Triple Feature

I know it's been a while since out last post. I blame Liz, her movie selection has been a bit off. So, here is my attempt to make it up to you. A chick-flick triple feature of sorts.  Not my genre of choice, but these movies were so good that I had to tell you about them.  

 What do a step-ford wife, a stripper and a nine year old orphan have in common?

 Butter.  
 In small-town Iowa, an adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest. from imdb.com

Butter is perfection. Amazing story. Great cast - who knew Olivia Wilde could work a pole like that? Excellent mixture of comedy and drama. Something for any group who can't make up their mind.

Girl in Progress is a movie that I would totally watch with my mom.

As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school. from imdb.com

It's kind of like Juno without the pregnant teen. It drags a bit in the beginning but Eva Mendes will make you thank the lord that she isn't your mom. This is the best role I've ever seen her in.

And I have definitely saved the best for last. For all of you that loved The Hangover, Bridesmaids and Horrible bosses this movie is for you.

BACHELORETTE

Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school. From imdb.com

This is not the Disney Princess version of a bachelorette party. These girls are insanely damaged/flawed/messed up in the head and it's impossible to take your eyes off them.


They're more like people you know than characters in a wedding movie. So get some girlfriends together and watch this. ASAP!

Dirty Girl

The Story: It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called    Joan and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.
                                                                   From imdb.com


Hello kids, it's been far too long since my last posting. It's not because we forgot you, we would never. It's more like our movie choices have been sucking lately. Liz still won't forgive me for taking her to see The Raven, and don't even get me started on Drive or Prometheus. But fear not, today I have brought you an unexpected gem.  

I added Dirty Girl to our Netflix Que a few months ago and completely forgot about it. I'm not even sure why. Anyway, I put it on when I got home from work this morning thinking I'd nap along to the stylish tunes of Pat Benatar, Melissa Manchester and Joan Jett, but that didn't happen.

From the moment Danielle (Juno Temple) hit the screen I was captivated by her no-nonsense attitude. Then Clarke (Jeremy Dozier) came into the picture and I was sold. They're like the Will & Grace of the '80s, only Grace dresses like a whore and cusses like a sailor. I loved every second of Danny and Clarke's journey, especially Nicholas D'Agosto's striptease. But it's not all fun and games for our fearless duo so keep the Kleenex handy.

Temple and Dozier have an electric chemistry that easily makes this film my new favorite road trip flick. 

If You Liked: Overnight Delivery, Charlie Bartlett, It's Kind of a Funny Story. 

Man on a Ledge

 

The Story: As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion...from imdb.com











Just left the theater and had to tell you guys how much I loved this movie. Why might you ask? It's got everything I love all wrapped up in one film. It's a contained thriller inside a heist film inside a cop drama and it reminded me how much I love Ed Harris.

So if you're going to the theater this weekend watch it, because we've all seen Taken. Everyone already knows that Liam Neeson is a bad ass.

This Christmas

 
  
The Story: For the first time in four years, the entire Whitefield family is spending Christmas together.










Happy Holidays!! Christmas movies are the best. Not just because of all the feel good 'tis the season cheer they spread, but because I like watching families that are more dysfunctional than mine.

This Christmas is my all time favorite Christmas movie. The Whitfield family takes the cake on dysfunctional families. You've got a cat fight between sisters , an AWOL marine, cheating spouses, hidden spouses, the return of the prodigal son and the baby boy who no one takes seriously. If they can pull themselves together for the holidays, anyone can.

2 more reasons I love this movie :Loretta Devine is the Whitfield matriarch and she is fantastic. TC also  introduced me to Columbus Short and I love him.

This clip is one of my favorite scenes in the movies. This clip is adequately titled "Baby oil beat down". Pure genius.

The Kill Point

The Story: When a bank robbery goes wrong, the thieves lock down the bank. They will do whatever it takes to keep the cops outside and their hostages inside.

Thank you Spike TV for bringing me this wonderful series. Not simply because it has Donnie Wahlberg in it (LOVE him) but because it is an action junkies dream. Bad ass bad guys,  a hard nose detective who will do whatever it takes to save the day, explosions, gun fire, and double crosses. I also like seeing the robbery from the hostages point of view, because they don't all behave how I would expect.

If you like a good cops and robbers story then I know you will like The Kill Point.

 Here is a link to the trailer on imdb.com . I would post it on here but my computer is hating me.
http://www.imdb.com/rg/s/4/video/screenplay/vi3068526873/


Video of Donnie Talking about the series.

The Watcher

The Story: Burned out after failing to bust a sadistic serial killer in Los Angeles, FBI agent Joel Campbell retires to Chicago. But the killer refuses to leave the lawman alone, and begins furnishing new clues designed to drive him mad. from netflix.com







Before James Spader became the creepy new boss on the Office and before Keanu Reeves started making terrible, awful movies like The Private Lives of Pippa Lee,  came The Watcher.


TW had me at the opening sequence. Keanu is dancing and it's sooo creepy. It's a total warning of the craziness your about to see from him.  I could go on and on about how good he is in this movie, but you just have to see it for yourself. He does deranged serial killer like no one else, amazing!

Balancing Keanu's insanity is and FBI agent, James Spader. They are an excellent pair for this cat and mouse game. Spader is better known for his comedic roles, but this is definitely his best role. He's dark and self-destructive and somehow still a good guy.

If You Liked: Collateral, Along Came a Spider, The Bone Collector, The Zodiac

Death Race

The Story: Ex-pro racer Jensen Ames has just been convicted of murdering his wife, and is being sent to the most vicious prison in the country.  How very convenient for Warden Hennessey to have another driver to compete in her prestigious Death Race

 

This is Jason Statham’s best movie. He looks amazing, kicks major butt, and totally nails this role. Like most of the other movies we like, Death Race’s casting is perfect. Tyrese is a total badass as Machine Gun Joe; and Joan Allen has ice water running through her veins as Warden Hennessey. All good movies hinge on their casting. 

Nevertheless, we love DR for its gut-wrenching, no holds bar action. The things that they blow up and the way they kill people is amazing. The fight scenes alone are more intense than the usual Statham film. Now don’t worry, there is a plot and it will make you want Statham’s character to kill everyone that stands in his way. 

This is by far the best action movie ever.