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I reviewed the documentary, Hot Girls Wanted about the amateur porn industry.
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My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Release Date: 2011
Plot Outline: This is the touching story of Barney Panofsky. A politically incorrect, selfish, self absorbed man.
Barney’s Version was a beautiful depiction of a man’s life from the years of his youth to his final days. This film reminded me of the beginning sequence of Pixar’s, Up, only as a whole movie. Barney’s Version was something special. It was enchanting and engaging. Barney’s Version completely captivated me and I still want more, even weeks after seeing the film.
I loved the various relationships in this film. The relationship between Barney and his significant others, his best friend, and his children are all fascinating dynamics that I long to know more about. I couldn’t get enough of Barney’s interactions with his family and friends.
Barney is a fascinating character. He is self serving but also a caring person to a degree. He is extremely unlikable but I found myself rooting for him and feeling sorry for him a lot of the time. Because Barney is self serving, we see the way other characters in this film are affected by his selfishness and negative behavior. This film shows us that the decisions we make and the way we treat others has a large effect on other people’s lives and our relationships with the people in our lives. Barney’s (Paul Giamatti) choices show us how each decision we make in our lives can impact the rest of our life in ways we never could have imagined. Barney’s Version shows us how short and precious life is and that our decisions and our behavior matters.
This is a film that will warm your heart and break it at the same time. This is a film that will leave you thinking about your own life for a while. It is very touching and incredibly enjoyable to watch.
Barney’s Version is precious. I highly recommend this movie. It is a unique cinematic experience.
Stuck in Love
Release Date: April, 2013
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Plot Outline: Over the course of a year, a writer, his ex-wife, and their son and daughter learn about the complexities of love in all of its forms.
Review: Stuck in Love is a film about relationships and family and the complications that come with these relationships. While the film had a lot of drama, it was realistic and relatable. The characters were all flawed but lovable in their own way. The characters were realistically written and complex. This is a family drama that runs deep but leaves you with hope.
I enjoyed watching Stuck in Love even though I avoided it at first because of its cheesy title. The title does not do it justice. This was a great film that I feel is being held back by a subpar title.
This is a film that is best watched with girlfriends, some wine, popcorn, and a box of tissues. Enjoy! Its adorable!
Release Date: April 4th, 2014
Plot Outline: A group of friends hide out together in a countryside cabin during a terrorist attack that is affecting the world.
Rating: 3/5
I will admit that originally I did not want to watch this film because I thought the name of the title was dramatic, that was until I learned it is the name of a virus that caused global chaos. I decided to see this film when I discovered Ben McKenzie, man of my dreams is in it. Literally, he has been my boyfriend in my dreams.
Once I started watching Goodbye World, I was hooked. This film is so tense. I was on the edge of my seat for most of the movie. There is so much tension built up between the characters and past secrets coming out of hiding that it is full of relationship drama and conflict with ya know, the end of the world and all.
What I like most about this film is that it doesn’t focus on the end of the world tragedy or the violence associated with it. Goodbye World focuses on a set of characters and how they react to the stresses of a tense and potentially dangerous situation. This is definitely one of those ‘humane nature’ type films. It was highly entertaining.
The acting in the film was fantastic, very realistic and genuine characters. I also loved the sound track! The song “Same Mistakes” by The Echo-Friendly has been stuck in my head since I watched this days ago. Check out the sound track!
Definitely recommend Goodbye World!
If you like this, see: The Divide
Release Date: July 19th, 2013
Plot Outline: A woman’s life turns upside down. She has no choice but to move back in with her mother, brother, and her mother’s boyfriend
Rating: 4/5
Let me start off this review by saying that I loved Girl Most Likely! It was everything I thought it would be and more. It was funny, very quirky, the acting was great, and it was full of lovable characters. What I liked most about it was that it really focused on Imogene’s character (Played by Kristen Wiig) development and life issues instead of becoming an unnecessary love story like every other movie. I think Imogene’s character is easy to relate to. She is a young woman that is struggling to obtain her life dream. When life deals her some bad cards she is forced to move back in with her mother while trying to get her life back together.
When a man is introduced as a love interest I rolled my eyes and expected him to bring her life back together and for her to realize all she needs is love. Blah and vomit. That was not the case at all and I was so relieved. The lack of a love story made this film even more enjoyable because it didn’t follow the typical generic story line.
Girl Most Likely was a light-hearted comedy but it had substance and the characters had depth. I liked this movie a lot!
Release Date: September 20th, 2013
Plot Outline: A group of people are struggling with sex addiction and relationships in their lives.
Rating: 4/5
What a truly phenomenal film! I had no idea that it was produced by Edward Norton. Now that I know, it all makes perfect sense.
I honestly do not know much about sex addiction or the everyday struggles that come along with it so I do not know if this film gives an accurate representation of those struggles. However, it did seem to do a good job sharing the experiences and struggles of people dealing with any sort of addiction.
First of all, each and every character was fantastic. The characters were all so real, and complex, and genuine. They felt like real people with real feelings and real struggles. They weren’t so black and white. Each character, especially Adam (Mark Ruffalo) and Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow) struggled with conflicting feelings.
The film brought each of the characters to vulnerable, uncomfortable emotional places you don’t see very often in films. The raw emotions felt so real and the characters bring the audience there with them. There were times I felt sad, hurt, and uncomfortable throughout the film, which I absolutely loved. I felt invested in the characters and their relationships.
The music in this film was perfectly selected. It always did a great job of heightening the emotions in each scene.
Overall, Thanks For Sharing was fantastic and I highly recommend it!
Release Date: October 20th 2009
Bechdel Test: Fail
Plot Outline: A girl is tormented by the schools outcast until they take a creative writing class together.
Last night I was in the mood to watch a movie. I turned on and off three different movies within 10 minutes. I just couldn’t get into anything.
I was browsing Netflix’s Instant movies and came across Teenage Dirtbag. I read the description and decided to give it a try, especially because it is based on a true story.
Within the first few minutes I loved it already. It was just what I was in the mood for.
Though the movie stays on the surface for the most part, there are large hints and indications of two very tragic lives. These two characters Thayer and Amber are both suffering in different ways. They don’t connect to anyone else and it seems that they never really had anyone to talk to.
A lot of the movie is made up of hints, undertones, facial expressions, and actions. There aren’t really any significant or deep conversations that form their strong bond. With Thayer and Amber it’s all in their small gestures of care towards each other. The actions and looks in Teenage Dirtbag spoke louder than any conversation ever could have.
Thayer and Amber start an unexpected connection. I loved that they didn’t have a lot of conversation but they really felt each other and saw into each other’s souls. They connected on a very deep level and their connection was intense. A significant scene in the film is when Amber takes out an orange from her book bag and rolls it to Thayer during study hall. Small gestures like this, telling looks and body language speak loudly in the film.
Thayer and Amber had a love for each other that can’t be expressed in words and they cared for each other very much but unfortunately two scarred people often hurt each other as much as they care for each other.
Teenage Dirtbag was incredibly powerful. I felt very attached to it and I know I will be thinking about it for days. I even went back and rewatched a few scenes.
Great film. It was extremely well made. I can’t get over it. And the acting was phenomenal.
Plot Outline: A group of strangers are trapped in an elevator and can sense evil is among them.
Release Date: September 17th 2010
I know many people aren’t M. Night Shyamalan fans actually, I know people are pretty anti M. Night but not me! I can’t help but love the guy. I always enjoy his movies. Keep ‘em comin’!
Everyone was telling me how awful Devil was. How stupid, silly, badly acted…all I heard were negative things about it. Knowing my love for M. Night movies I had to see it despite all the bad hype. Sure enough, I loved it.
Call me crazy but I thought it was an interesting plot. Now, the acting wasn’t fantastic but it wasn’t nearly as bad as it has been in other films I have seen lately. I found the characters to be loveable.
This can be risky in a movie but it brought up a lot of religion and questions about the unknown…God and such.
I liked this because I find these topics to be fascinating.
Devil actually really made me thing. It had a lot of great quotes and situations that brought up reflecting on your own life and faith.
Back to the movie aspect. I thought it did a good job of keeping me a little nervous. There were cues where we just knew something bad was going to happen. I liked that because it kept me on my toes.
There was a point in the film when I thought it should just end there but it kept going…
I didn’t like the ending too much. It was a bit predictable.
Overall I liked Devil. I thought it was well made, suspenseful, and thought provoking.
Release Date: January 18th 2009
Bechdel Test: Fail
Plot Outline: After a car accident Steven reevaluates his life and decides to come out of the closet and live life to the fullest. Once being sent to prison for…living life to the fullest, Steven meets the love of his life, Phillip Morris and he is willing to do anything to stay with him.
I Love You Phillip Morris was not what I expected at all! It was shocking but in a very pleasant way. I liked this movie a lot and its always nice to see Jim Carrey branch out. This was a very different role than he usually plays, same with Ewan McGregor. The film could have done without the accents but I’ll overlook that. It was based on a true story so maybe that’s why.
The cast of actors really threw themselves into their roles. They acted their roles with every thing they had. Both McGregor and Carrey really showed us their talents and acting abilities. Leslie Mann as well, this role was nothing like I’ve ever seen her play. She usually has a bigger role but I was glad she decided to take this role, small but good and impressive.
Everything throughout the movie was very out of nowhere and things kept happening that I didn’t expect so I had to keep watching to see where this was going. It definitely kept me interested. Everything was so over the top that I just couldn’t guess what was going to happen. I liked that, even though at times it seemed a bit ridiculous.
The whole movie was pretty upbeat and not too serious. There were a few emotional scenes but I couldn’t take these scenes seriously just because of the way the movie was. The emotion didn’t flow; these scenes came out of nowhere. It wasn’t the tone of the movie at all. They were out of place and didn’t transition well.
Towards the end I Love You Phillip Morris got very serious. In this case it was more built up so it was better received than the emotional scenes that were just out of nowhere. I absolutely love it when Jim Carrey does a different, serious role because it’s always fantastic and impressive. Nothing in this movie was what I expected at all. I loved that it kept surprising me. I Love You Phillip Morris was a very odd love story and I loved it even more because it is based on a true story.
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