Everything is Illuminated

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404030/

Quirky, yet it completely moved me.

Yesterday
 

"In The Land of Blood and Honey"


It was ok, disturbing and sad.

"Don't Tempt Me" (2001) it has Penelope Cruz and Victoria Abril as angels sent to vie for the soul of a brain injured boxer. My favorite part is that Penelope Cruz's character, Carmen, is a waitress in hell and before she died she was a drug cartel leader. Her punishment as a hot babe waitress in hell, being mistreated and roughly handled by various hell goons is wonderfully poetic. I also enjoyed her performance as a masculine woman or in her case a woman with the soul of a man, very sexy. Oh and in case your wondering heaven is actually Paris.

The Devil Inside... freaky fun demonic possession film in today's "docudrama" genre. Not a bad rent.

Just saw W/E last night about Edward and Mrs Simpson. I was not too keen on seeing it as there have been so many of them made. It was different but I didn't like the flashing back and forth between the 1930s and present day Manhatten and the real couple and the fictional couple. In the end I wanted to see more about Ed and Simpson. I think it tried to strike a balance between the American depiction of the two as the great romance and the British depiction of her as a scheming commoner. The film tried to show them and her as more real and the fact that life after the exile was not the super fairy tale romance. BUt ultimately their "story" is bigger then them and the "truth" is lost in history. Melissa

I had been curious about this film...so thank you for the heads-up, Melissa.

Spanish
 

"Matador"

directed by Almodovar

Haven't seen this one in years
still intense, great music among
other things

Antonio Banderas
before Hollywood

Carmen Maura a favorite
actress

Nice Saturday watching movies

Greco

Yesterday I sat and watched Nell with Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson. Well, not exactly with THEM but with them starring in the movie... hee hee

Not my first time seeing it but enjoyed it still the same!

Big Sur
 

"The Sandpiper"

with gorgeous Elizabeth Taylor
and Richard Burton

1965 film

California Rt 1 and Big Sur
as they once were nice

Greco

Q took me to see 'the dictator' yesterday--it was alright.

Mainly, I wanted the soundtrack.

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/a.../120/MPW-60411

Amazing AMAZING heartbreaking documentary about child soldiers who are girls. What an eye opener. This doc takes place in Uganda where 80% of the rebel soldiers are children (we are talking 7-19 years old) who were abducted and forced to kill their own families and whoever the Rebels tell them to kill. Of the 80% child soldier force, 30% are girls. Girls who become Rebel "brides" at 9-19 years old. Repeatedly raped, beaten, starved and made into killing machines. If they make it out and back to their villages they come back with whatever of their babies that made it through the fighting. Some have been fighting for over 10 years. They are often outcast as possessed by evil spirits and have no where to go, with their little ones in tow.

One of the girls escapes and is out to tell the world about what is happening. She has grace and a soft heart, i don't know how.

Makes you wonder how in the hell this can happen.

It's on Netflix in Canada, if you want to know what is happening in the world watch this documentary.

The Way
 

Mr. Nobbs

But don't let the tittle fool you.

Glen Close, a woman living as a man.

Very touching, powerful, inspirational, sad, lovely.

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/the-pr...153202737.html

Last night I watched "HAYWIRE" w/ the wicked hot Strikeforce mixed martial arts fighter, Gina Carano.
Yes, it was unrealistic in some parts...but I watched it for her, and her amazing fighting scenes...which did not disappoint.

French Canadian Movie
 

" Thaw " was the last movie i saw it was a good movie !

I also saw the movie "Conviction" its a must see ! i cried ! lol

Finally got around to watching THE HELP. Great movie.
LOVE the pie scene, lol.

IMMORTALS was just eh.

My "to watch list"
Underworld Awakening
Several WWII movies queued on Netflix

Battleship

the special effects were awesome, the plot predictable......
but Ri Ri was FAB!