Movies We Watch

Fun enough animated story about the importance of bees in every day life. We have the option of putting a couple bee boxes in our field this coming Spring. We may just do it. And according to this film, it will make my garden come to life almost instantaneously. imdb.com Barry B. Benson, a bee [...]

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Jake Gyllenhall plays a writer obsessed with the Zodiac Killer in California. The movie was good. Great cast. Full of “I know that guy” actors. It was just way too long. This movie was over 2.5 hours from opening to closing credits. It could have been 2 max. imdb.com Robert Graysmith is a cartoonist who [...]

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This film will make you hungry for pie. All pie. Have pie handy before watching this movie. Charming film about a pie maker that gets knocked up by her possesive somewhat unstable husband played by Jeremy Sisto (because who else in Hollywood has that description down as well). She falls for her OB/Gyn, makes more [...]

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Sweet. Not much more can be said for this film about a widowed man that adopts a child that believes he is from Mars (the kid). imdb.com A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he’s really from Mars.

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A perfectly nice little Irish film about a singer/songwriter and the woman he meets that helps him put together a demo to take to London. Not a Hollywood ending. That was a nice change. I didn’t really see it coming. This film won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original [...]

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A musical based on Beatles music. Nice surprises were Eddie Izzard as Mr. Kite and Bono driving the Ken Keasey bus  as Dr. Robert a West Coast ‘guru’ of sorts. Almost every character had a name from a Beatles’ song. Jude and Lucy were the leads. You got Jo-Jo as the guitar player and Prudence  [...]

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Plenty of certifiable crazy here. Boy meets girl, becomes obsessed, rapes girls best friend, kills a friend and tries to kill her family…. and he can’t understand why she doesn’t want to see him. Great back flip to the pavement for the Mark Walhberg character who really needed more ab time. imdb.com A 16 year [...]

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Anna Faris was VERY committed to this role. It was quite amusing in a ‘watch the stoner’ way. We were looking for something lighter considering the last movie we watched was about Auschwitz. This fit the bill. A stoner wanders through town getting into trouble and learns nothing from it. imdb.com After a young actress [...]

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