By Jennie
This Sunday ABC will air the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. This year marks an expansion of the number of Best Picture nominees, from five to 10 (five has been the standard number of nominees since the 1940s; before then the number of Best Picture nominees varied, with sometimes as many as 12 pictures nominated). You can see the nominees here.
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By Erin
If you’re a fan of NBC’s hit reality show The Biggest Loser, then you probably know Amanda Arlauskas. At age 19, Amanda was voted onto the show by America. When the audience met her at the Season Finale of Season 7, they may have seen her as just another reality TV hopeful looking for fifteen minutes of fame. But as time went on, Amanda revealed herself to be strong, courageous and full of determination. America had the opportunity to witness a sad, lonely teenager evolve into a secure and confident woman. She grew up and her growth inspired others to reach inside themselves and take steps towards healthy living.
Recently, Amanda talked with Erin about her experiences on the show, the friendships she’s built, life after the ranch and how losing weight has changed her life.
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Opened February 19, 2010 | Runtime: 2 hr. 18 min.
R for disturbing violent content, some nudity and language
This is a movie that starts out trying REALLY HARD to be scary, creepy and haunting. The sound track beats you over the head with it’s THE PART COMING UP IS SCARY – FEEL THE TENSION BUILDING?! FEEL IT!!! I hate it when they’re heavy handed with the score, I don’t like being emotionally manipulated (ex-husband number 2, I’m lookin’ at you!) This was the first thing I noted about the movie. Not off to a great start.
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Opened June 26, 2009 | Runtime: 2 hr. 11 min.
R for language and war violence
Now available on DVD and Blu-ray
Since it’s nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, I figured I’d better get it into the Netflix cue right quick. Harsh reality type war movies are probably the only genre I do not enjoy. And that’s strictly because I don’t sense any entertainment value it in. This isn’t necessarily a true story. But it’s true enough. Our service men and women ARE over there, in Iraq and Afghanistan, risking their lives everyday. I can’t imagine how difficult that must be.
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Opened February 12, 2010 | Runtime: 2 hr. 0 min.
PG for action violence, some scary images, peril, mild language and suggestive material
Welcome to Harry Potter, the Greek Gods edition. Unlike my much beloved (and slightly obsessed with) HP, I’m not familiar with the series of books this is based on. So I had to take it at face value. I can’t tell you how accurate it is, how true to the book, or what, if anything, was changed/left-out/thrown-in/etc…
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Opened February 12, 2010 | Runtime: 1 hr. 57 min.
PG-13 for some sexual material and brief partial nudity
According to Fandango, this is “a film about 10 people in Los Angeles whose lives intersect on the romantic holiday.” You’ve got a couple celebrating 51 years together, an elementary age boy who is “love sick”, and everything in between.
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Opened February 5, 2010 | Runtime: 1 hr. 48 min.
PG-13 for some sensuality and violence
Based on the best selling book by Nicholas Sparks (also author of The Notebook), Dear John follows the long-distance relationship of Savannah and John, a soldier stationed overseas. It’s a romantic drama set against the backdrop of 9/11 and the ensuing wars.
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Written by Erin
It’s a beautiful day in Salem. The sun is shining and Vivian is plotting Melanie’s murder while Sami looks for her baby who’s been kidnapped by EJ (the baby daddy).
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By Jennie
Is it wrong to hate a TV show that one has never seen? If so, I’m wrong in my disdain for much of VH1’s “reality” line-up. And recently, a show premiered on MTV that annoys the heck out of me, simply based on the commercials I’ve seen for it (and speaking of bad reality TV, I wouldn’t have been subjected to those commercials if I hadn’t been bitten by the “Jersey Shore” bug (oh, the shame), as well as taken to watching the somewhat less objectionable “Teen Mom”).
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Opened January 22, 2010 | Runtime: 1 hr. 42 min.
PG for mild language, some rude humor and sports action
Synopsis: Dwayne “no longer The Rock” Johnson is Derek Thompson, an aging hockey star nicknamed The Tooth Fairy for his “gift” at hitting opponents so hard, he knocks their teeth out (we are shown this in the movie’s opening segment.) He doesn’t believe in fairy tales, Santa Claus, hopes or dreams. He is dating a woman (Ashley Judd) who does. She has two children and when he tries to tell her 6 year old that there is no Tooth Fairy there’s a problem. And he then receives an official “summons” from Toothfairyland for being a killer of dreams and is sentenced to two weeks serving as, of course, the “real” Tooth Fairy. Or one of them. There are like LEGIONS (another movie I also hope to review in the next week. Love that Paul Bettany…. but I digress…) Anyway, Julie Andrews is the head Fairy or Fairy Godmother or whatever. She’s lovely. And the movie goes on from there…
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