View Date: 11/21/09
This romantic comedy stars Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway as two childhood best friends who both become engaged to their respective boyfriends and plan to be each other's maids of honor. And they both want to have their wedding at the place they have been dreaming about since they were little girls. Unfortunately, the locale makes an error in booking their times and has the weddings scheduled concurrently. This turns the friends against each other, as neither want to give up their dream wedding, so they turn to pranks and backstabbing trying to get the other to give up her date.
This was a standard rom-com with a slight twist at the end. Most of the funny parts were seen during the commercials, and really, so was most of the plot. It was an enjoyable way to spend a few hours, but I don't need to watch it again.
10 words or less: Got it all from the previews.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Across the Universe
View Date: 11/21/09
Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade sky, and that's what this movie is. This movie is a modern musical set completely to the music of the Beatles. The story follows several several friends through a series of adventures, including arrests and protests.
The movie itself is rather difficult for me to describe. However, what is easy for me is to say just how much I liked this film. It was really unique, and the music was perfectly fit in with the story. The actors did their own singing, and it really was a marvelous piece. The acting was wonderful, and it was a thoroughly beautiful movie.
10 words or less: Can't sing praises high enough for this film.
Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade sky, and that's what this movie is. This movie is a modern musical set completely to the music of the Beatles. The story follows several several friends through a series of adventures, including arrests and protests.
The movie itself is rather difficult for me to describe. However, what is easy for me is to say just how much I liked this film. It was really unique, and the music was perfectly fit in with the story. The actors did their own singing, and it really was a marvelous piece. The acting was wonderful, and it was a thoroughly beautiful movie.
10 words or less: Can't sing praises high enough for this film.
Hotel for Dogs
View Date: 11/22/09
This movie is about a brother and sisten in the foster care system. The only thing they have been able to keep routinely with them through their many recent moves is their dog. They do have to hide it from their foster parents, so they have set up several contraptions to make the dog more self-sufficient.
Their dog gets away from them one day, and they track him to an abandoned hotel that is occupied by two other stray dogs. The three animals really seem to be at home in the hotel, so the kids choose to make the dogs comfortable there. The kids have very kind hearts, and wind up taking in pretty much every stray dog in the city. Along the way, they team up with some other like-minded kids, and really develop the hotel into a “Hotel for Dogs”.
I was really surprised at just how good this movie is. Both my daughter and I really liked it, and wound up watching it several more times later in the week. Yes, it is a family movie, but it was very enjoyable. We still talk about the contraptions made to make the dogs more self-sufficient and entertained.
10 words or less: A wonderful family movie, better than anticipated.
This movie is about a brother and sisten in the foster care system. The only thing they have been able to keep routinely with them through their many recent moves is their dog. They do have to hide it from their foster parents, so they have set up several contraptions to make the dog more self-sufficient.
Their dog gets away from them one day, and they track him to an abandoned hotel that is occupied by two other stray dogs. The three animals really seem to be at home in the hotel, so the kids choose to make the dogs comfortable there. The kids have very kind hearts, and wind up taking in pretty much every stray dog in the city. Along the way, they team up with some other like-minded kids, and really develop the hotel into a “Hotel for Dogs”.
I was really surprised at just how good this movie is. Both my daughter and I really liked it, and wound up watching it several more times later in the week. Yes, it is a family movie, but it was very enjoyable. We still talk about the contraptions made to make the dogs more self-sufficient and entertained.
10 words or less: A wonderful family movie, better than anticipated.
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
View Date: 3/12/10
Usually here I try to describe the movie a bit without giving too much away. But with this one, I really don't know where to start. This movie includes gambling, drugs, heists, and gangsters in general, all taking place in England. There are about 4 sets of goons that are all working both with and against each other in one way or another. It all starts with a card game, and ends with a room of corpses.
Sting plays the part of the main character's (and I use that term rather loosely) father who owns a bar. He has a small role, but plays it well.
This movie is utterly ridiculous yet absolutely hilarious. For much of the movie, I sat there with a dumbfounded look on my face. I enjoyed it, but I'm having hind of a hard time making heads or tails of it. I liked the way Guy Ritchie put it together, and found it very appropriate for the story.
10 words or less: Still trying to make heads or tails of it.
Usually here I try to describe the movie a bit without giving too much away. But with this one, I really don't know where to start. This movie includes gambling, drugs, heists, and gangsters in general, all taking place in England. There are about 4 sets of goons that are all working both with and against each other in one way or another. It all starts with a card game, and ends with a room of corpses.
Sting plays the part of the main character's (and I use that term rather loosely) father who owns a bar. He has a small role, but plays it well.
This movie is utterly ridiculous yet absolutely hilarious. For much of the movie, I sat there with a dumbfounded look on my face. I enjoyed it, but I'm having hind of a hard time making heads or tails of it. I liked the way Guy Ritchie put it together, and found it very appropriate for the story.
10 words or less: Still trying to make heads or tails of it.
History's Mysteries: Lincoln: The Untold Stories
View Date: 1/23/10
This program, presented by the history channel, is one in a series of shows detailing important events or people in history. This particular one was about Lincoln, as seen in the title. It goes into details that are generally not well known about our nation’s 16th president, from his early years through the Civil War.
I’m a big Civil War buff, so I enjoyed learning other aspects of the president serving during its course. The show was rather dry, and I had a hard time keeping my attention focused at times. But overall, it was very much what I expected.
10 words or less: Interesting facts presented as a history show.
This program, presented by the history channel, is one in a series of shows detailing important events or people in history. This particular one was about Lincoln, as seen in the title. It goes into details that are generally not well known about our nation’s 16th president, from his early years through the Civil War.
I’m a big Civil War buff, so I enjoyed learning other aspects of the president serving during its course. The show was rather dry, and I had a hard time keeping my attention focused at times. But overall, it was very much what I expected.
10 words or less: Interesting facts presented as a history show.
The Village Tavern
Location: North Wales, PA
Date Visited: 1/22/10
The Village Tavern is a restaurant and bar located in North Wales, PA. Its appearances are deceiving, as it is much bigger inside than it looks from without. It has two bars, and in the summer the outside bar is a very popular place for happy hour. They offer a wide variety of foods, from your standard burger to comfort foods with a twist. They have several uncommon beers on tap to complement the full bar.
This is a family favorite, with us frequenting more often than most of our restaurant choices. The steak is wonderful, but so is pretty much any dish ordered. A particular favorite is the crab macaroni and cheese, with at least one person in the group getting it on most visits.
We have had times when every type of beer we first tried to order was out, and sometimes the second. It has becoming a kind of running joke in the family. Also, during this last visit, the service was very slow. Thankfully, the food was spectacular, but the wait was very long.
10 words or less: Great food for a decent price.
Date Visited: 1/22/10
The Village Tavern is a restaurant and bar located in North Wales, PA. Its appearances are deceiving, as it is much bigger inside than it looks from without. It has two bars, and in the summer the outside bar is a very popular place for happy hour. They offer a wide variety of foods, from your standard burger to comfort foods with a twist. They have several uncommon beers on tap to complement the full bar.
This is a family favorite, with us frequenting more often than most of our restaurant choices. The steak is wonderful, but so is pretty much any dish ordered. A particular favorite is the crab macaroni and cheese, with at least one person in the group getting it on most visits.
We have had times when every type of beer we first tried to order was out, and sometimes the second. It has becoming a kind of running joke in the family. Also, during this last visit, the service was very slow. Thankfully, the food was spectacular, but the wait was very long.
10 words or less: Great food for a decent price.
Less Than Zero
View Date: 3/12/10
This movie, based on a Bret Easton Ellis novel, is about a trio of friends from Los Angeles during their first year after high school graduation. Clay, played by Andrew McCarthy, comes home from college at Thanksgiving to find that his best friend had started a relationship with his girlfriend. At Christmas break, Clay's ex-girlfriend Blair, played by Jamie Gertz, asks Clay's help dealing with their friend Julian, as portrayed by Robert Downey, Jr. Julian had developed a major drug problem, and was in major debt to his drug dealer.
The casting in this movie was perfect, probably more perfect than the casting director knew at the time. Robert Downey, Jr. was completely wasted as he was filming this movie, which is exactly his character. Andrew McCarthy has always played the good guy friend well, and this time is no different. But the most perfect casting was James Spader as the sleazy drug dealer.
I think if I had seen this closer to the time of its release, I probably wouldn't have appreciated it as much. But seeing Robert Downey, Jr. totally out of his head and knowing he was really like that, then seeing him clean now, really helps me see the irony. I thought the movie was very well done, and appropriately showed the dangers of drug use.
10 words or less: A drug addict playing a drug addict- a powerful sight.
This movie, based on a Bret Easton Ellis novel, is about a trio of friends from Los Angeles during their first year after high school graduation. Clay, played by Andrew McCarthy, comes home from college at Thanksgiving to find that his best friend had started a relationship with his girlfriend. At Christmas break, Clay's ex-girlfriend Blair, played by Jamie Gertz, asks Clay's help dealing with their friend Julian, as portrayed by Robert Downey, Jr. Julian had developed a major drug problem, and was in major debt to his drug dealer.
The casting in this movie was perfect, probably more perfect than the casting director knew at the time. Robert Downey, Jr. was completely wasted as he was filming this movie, which is exactly his character. Andrew McCarthy has always played the good guy friend well, and this time is no different. But the most perfect casting was James Spader as the sleazy drug dealer.
I think if I had seen this closer to the time of its release, I probably wouldn't have appreciated it as much. But seeing Robert Downey, Jr. totally out of his head and knowing he was really like that, then seeing him clean now, really helps me see the irony. I thought the movie was very well done, and appropriately showed the dangers of drug use.
10 words or less: A drug addict playing a drug addict- a powerful sight.
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