'Whip It' stars Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore and many other faces you'll recognize. It's also Barrymore's directorial debut.
I like Drew Barrymore a lot. I'm sure she's done something bad in her 30+ year acting career, but I really haven't seen it. Sure, she's done things I could criticize, but nothing really all around 'bad'. And it seems that lately, she's all about the 'feel good' movies. I'm liking that, so I was excited to see what she could do as a director.
'Whip It' is about a girl who decides to play roller derby. Huh?? Roller derby?? People still do that?? Ok, so that bothered me a good bit, but for Drew, I was still excited. And amazingly, she pulled it off for me! I even got into the roller derby thing! And of course, there's a lovely family story with really a few good life lessons.
It's rated PG-13, and rated well I think. For younger kids, there's some bad language and some adult kind of themes, but for teenagers, I think it would be ok. It's entertaining and does present some good moral themes for the unruly pubescents.
A surprisingly good watch!
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Moon **1/2
'Moon' stars Sam Rockwell. It looked kind of interesting from the description, and it got some attention at different Indie awards....
Well, it's about a man who has spent time working on a lunar space station and he's about to get to come home... until you find out about their evil plan!
'Moon' was pretty good, but I had a big problem with it. I felt extremely claustrophobic the entire time I was watching it. So, I guess in that sense, they did a very good job with realism. But it was very uncomfortable for me to watch. I couldn't wait for it to be over.
It's ok for the kids, but they could really skip it!
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Well, it's about a man who has spent time working on a lunar space station and he's about to get to come home... until you find out about their evil plan!
'Moon' was pretty good, but I had a big problem with it. I felt extremely claustrophobic the entire time I was watching it. So, I guess in that sense, they did a very good job with realism. But it was very uncomfortable for me to watch. I couldn't wait for it to be over.
It's ok for the kids, but they could really skip it!
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Burning Plain ***
'The Burning Plain' stars Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger among others.
I really wasn't expecting to love this movie since the reviews were not great. Well, I didn't love it but I did like it.
It basically tells the story of a girl and all of the lives that she affects over the years. You don't really get this at first because it's fragmented. You are given different parts of the story at different times. It is not cohesive in any way. However, the non-cohesiveness of it makes it sort of amusing to put together. Well done.
This isn't one for the kids. Chances are they wouldn't even be able to pay attention for long enough to have a clue what it's about. There's also a good bit of nakedness here and there.
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I really wasn't expecting to love this movie since the reviews were not great. Well, I didn't love it but I did like it.
It basically tells the story of a girl and all of the lives that she affects over the years. You don't really get this at first because it's fragmented. You are given different parts of the story at different times. It is not cohesive in any way. However, the non-cohesiveness of it makes it sort of amusing to put together. Well done.
This isn't one for the kids. Chances are they wouldn't even be able to pay attention for long enough to have a clue what it's about. There's also a good bit of nakedness here and there.
Get it here:
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