Saturday, October 22, 2011

DOLPHIN TALE

Movie:  Dolphin Tale
Jan's Rating:  A
Time:  1 Hour 53 Minutes

Jan's Opinion:  My daughter, Michele and grandson, Danny, went with me to see this movie today and we all gave it an "A"!  We LOVED it!  It keeps your emotions on a roller coaster from happy to sad and back to happy again.  The movie is taken from a true story about a dolphin who got tangled up in a trap and landed on the beach in Clearwater, FL.  A young boy and the marine hospital help the dolphin get its life back, even though it lost it's tail.  Ashley Judd plays the boy's Mother; Harry Connick, Jr. plays the head of the marine hospital, and Kris Kristofferson plays the boy's grandfather.  The dolphin, named "Winter", is on display at the marina in Clearwater for everyone to visit.  It was a beautiful story and know you will enjoy it also.

FOOTLOOSE

Movie:  Footloose
Jan's Rating:  B+
Time:  1 Hour 53 minutes

Jan's Opinion:  Saw this movie with my sister Judy and friend Irene and we all really enjoyed it.  It would be hard to watch this movie and keep your feet stilll.  The dancers were phenominal!  I love Julianne Hough from Dancing with the Star anyway, and she did not disappoint me in this movie.  She is also a very good actress.  Her dance partner and eventually boyfriend in this movie was Kenny Womald, who was also an excellent dancer.  Dennis Quaid plays Julianne's father and the town's preacher.  After a tragic accident, the town votes not to allow dancing in their town and a strict curfew at night for teenagers.  Kenny Womald has just moved to this southern town of Bomont, GA from Boston, MA and can't believe that Dancing is against the law there.  You can imagine where the story goes from here so go see it and enjoy it as much as I did.

Friday, October 14, 2011

IDES OF MARCH

Movie:  Ides of March
Jan's Rating:  A
Time:  1 Hour 45 Minutes

Jan's Opinion:  LOVED THIS MOVIE!  Great story, great acting!  George Clooney wrote it, directed it, produced it, and starred in it.  Our local boy really did good with this movie.  My friend Irene went with me and we both gave it an "A".  George Clooney is Governor of Ohio and running for President. ( If only that were true, I would vote for him! )  Of course he runs into obstacles that make the movie interesting and you see just how crooked politics really are.  Ryan Gosling was superb, as were Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Paul Giamati.  I don't want to tell you more of the story because I don't want to ruin it for you so I will just say.....it is one of the few movies I would enjoy seeing a second time.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

50-50

Movie:  50-50
Jan's Rating:  B
Time:  1 Hour 39 Minutes

Jan's Opinion:  Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie yesterday and we both enjoyed it.  The acting was especially good.  Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays the part of a young man who finds he has a cancerous tumor on his spine, takes chemo, has surgery, and how he deals with all of it.  Seth Rogen plays the part of his best friend, doing whatever he can to keep a positive spin on this terrible disease.  Of course in a movie of this type there are sad parts but there are funny parts too.  It is definitely worth seeing.