I'm Reed Fish

Another sleeper great movie. I love finding movies like this. Funny, happy and inspiring. Maybe some day I'll find 2 women to love and then lose them both. But then win in the end. A Must See!


"Small-town radio personality Reed Fish's (Jay Baruchel) life is thrown into an uproar when his high school sweetheart returns home in this quirky comedy. A big fish in the little pond of Mud Meadows, Reed has it all: He hosts a radio show with the mayor (Katey Sagal), and he's about to marry the town beauty (Alexis Bledel). But when aspiring singer and ex-flame Jill (Schuyler Fisk) reappears, he makes some choices that throw his life into chaos."

Mr. Brooks

A good movie! Kevin Costner has become a much better actor over the years. Once he stopped playing leading man type roles and started playing characters, he was good! And he is good in this movie. I liked the way William Hurt played the other part of him - one of those risky contrivances which could have been a disaster - but it was actually the most appealing part of the story.

Sherrybaby

I liked this movie. It seemed very real. And I always love watching Maggie Gyllenhaal. She was great, as always.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane

"A very young Jodie Foster plays the title character, a reclusive, fiercely self-reliant teenager who lives alone in her father's house. When visitors call, Foster explains that her father is away on business. He's away, all right....far, far, away. And Foster, determined not to lose her independence, will go to any lengths to protect her secret."

This movie reminded me of an old version of Hard Candy. The subject matter was somewhat similar, but in keeping with the times, which was about 25 years ago, and Jodie Foster's character was very much like the girl in Hard Candy, but, again, without the modern-day edge.
The most interesting thing about it was seeing Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen when they were so young.

Mr. Brooks

Finally a movie worth watching! Kevin Costner pulls thru again. Thrilling, exciting and a surprise at the end. What more could you ask for?

Knocked Up

Humorous but not real funny. A lot of bathroom humor. Not award material.

Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider? - Why did I rent this? Must have been the only movie left that I hadn't seen. Should have left it as the only movie I hadn't seen. What a stinker! But I watched the whole thing. Must have been extremely bored.
Man sells his soul to the devil and then rides his motorcycle? Ha! Runaway from this one!

Miss Potter

This was a beautiful movie - and, to me, the two stars of it were Rene Zelwegger and the English countryside. Rene is amazing as Beatrix Potter, and I think she is the main reason it was a good movie - with another actress in that role, it might have been a bit Ho-Hum. The scenery was gorgeous - just exactly what I always dreamed of, growing up.
Another strong woman to admire, and I always love a true story.

This movie won several awards, but I could not get through it. Perhaps it got better toward the end, but by about half way through, I realized I was not the least bit interested in finding out WHY he wanted to commit suicide or if he, in fact, DID commit suicide. So, I took it back to the video store - never to know the end. And I just don't care!

Why I LOVE this movie

Vivid to me, is the memory of my first time in an airport, watching people leaving one another and greeting one another - and realizing, perhaps for the first time, that THAT SCENE before me was exactly what life is all about. And so, this movie begins and ends with those very scenes - as if from my memory.

And I love the characters in this movie - love it how, with only a few scenes given to each person or couple, you know their stories.

I love it how the characters use the word "actually" throughout the movie - and I wonder which came first: the title from the dialogue or the dialogue from the title. You know?

I love the way Liam Neeson talks to his step son - totally acknowledging the validity of his feelings.

I love it that two of the characters used the word PERFECT. One said "To me, you are perfect." and one said "She was perfect." It so PERFECTLY describes what the heart feels and what is so difficult to articulate - it is the word that just comes to you, unbidden, from the depth of your feelings of love.

This movie reminds you that you want to be good, integrity-wise.

I like the music in this movie, too. It makes you dance, a little.

It is definitely sappy (in a good way) - which, to me, is perfect for a feel-good holiday movie, actually.

An unlucky-in-love bachelor lands his dream date, but finds that getting through the evening will be a difficult challenge indeed in this romantic comedy. The Third Wheel stars Luke Wilson as Stanley, a woefully inept young man who -- with the aid of his roommate Mike (Ben Affleck) -- works up the nerve to ask out his alluring co-worker Diana (Denise Richards). Diana agrees, but before the two can even be seated at a restaurant, they literally run into a homeless con man named Phil (Jay Lacopo). Currying pity from the hapless Stanley, Phil proceeds to disrupt the evening in every way imaginable. One of the first films from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's production company, The Third Wheel languished on the shelf for more than three years; a similar, if less-severe, fate befell Wakin' Up in Reno, another Miramax-distributed comedy also directed by Jordan Brady..

Kind of Funny and cute. Chick flick!

Miss Potter

Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any number of eligible young men. Her only real friends are the animals which since childhood she has lovingly drawn and made up stories about. She finally succeeds in selling a book of the stories, and it becomes Norman Warne's first project. He quickly falls in love with both the book and Beatrix and together they carefully arrange publication. This proves the first of many successes, offering her the possibility of escaping from both her parents' way of life and London.

You gotta see! I loved this movie. I wasn't expecting to like it so much but I thought it was great!!