Thoughts: Amy Adams was great as Giselle, a cartoon princess trapped in real life. Unfortunately, Patrick Dempsey is not a great leading man. The whole time I was cheering on James Marsden (Prince Edward). This movie was a very disturbing look at what it would be like if fairy tales movies we watched were real. However, one of the best scenes was when everyone was singing in Central Park that was pretty humorous.
(M) The Hoax. (Lasse Hallstrom, 2006) Grade: C
Thoughts: The subject matter about the film was more interesting than the film itself. In early 1971, struggling writer Clifford Irving (Richard Gere) “claims” to McGraw-Hill that he is working personally with Howard Hughes’s to write his autobiography. The best part about the movie was insight to what a genius/crazed man Howard Hughes’s was. Hope Davis, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden and Julie Delpy also co-star.
(M) Eastern Promises. (David Cronenberg, 2007) Grade: B+
Thoughts: Anna (Naomi Watts), a midwife, gets caught up in the messy business of London’s most notorious organized crime family. Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen) plays the families’ chauffeur who befriends Anna and tries to help and warn her against the questions she is asking. Honestly though I think I only liked this film for one reason – Viggo Mortensen naked.
(M) A Christmas Story. (Bob Clark, 1983) Grade: B+
Thoughts: Every year, TBS plays this movie for 24 hours on Christmas day so I decided to catch one viewing. This is such a classic cult film it is hard to give it a rating. Although it is no It’s a Wonderful Life it is definitely an enjoyable and silly holiday classic. I personally can’t relate to it because I was never raised in a "white" Christmas environment but I can respect it.
(TV) Wives & Daughters. (Nicholas Renton, 1999) Grade: A-
Thoughts: A great mini series based upon another one of Elizabeth Gaskell’s books. Molly Gibson (Justine Waddell) has to deal with her dad remarrying and a new mother and sister. It was quite enjoyable though not as good as North and South.
2007 Movie Count: 129
1 comment:
Yeah, all I have to say is naked fight scene. holla!!
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