Movie: The Heat
Jan's Rating: A - Dave's Rating: B+
Time: 1 Hour 57 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: My husband and I saw this movie today and we both loved it. The previews are funny and the movie is even funnier. When you put two people like Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy together, you don't know what to expect but you know it is a good combination. Sandra works for the FBI and Melissa is a cop in Boston, where Sandra goes to chase down a killer. I would love to be able to take my grandson to see it because he would love it, but Melissa's language is downright filthy and my grandson doesn't need to hear that. Sandra remains a "lady" with her language until near the end and then she loses it. It really is hilarious.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Movie: Before Midnight
Jan's Rating: B-
Time: 1 Hour 48 Minutes
Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today in Mariemont. It is the third movie in a trilogy and I have not seen the first two movies, though Bonnie saw number two. The movie stars Ethan Hawke as Jesse, and Julie Delpy as Celine. The couple now have twin girls who look to be five or six years old. The movie starts off with Jesse and his son, Hank, at the airport. Hank has just spent the summer with his dad and Celine in Greece and is now flying back to Chicago to his mother. After he leaves, Jesse is full of guilt that he hasn't been there for his son and thinks maybe they should move back to Chicago until his son finishes high school in four more years. Celine is very much against moving back and is trying to make a decision about her career....should she go back to work to something she enjoys doing but doesn't like the person she would have to work for? She and Jesse get into a heated argument about all of this which goes on and on, reminding some people how they sound when in the same situation.
Jan's Rating: B-
Time: 1 Hour 48 Minutes
Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today in Mariemont. It is the third movie in a trilogy and I have not seen the first two movies, though Bonnie saw number two. The movie stars Ethan Hawke as Jesse, and Julie Delpy as Celine. The couple now have twin girls who look to be five or six years old. The movie starts off with Jesse and his son, Hank, at the airport. Hank has just spent the summer with his dad and Celine in Greece and is now flying back to Chicago to his mother. After he leaves, Jesse is full of guilt that he hasn't been there for his son and thinks maybe they should move back to Chicago until his son finishes high school in four more years. Celine is very much against moving back and is trying to make a decision about her career....should she go back to work to something she enjoys doing but doesn't like the person she would have to work for? She and Jesse get into a heated argument about all of this which goes on and on, reminding some people how they sound when in the same situation.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
WHAT MAISIE KNEW
Movie: What Maisie Knew
Jan's Rating: B
Time: 1 hour 38 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Bonnie and I saw this movie starring Julianne Moore. Julianne has a ten-year old daughter named Maisie who listens when no one knows she is listening, and knows more than her parents think she knows. Her parents are divorced. Maisie lives with her mother who is trying to make it in the world as a singer so isn't home a lot. Maisie's father travels abroad a lot and he and his ex-wife argue a lot, very loudly, so Maisie hears everything they say. Maisie has a beautiful, young blonde babysitter who has an affair with Maisie's father. I'll stop there so I don't spoil it for you. I would say that women probably would enjoy this movie more than men.
Jan's Rating: B
Time: 1 hour 38 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Bonnie and I saw this movie starring Julianne Moore. Julianne has a ten-year old daughter named Maisie who listens when no one knows she is listening, and knows more than her parents think she knows. Her parents are divorced. Maisie lives with her mother who is trying to make it in the world as a singer so isn't home a lot. Maisie's father travels abroad a lot and he and his ex-wife argue a lot, very loudly, so Maisie hears everything they say. Maisie has a beautiful, young blonde babysitter who has an affair with Maisie's father. I'll stop there so I don't spoil it for you. I would say that women probably would enjoy this movie more than men.
THE INTERNSHIP
Movie: The Internship
Jan's Rating: C+
Time: 1 Hour 59 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: I took my 14-year old grandson to see this movie and he gave it a rating of "A". I think he was too generous. It was a cute movie, but I did doze off a couple of times because it got boring, so I gave it a C+. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson both lose their jobs and apply for an internship with Google. The people applying are separated into two groups. The winning group will get a job with Google. Since Vince and Owen are the oldest on their team, the other kids tease them about their age and act superior as they live their lives through their cell phones. The lesson I took away from this movie is that the two older guys taught the younger ones in their class that they could actually have a good time without their cell phones and interacting with real people. We came out of the movie and two young theater workers were sitting on the floor texting on their cell phones while waiting to clean up the theater. I told them they should watch the movie.
Jan's Rating: C+
Time: 1 Hour 59 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: I took my 14-year old grandson to see this movie and he gave it a rating of "A". I think he was too generous. It was a cute movie, but I did doze off a couple of times because it got boring, so I gave it a C+. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson both lose their jobs and apply for an internship with Google. The people applying are separated into two groups. The winning group will get a job with Google. Since Vince and Owen are the oldest on their team, the other kids tease them about their age and act superior as they live their lives through their cell phones. The lesson I took away from this movie is that the two older guys taught the younger ones in their class that they could actually have a good time without their cell phones and interacting with real people. We came out of the movie and two young theater workers were sitting on the floor texting on their cell phones while waiting to clean up the theater. I told them they should watch the movie.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
MUD
Title: Mud
Jan's Rating: A-
Time: 2 Hours 10 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie today in Kenwood and both of us enjoyed it very much. Matthew McConaughey plays "Mudd", a guy who is hiding out on an island because he killed a man for beating up his girlfriend, "Juniper", played by Reese Witherspoon. These two love each other but are poison together. She cheats on him and he beats up the guys she cheats with, except for the one he killed. He is discovered living in an abandoned boat on an island by two teenage boys, around 14 years old. The boys stole my heart because they are my grandson's age, but these boys have a hard life, living on a boat on a swampy river in Arkansas. "Ellis" is played by Tye Sheridan and is upset because his parents are getting a divorce; his mother wants to move to the city and Ellis only knows living on the river. "Neckbone" is played by Jacob Lofland, also lives on the river but never knew his parents, and is being raised by his uncle. When these boys discover Mud living in an abandoned boat, they befriend him and find they are in deep trouble. I'll stop there. See it, you'll enjoy it too!
Jan's Rating: A-
Time: 2 Hours 10 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie today in Kenwood and both of us enjoyed it very much. Matthew McConaughey plays "Mudd", a guy who is hiding out on an island because he killed a man for beating up his girlfriend, "Juniper", played by Reese Witherspoon. These two love each other but are poison together. She cheats on him and he beats up the guys she cheats with, except for the one he killed. He is discovered living in an abandoned boat on an island by two teenage boys, around 14 years old. The boys stole my heart because they are my grandson's age, but these boys have a hard life, living on a boat on a swampy river in Arkansas. "Ellis" is played by Tye Sheridan and is upset because his parents are getting a divorce; his mother wants to move to the city and Ellis only knows living on the river. "Neckbone" is played by Jacob Lofland, also lives on the river but never knew his parents, and is being raised by his uncle. When these boys discover Mud living in an abandoned boat, they befriend him and find they are in deep trouble. I'll stop there. See it, you'll enjoy it too!
Friday, May 10, 2013
THE GREAT GATSBY
Movie: The Great Gatsby
Jan's Rating: B
Time: 2 Hours 23 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie today and it was good. I don't normally like period pieces but this was pretty good. Bonnie had seen the one from the 70's with Robert Redford, who played Gatsby and gave that one an "A" and this one a "B". I did not see the one with Robert Redford so cannot compare. In this movie, Leonardo DiCaprio played Gatsby and Tobey Maguire played his next-door neighbor. I did not know any of the other actors. Gatsby is possessed by a young woman named Daisy and nothing will stop him from winning her love, even though she is married to another man. This movie is available as a regular movie or in 3-D. We saw the 3-D version and do not feel it was worth the extra $4 to see Gatsby throw his shirts over the bannister and have a couple look like they were going to land in the audience. Just my opinion. Did enjoy the movie itself though.
Jan's Rating: B
Time: 2 Hours 23 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie today and it was good. I don't normally like period pieces but this was pretty good. Bonnie had seen the one from the 70's with Robert Redford, who played Gatsby and gave that one an "A" and this one a "B". I did not see the one with Robert Redford so cannot compare. In this movie, Leonardo DiCaprio played Gatsby and Tobey Maguire played his next-door neighbor. I did not know any of the other actors. Gatsby is possessed by a young woman named Daisy and nothing will stop him from winning her love, even though she is married to another man. This movie is available as a regular movie or in 3-D. We saw the 3-D version and do not feel it was worth the extra $4 to see Gatsby throw his shirts over the bannister and have a couple look like they were going to land in the audience. Just my opinion. Did enjoy the movie itself though.
Friday, May 3, 2013
GINGER AND ROSA
Movie: Ginger and Rosa
Jan's Rating: C
Time: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today and we were both disappointed. It was a very dark movie, took place in war-torn London in 1945 (I think) so most of the movie was very grey. It starts with 2 mothers giving birth about the same time and they remain long-time friends, as do their daughters who were born at the same time. I am guessing that the daughters are around 15 years old during most of this movie. They are fairly typical teenagers in that they are trying life out for the first time. One of the girls (Ginger) is played by Elle Fanning who does a good job with her role. She is worried about the world ending and joins a group who demonstrate and do sit-ins. A lady in the group who befriends her is Annette Benning, who still looks pretty good without makeup. The story jumps around a lot and people come and go in the movie and you have no idea who they are. We should have known when the Enquirer gave it an "A" that it wouldn't be our kind of movie. I don't want to tell you anymore about it in case you want to see it. This is just my humble opinion.
Jan's Rating: C
Time: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today and we were both disappointed. It was a very dark movie, took place in war-torn London in 1945 (I think) so most of the movie was very grey. It starts with 2 mothers giving birth about the same time and they remain long-time friends, as do their daughters who were born at the same time. I am guessing that the daughters are around 15 years old during most of this movie. They are fairly typical teenagers in that they are trying life out for the first time. One of the girls (Ginger) is played by Elle Fanning who does a good job with her role. She is worried about the world ending and joins a group who demonstrate and do sit-ins. A lady in the group who befriends her is Annette Benning, who still looks pretty good without makeup. The story jumps around a lot and people come and go in the movie and you have no idea who they are. We should have known when the Enquirer gave it an "A" that it wouldn't be our kind of movie. I don't want to tell you anymore about it in case you want to see it. This is just my humble opinion.
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