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Road Blu-Ray (4 out of 5 stars)Paramount/ June 2, 2009 This is not an easy movie to sit through. What a
downer, man. Make sure you watch this when you’re in a great
mood. This drama starring Kate Winslet and Leo DiCaprio (weee!)
is not the sunshine of all movies, but it’s not supposed to
be. Frankly, the fact that I wanted to cry and hide in a corner
after watching it is why it’s so damn good. The two actors
are so incredible here, you can almost forgive them for Titanic
(which I did love when it came out but watching it again—holy
cheese.) |
Zack Morris is a lawyer. Okay, he’s not but
itsn’t is super-hard to see Mark-Paul Gosselaar as anything
but? He plays an idealistic public defender who wants to maintain
his ethics and morals no matter what. Good luck sparky. |
There is nothing fancy-pants about
this movie. It’s a straightforward man on a mission film.
The tagline is “I will find you and I will kill you,”
which pretty much explains the plot of the movie. Someone kidnaps
Liam Neeson’s daughter in Paris and he sets out to find them
and kill them. |
What is the freaking fascination with vampires?
First Count Chocula, then Twilight and now True Blood…which
SUCKS for the first few episodes by the way (hey—I made a
pun!). But…stick with it. The show starts off incredible clunky
and stupid. The characters are lame and the acting doesn’t
go anywhere. But then it finds itself. And it’s goooooood. |
There is something to be said about sitcoms that
can stand the test of time (except King of Queens). So many are
formulaic and just don’t work for more than one or two seasons.
While there is nothing complex about Two and a Half Men, it manages
to keep the laughs going. It took me a while to get into this show;
I think I started watching in the fourth season, and I was surprised
to see I actually found it funny. |
I was really looking forward to Bride Wars. I love
Kate Hudson and like Anne Hathway (although I think she’s
getting a little big for her britches.) I love wedding movies. I
have two friends getting married months apart and already see bride
wars so the same day should be hilar, right? Not so much, it turns
out. |
It’s a movie about dogs! And kids! How could
you possibly not love it? Well, I didn’t love it but it’s
not as bad as I thought it would be. There is a story about two
foster kids (Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin) who take in all the
strays they can. When they find an abandoned hotel, they decide
to make it into a shelter and take in every stray possible so the
mean dogcatchers can’t find them. |
There is no question The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button lives up to its hype. This type of movie is rare and enchanting
and makes you remember what the art of moviemaking is all about.
It spans 80 years and begins with a daughter (Julia Ormond) narrating
a story to her mother (Cate Blanchett) on her death bed. |
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