Title: FOUR CHRISTMASES
Jan's Rating: 7
Time: l hour 28 minutes
Jan's Opinion: I knew this wasn't going to be an Oscar winner and it was just what I expected, a light and funny Christmas movie. My friend Laura and I felt the same way and both enjoyed it. Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn are an adorable couple who go on vacation every Christmas instead of spending it with their families, which you can understand if you see the movie. However, this year the airport is fogged in and they get caught at the airport by a TV news reporter who interviews them, their parents see the interview, call them on their cell phones, and they are forced to stay home and spend Christmas with their families. It did give us a few laughs and we were happy we had gone to see it.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
RACHEL DOES FINALLY GET MARRIED
Movie: Rachel Getting Married
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 114 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: I had heard nothing about this movie except Anne Hathaway gives an excellent performance, so I thought it would be a fun-loving, happy, girl-gets-married movie. This was definitely not the case. My friend Laura and I were in Asheville, NC for the weekend, had a couple of hours to kill, so saw the movie Saturday afternoon. The acting in this movie was outstanding, especially by Anne Hathaway, so I expect to hear Oscar buzz next year. Anne plays the part of Kim, who has been in drug rehab for 9 months and gets out for the weekend to see her sister Rachel get married. This family is so dysfunctional that I'm surprised she made it through the weekend without drugs. I'm not an addict and I think I would have had to pop a pill to get through it. The theater was completely quiet because people were so engrossed in the story that no one was making a sound. We both enjoyed it and it is one of those movies that you think about after you leave the theater. I highly recommend it but take a couple of tissues.....
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 114 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: I had heard nothing about this movie except Anne Hathaway gives an excellent performance, so I thought it would be a fun-loving, happy, girl-gets-married movie. This was definitely not the case. My friend Laura and I were in Asheville, NC for the weekend, had a couple of hours to kill, so saw the movie Saturday afternoon. The acting in this movie was outstanding, especially by Anne Hathaway, so I expect to hear Oscar buzz next year. Anne plays the part of Kim, who has been in drug rehab for 9 months and gets out for the weekend to see her sister Rachel get married. This family is so dysfunctional that I'm surprised she made it through the weekend without drugs. I'm not an addict and I think I would have had to pop a pill to get through it. The theater was completely quiet because people were so engrossed in the story that no one was making a sound. We both enjoyed it and it is one of those movies that you think about after you leave the theater. I highly recommend it but take a couple of tissues.....
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
NICOLE KIDMAN IS A GOOD "SHIELA"
Movie: Australia
Jan's Rating: 8
Time: 155 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see Australia today and both agreed it was too long. Two hours would have been perfect. The first half of the movie kind of dragged along but the second half was more exciting and went faster. Nicole Kidman did an excellent job of acting, as always, and Hugh Jackman was better in the second half of the movie. You could certainly classify him as "eye candy"! Brandon Walters should definitely get an Oscar for his stellar performance. Nicole Kidman arrives in Australia (from England) as a very stuffy aristocrat but she soon becomes tamed by circumstances and the environment. It was a beautiful wartime love story, just a bit too long.
Jan's Rating: 8
Time: 155 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see Australia today and both agreed it was too long. Two hours would have been perfect. The first half of the movie kind of dragged along but the second half was more exciting and went faster. Nicole Kidman did an excellent job of acting, as always, and Hugh Jackman was better in the second half of the movie. You could certainly classify him as "eye candy"! Brandon Walters should definitely get an Oscar for his stellar performance. Nicole Kidman arrives in Australia (from England) as a very stuffy aristocrat but she soon becomes tamed by circumstances and the environment. It was a beautiful wartime love story, just a bit too long.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
WHAT A SWEET DOG!
Movie: Bolt
Jan's Rating: 8
Time: 96 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: "Bolt" is a TV super-hero dog in Hollywood who really believes he has magic powers until he accidentally gets shipped in a crate to New York. From there he makes friends with a cat and a hampster and together they find their way to California. The story is filled with excitement, funny parts, sad parts, and tenderness. What more could you ask for in a movie? I took my 10-year old grandson and his 9-year old friend and they both loved it.
Jan's Rating: 8
Time: 96 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: "Bolt" is a TV super-hero dog in Hollywood who really believes he has magic powers until he accidentally gets shipped in a crate to New York. From there he makes friends with a cat and a hampster and together they find their way to California. The story is filled with excitement, funny parts, sad parts, and tenderness. What more could you ask for in a movie? I took my 10-year old grandson and his 9-year old friend and they both loved it.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
GEORGE CLOONEY IS A HUNK!
Title: Leatherheads
Jan's Rating: 8
Time: 1 hr. 54 mins.
Jan's Opinion: I didn't get to see this one when it was playing at the theaters so hubby Dave and I rented it last night and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. George Clooney is a charmer, off and on the screen. He plays Dodge Connelly, Captain of a struggling pro-football team in the Twenties, before there were "rules" on the football field. Renee Zellweger, one of my favorite actresses, plays a feisty reporter who is taken in by George's charm. Aren't we all? Loved it!
Jan's Rating: 8
Time: 1 hr. 54 mins.
Jan's Opinion: I didn't get to see this one when it was playing at the theaters so hubby Dave and I rented it last night and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. George Clooney is a charmer, off and on the screen. He plays Dodge Connelly, Captain of a struggling pro-football team in the Twenties, before there were "rules" on the football field. Renee Zellweger, one of my favorite actresses, plays a feisty reporter who is taken in by George's charm. Aren't we all? Loved it!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
TAKE SOME TISSUES FOR THIS ONE!
Movie: The Changeling
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 140 Minutes
Jan's Rating: This true story, which takes place from 1928 to 1935, stars Angelina Jolie as a Mother whose 9-yr. old son goes missing while she is at work. The police are crooked and they need some good publicity for a change so they return a little boy and insist it is her missing son. She tells them it is not her son so they put her through pure Hell because she won't tell the public that the wonderful police department found her little boy. John Malkovich finally enters the picture as a minister of sorts on the radio. He knows the police department is corrupt and decides to help her. Though sad, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, as did cousin Bonnie, and we predict Angelina and John will be nominated for an Oscar for their acting in this movie.
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 140 Minutes
Jan's Rating: This true story, which takes place from 1928 to 1935, stars Angelina Jolie as a Mother whose 9-yr. old son goes missing while she is at work. The police are crooked and they need some good publicity for a change so they return a little boy and insist it is her missing son. She tells them it is not her son so they put her through pure Hell because she won't tell the public that the wonderful police department found her little boy. John Malkovich finally enters the picture as a minister of sorts on the radio. He knows the police department is corrupt and decides to help her. Though sad, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, as did cousin Bonnie, and we predict Angelina and John will be nominated for an Oscar for their acting in this movie.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
THE "W" IS NOT FOR WISE
Movie: "W"
Jan's Rating: 7
Time: 129 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie together and we both enjoyed it and learned something about George W. Bush, but it certainly wasn't the best movie we've seen. There was excellent acting by Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, and Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Chaney. The movie showed George in his younger wild days and how he became addicted to alcohol. After he met Laura, she of course had a good effect on him and he quit drinking and became a Born Again Christian. He certainly wasn't the smartest or wisest President we have had. What I learned in the movie is that his Dad is not such a nice guy after all. He always preferred his son Jeb, constantly praised him and bragged about him but always found fault with George. After seeing the movie, you can understand why George W. made some of the bad choices that he made. Too bad the country had to suffer because of it.
Jan's Rating: 7
Time: 129 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie together and we both enjoyed it and learned something about George W. Bush, but it certainly wasn't the best movie we've seen. There was excellent acting by Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, and Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Chaney. The movie showed George in his younger wild days and how he became addicted to alcohol. After he met Laura, she of course had a good effect on him and he quit drinking and became a Born Again Christian. He certainly wasn't the smartest or wisest President we have had. What I learned in the movie is that his Dad is not such a nice guy after all. He always preferred his son Jeb, constantly praised him and bragged about him but always found fault with George. After seeing the movie, you can understand why George W. made some of the bad choices that he made. Too bad the country had to suffer because of it.
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