Movie: Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Rating: 8
Time: 1 Hour 32 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Shame on the Enquirer for rating this movie as a "D"! My Grandson and I LOVED it! There were lots of laughs, and with the addition of the three "Chippettes", it was just too too cute! We highly recommend it!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
OLD DOGS
Movie: Old Dogs
Jan's Rating: 6
Time: 1 hour 28 Minutes
The movie was cute but I have to admit to dozing off a few times. On the other hand, my 11-year old grandson gave the movie an 8 and laughed a lot, which tells me the movie was made for kids his age, not for adults. Okay, I laughed a few times too but not as often as he did. I think John Travolta and Robin Williams wanted to make a silly movie together and succeeded. If you want to see it, I'd just advise waiting until you can see it for free.
Jan's Rating: 6
Time: 1 hour 28 Minutes
The movie was cute but I have to admit to dozing off a few times. On the other hand, my 11-year old grandson gave the movie an 8 and laughed a lot, which tells me the movie was made for kids his age, not for adults. Okay, I laughed a few times too but not as often as he did. I think John Travolta and Robin Williams wanted to make a silly movie together and succeeded. If you want to see it, I'd just advise waiting until you can see it for free.
Friday, December 11, 2009
EVERYBODY'S FINE
Movie: Everybody's Fine
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Loved this movie but it was sadder than I expected it to be. I saw it with my friend Laura who also enjoyed it but cried a lot. Robert DeNiro (Frank) is a retired widower who is lonely and decides to surprise each of his 4 children by visiting them during Christmas. During these unexpected visits, Frank learns something about each child that he did not know, and also something about himself.....that he wasn't the perfect Father and probably expected too much from them. They all learn a lot about each other and finally become a "family" again. Drew Barrymore is darling as one of his daughters. I highly recommend the movie but take a hankie with you.
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Loved this movie but it was sadder than I expected it to be. I saw it with my friend Laura who also enjoyed it but cried a lot. Robert DeNiro (Frank) is a retired widower who is lonely and decides to surprise each of his 4 children by visiting them during Christmas. During these unexpected visits, Frank learns something about each child that he did not know, and also something about himself.....that he wasn't the perfect Father and probably expected too much from them. They all learn a lot about each other and finally become a "family" again. Drew Barrymore is darling as one of his daughters. I highly recommend the movie but take a hankie with you.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
PRECIOUS
Movie: Precious
Jan's Rating: 10
Time: 1 Hour 49 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: What an intense and powerful story this was of a young black teenage girl and what she had to endure, mainly in her home. The movie is not too graphic for which I was grateful. I had to go to the bathroom and I couldn't leave my seat for fear I would miss something. I fully expect this movie to be an Oscar contender for Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. If you gals out there think you have a tough Mother, you need to see this movie and your Mother will seem like Mother Theresa.
Jan's Rating: 10
Time: 1 Hour 49 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: What an intense and powerful story this was of a young black teenage girl and what she had to endure, mainly in her home. The movie is not too graphic for which I was grateful. I had to go to the bathroom and I couldn't leave my seat for fear I would miss something. I fully expect this movie to be an Oscar contender for Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. If you gals out there think you have a tough Mother, you need to see this movie and your Mother will seem like Mother Theresa.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
BLIND SIDE
Movie: Blind Side
Jan's Rating: 10
Time: 2 hours 8 minutes
Jan's Opinion: Hollywood should make more movies like this! Of course this being a true story makes you love it even more. My daughter, Michele, and grandson, Danny, went with me to see this movie and we all gave it a "10"! It is so heartwarming, and it is funny too. It is about a black homeless teenage boy who is offered a home by a southern white family (Sandra Bullock plays the Mother and Tim McGraw plays the Father) and how they help him to become a football star. You probably already know that this is the first year this same black teenage boy will be playing football for the Baltimore Ravens. Watch for him. His name is Michael Ohr. Not sure if I spelled Ohr correctly. Anyway, it is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time so if you haven't seen it, please put it on your list. I would think that women and men alike would enjoy it. Sandra Bullock did an excellent job of portraying a sophisticated, stern, spunky and caring woman all at the same time.
Jan's Rating: 10
Time: 2 hours 8 minutes
Jan's Opinion: Hollywood should make more movies like this! Of course this being a true story makes you love it even more. My daughter, Michele, and grandson, Danny, went with me to see this movie and we all gave it a "10"! It is so heartwarming, and it is funny too. It is about a black homeless teenage boy who is offered a home by a southern white family (Sandra Bullock plays the Mother and Tim McGraw plays the Father) and how they help him to become a football star. You probably already know that this is the first year this same black teenage boy will be playing football for the Baltimore Ravens. Watch for him. His name is Michael Ohr. Not sure if I spelled Ohr correctly. Anyway, it is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time so if you haven't seen it, please put it on your list. I would think that women and men alike would enjoy it. Sandra Bullock did an excellent job of portraying a sophisticated, stern, spunky and caring woman all at the same time.
Monday, November 9, 2009
A SERIOUS MAN
Movie: A Serious Man
Jan's Rating: 6
Time: 1 hour 45 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today and it is a dark comedy so we had a few laughs but we both agreed that you have to be either Jewish or have lived around Jewish people to understand a lot of the movie. For starters, it is directed by the Cohen Brothers so that tells you right there it's going to be a little different. It is set in 1967 but as the movie starts, it looks more like 1900 and this woman stabs this man in the chest with an ice pick in a log cabin. We thought we were in the wrong movie at first so I went outside to check to make sure we didn't go in the wrong movie. Then it switched to 1967 and the movie we were expecting and I have to tell you, we never did figure out what the first part of the movie had to do with the rest of the movie. Very strange. It stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Jewish man married to a bitchy wife and they have 2 teenage children. His brother (Richard Kind) lives with them and has a lot of problems of his own. Adam Arkin plays Michael's attorney, and believe me, poor Michael needs a good attorney. The ending leaves you hanging, which I don't like. The Enquirer gave it an A- rating and I understand why, but it just isn't my type of movie. You will have to see it and judge for yourself.........or not.
Jan's Rating: 6
Time: 1 hour 45 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today and it is a dark comedy so we had a few laughs but we both agreed that you have to be either Jewish or have lived around Jewish people to understand a lot of the movie. For starters, it is directed by the Cohen Brothers so that tells you right there it's going to be a little different. It is set in 1967 but as the movie starts, it looks more like 1900 and this woman stabs this man in the chest with an ice pick in a log cabin. We thought we were in the wrong movie at first so I went outside to check to make sure we didn't go in the wrong movie. Then it switched to 1967 and the movie we were expecting and I have to tell you, we never did figure out what the first part of the movie had to do with the rest of the movie. Very strange. It stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Jewish man married to a bitchy wife and they have 2 teenage children. His brother (Richard Kind) lives with them and has a lot of problems of his own. Adam Arkin plays Michael's attorney, and believe me, poor Michael needs a good attorney. The ending leaves you hanging, which I don't like. The Enquirer gave it an A- rating and I understand why, but it just isn't my type of movie. You will have to see it and judge for yourself.........or not.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
COUPLES RETREAT
Movie: Couples Retreat
Jan's Rating: 6-1/2
Time: 1 Hour 47 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: From the reviews I had read about this movie I thought I would probably sleep through it but quite to the contrary, it was funny and entertaining. Not an Oscar winner but these types of movies seldom are. My friend Laura and I saw it yesterday and had quite a few laughs. It stars Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis and Kristen Bell, the only stars with which I was familiar. The movie is about four couples who go to a tropical island resort. One couple is there to work on their marriage. The other three couples planned to have a good time seeing the sights and enjoying water sports. They did not realize it was the kind of resort where you had to participate in classes to work on your marriage. It was a fun movie but Laura and I agreed that we don't know many 40-year old women with bodies as perfect as these women, but...........it was just a movie. We were glad we saw it and we do recommend it.
Jan's Rating: 6-1/2
Time: 1 Hour 47 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: From the reviews I had read about this movie I thought I would probably sleep through it but quite to the contrary, it was funny and entertaining. Not an Oscar winner but these types of movies seldom are. My friend Laura and I saw it yesterday and had quite a few laughs. It stars Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis and Kristen Bell, the only stars with which I was familiar. The movie is about four couples who go to a tropical island resort. One couple is there to work on their marriage. The other three couples planned to have a good time seeing the sights and enjoying water sports. They did not realize it was the kind of resort where you had to participate in classes to work on your marriage. It was a fun movie but Laura and I agreed that we don't know many 40-year old women with bodies as perfect as these women, but...........it was just a movie. We were glad we saw it and we do recommend it.
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