Movies We Watch

This was a nice predictable romantic comedy. You knew the minute you met the roommates what would happen, but the journey getting there was nice to watch. Does 30 seem a little young to have a suicide pact if you haven’t found true love? Don’t most people make the cut off 40 these days? Of [...]

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This sappy and overly sweet story of 4 girls entering adulthood and trying to come to terms with changes and prior connections is predictable…and that is sort of what I liked about it. No surprises, a bit more angst than one would hope (hence the reason that around this house this film series is called [...]

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An Edward Burns film. Sweet, in NY, about finding love. Edward Burns is in it. Pretty much a typical Edward Burns film. The story of college sweethearts, both writers, that find each other again, 12 years after they break up at the end of college. Both in relationships, neither happy with how they make a [...]

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A sweet film about a man that realizes he lost the only woman he will ever love and his life is in a downward spiral. He isn’t there for his kid, he wasn’t there for his kid’s mother and can’t even remember his own keys. When he meets the shiney new boyfriend of the woman [...]

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This predicatable Hollywood chick flick reminded me of why I try to never go above 23rd Street when in NYC. Nothing unexpected happened. It was ok. A bit disappointed that Scarlett Johansson would be in something so very uninteresting. imdb.com A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. [...]

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This sweet film is basically “My Best Friend’s Wedding” from the guys point of view. Another film where someone realizes they are in love with their best friend. Nothing spectacular, but completely enjoyable. The rivalry between one of the bridesmaids and the Patrick Dempsey character is fun, especially the kilt. Tom’s friends helping him be [...]

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An excessively long version of a television episode. The same old characters with the same old hang ups, bad fashion, great shoes (that you couldn’t walk around in in NYC without crying – so everyone takes cabs), and self absorbed nonsense that brought them together in the first place. No surprises here. We watched the [...]

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Adorable fairy tale of a girl born with a pig nose because of a century old curse on her family and the man that loves her enough to give her up. James McAvoy was again the nice yet flawed adorable guy. This may put us at having seen all of his films now. Catherine O’Hara [...]

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