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 course, 40 is the new 30 and this movie is over 10 years old, so maybe that was it.
A very young Scarlett Johansson appears in the film as one of the art students/advice getters. Some sweet kids, some messed up adults. Bwick? Fun part played by Ben Stiller. I think the only part I have ever enjoyed him in more is Zoolander.
This isn’t a great film, but it could be date film. Especially if someone is trying to giver a close friend a hint I suppose.
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Joe and Lucy are roommates and best friends. Lucy, whose love life is embarrassingly dull, convinces Joe, who is infatuated with a neighbor he’s never met, that if they don’t have stable romances within a month, they must jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.
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.
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A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
When you know how the story ends and you know it ends badly, it sort of takes a little bit away from the film. I did not realize what a conniving bitch that Ann Bolyen was and how forgiving her sister was (should have been nominated for sainthood), but then covering those tawdry details in my parochial high school world history class may have made it interesting. And we couldn’t have that. We barely touched on the black plague, so adultery, bastard children and seduction were taboo.
The film was beautiful. I highly recommend it in HD. It was a bit long, but interesting enough. The acting was spot on and the accents believable. Great costumes for all.
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Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.
I didn’t even recall this Coen Brother’s film having come out. It is a visually stunning film done in black and white. It has a slow pace but is not slow moving if that makes any sense. There was always something going on, but nothing overt. A great film to curl up with on a cold night or stormy weekend. But then it is a Coen Bros film, I can’t recall one that isn’t at least fun to watch.
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A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife’s boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
Scar Jo was such a brat. The second of our people/animals films of the evening. This time the boy turns into a pig instead of the animal turning human. Just about as interesting for someone over 12 as Whiskers.
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A boy is turned into his spirit animal by damaging crystal animals owned by his nanny. All kinds of road trip wackiness and dark magic potions take place to turn him back to himself….and, of course, everyone learns the importance of family.
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Robert and Alfred are rival magicians. When Alfred performs the ultimate magic trick, Robert tries desperately to find out the secret to the trick.
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Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the “Black Dahlia” murder investigation.
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A young Hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when she’s reunited with her parents in the USA years after she was left behind during their plight from the communist country in the 1950s.
