J. Edgar

I don't know when Leonardo DiCaprio is going to win an Oscar!!! He is without doubt the most underrated actor EVER!!!

I don’t believe he has ever done a movie that was nothing less than amazing-- J. Edgar is no exception to his resume.

In this movie Leo ages from his current age to an old man. He speaks in a manner throughout the film in a way that you would never know it was him.

The movie is about the life of J. Edgar Hoover the man behind law enforcement in America for close to 50 years. The film reveals many details of his life that were unknown…at least to me. Facts, if known would have destroyed his career, image and life. Secrets that involved his mother, his work ethics and his sexuality.

I really enjoyed this movie as well as DiCaprios performance. I would recommend this movie as a must see.

Melancholia

Hmmmm, There are mixed reviews about this movie. Some are saying it is wonderful and beautiful, others are saying WTH!

The movie is about the relationship between two sisters, depression and the possibility of another planet colliding with Earth.

My husband and I saw this at the theater; the film begins with images of space, the planets and various other images for the first 15 minutes. We were bored and confused. Then it goes into a bride and groom stuck on a small dirt road in a stretch limo that was unable to go forward, this went on for about another 15 minutes (at least it felt that long) The two sisters in the movie looked nothing a like (not that all family does) the actress who played her sister spoke with an English or French accent (the only person in the movie who did) My husband thought that Justine (Kirsten Dunst character) had a drinking problem, however, I understood that she was depressed.

As the days have passed since seeing the movie, I have thought about it a lot and have read more about it and now have a better understanding about what the movie was "truly" about. I like the concept of the movie but I did not like the way the film was shot. There is some really amazing scenery throughout and I love Kirsten Dunst and think she is an amazing actress. However, I do not recommend this movie as a must see.

Weekends Are Made for Movies...

I truly, truly enjoy watching movies, for as far as I can think back, I always have.

I look forward to the weekends, to watch a movie or three with my family or even by myself. Whether it be at the movie theater or right here in our living room on DVD or Netflix. I enjoy it all the same.

If I really love a movie! I will watch it over and over again, and always appreciate it as much as I did the first time I saw it.

I hope you enjoy my blog and that it gives you some kind of initiative to watch my recommendations.

Happy Movie Watching!

The End

Corey

The Help

This movie was as great as I thought it was going to be. All roles were played to perfection most especially Emma Stone (The Compassionate One), Viola Davis (The Leader), Octavia Spencer (The Tough One), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Bitch) and Jessica Chastain (The Innocent One~My Favorite Character!) The movie was beautifully written and directed.This era will always be a sad time in history but none the less a wonderful beautiful movie.

This movie is about a young woman from Mississippi who wants to be a writer in New York. After witnessing the treatment of "the help" she decides to interview them and write their stories, of course because of the consequences of that time they keep everything very low key. The woman work together to change circumstance and catch a lot of heat along the way.

It is a movie about racism, compassion, relationships between mothers, daughters, friends, and most importantly the help...the woman they hire to care for their children and their families and yet treat them so inhuman.

Loved this movie an absolute must see film.

DRIVE

This movie was quite disappointing to me. I love Ryan Gosling and he has played some really great roles. This movie to me was slow and boring, I really didn't feel the story line at all. The acting from Ron Perlman and Albert Brooks was very disappointing.

The movie is about a guy Ryan Gossling who is a quiet, soft spoken loner, who stunt drives for film by day and is a getaway driver by night. He has a "non-sexual" affair with a married woman (Carey Mulligan) who's husband is in jail and is raising there young son. The husband gets out of jail and instantly gets into trouble with some guys who offered him protection while locked up and want their money back, however thousands more than agreed upon.

Standard (Mulligans husband) gets an offer to do a job and make the money he owes, Gosling teams up to help him. Tragedy occurs and the whole game changes.

Cyrus

When I originally saw the trailer for this movie, I thought it would be a comedy. I suppose also because of the actors that are in it, John C. Reilly, Marissa Tomei, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener.

This movie was more of a drama to me, a divorced man who cannot get over his ex, whom he still works with and is very close friends with, meets the woman of his dreams. She is torn between her relationship with him and the relationship she has with her son as a single mother. The son sees no place for this new man in he and his mothers life and tries everything he can to break up their relationship. People may see the relationship between the mother and son as "creepy" or "weird" and obviously it is over exaggerated in the movie, but this "love triangle" can be very true in real life. I really feel for all three characters. I think this is a great movie to watch when you are relaxing on a Sunday.

Volver

"There are always things left undone, or not done well. My life has been no exception. I don't know if I can fix them, but if I can it's up to me to do it" ~ Abuela Irene

Beautiful, Beautiful movie! I wanted to watch this movie for so long, and kept putting it off for others...So happy I finely watched it!

I would say this movie is about relationships between women...grandmother, daughters, sisters, friends. Penelope was at the top of her game in this role very strong and emotional.

Penelope's character is dealing with the death of her mother and father, the illness of her aunt as well as having problems with her husband. Then further tragedy strikes and all the women pull together to fix all the issues throughout the entire movie. filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar ties all the twists and turns together into a beautifully written movie. I highly recommend this movie it is excellent!