculous situations that would probably never happen to anyone but yet are still funny..... then do it!
Also if you have a lifeless marriage and want to feel better about it then watch the first 20 minutes LOL that should work ;) The movie is jam packed with situations that I'm pretty sure rarely if not never happen to anyone but they spin them in a way that you greatly enjoy laughing and the pathetic married couple that is going through them!
If you want a movie that you don't need to decipher and will just make you laugh then I recommend this movie. Not the best comedy ever but worth the watch for sure :)

A-Team - Watch it!

On to the first review.... Don't worry NO spoilers for this one as there isn't much to give away!

Now when I say that I don't mean to insinuate that I did not enjoy the movie because on the contrary I thought it was pretty good! It was action packed (as of course you would expect) and filled with quite a bit of funny moments.

Liam was good (I usually like him) and Bradley Cooper's arrogant (as usual) demeanor managed to not bother me (which was a plus)! Also 'Rampage' as B.A. was hilarious and I must say I was impressed because usually seeing wrestlers in a movie does NOT excite me but he had some VERY humorous parts in the movie. Sharlto Copley who played Murdock was down right HILARIOUS!!! I did not remember ever seeing him in a movie so I didn't know what to think but man can he play crazy (a severe improvement from District 9)!!

So all in all I'll describe it as my husband did to his friend: "A donut filled with action, glazed with humor"