Love those LOOOOONG drawn out BBC tales? Well CRANFORD is for you. This film, featuring everyone you know from the BBC (Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis) is based on the books by Elizabeth Gaskell. Set in Victorian England in a small town that shuns progress but embraces etiquette and custom above all is heartwarming, touching, and just one hell of a great ride. Everyon gossips about everyone else, plots are schemed and unraveled. However, CRANFORD is rattled and on the cusp unwanted of change.
JAMES DEAN stars James Franco as the enigmatic star. While Franco looks astoundingly like Dean, unfortunately this biopic gets the standard Hollywood Treatment, and is far from exciting. Dean comes off as a crashing bore!!! I tried to sit through this thing THREE TIMES, but fell asleep by the end of Act One. What a waste.
Come and check into HOLLYWOOD HOTEL!!! One of those Busby Berkeley directed bits of joyous nothing. Featuring the ever portly Louella Parson, Dick Powell, Benny Goodman, this little gem about a spoiled, petulant star (Lola Lane) who refuses to go to her own Premier. What to do?! Well, find a look-a-like!!! And the fun begins. Dick Powell croons, Benny Goodman blows, and Parsons sits around coyly, batting her false eyelashes. It's an all star blowout, and a hell of a good time.
Feel like a good box of Kleenex New York Saga?! Well, BELLA will take you there. This non linear flick features great performances by Tammy Blanchard and some delicious Latin Hunk. I won't even go into the plot, but I was bawling with tears of joy and exasperation. Decisions to be made, love to follow. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
Well, this is another joyful weepie. DEAR FRANKIE, a tale about a deaf boy who writes his ship mate father, gets news back from ports all over the world. But Frankie's mother (EMILY MORTIMER) has a secret: The letters are written by her. When Frankie's dad's ship comes to port, Mother is in a quandary. But she hires a stand in (a scrumptious Gerard Butler) to play the part of sailor. This film is a delight, and Frankie is clever and witty. Another three hankie, feel good movie.
JAMES DEAN stars James Franco as the enigmatic star. While Franco looks astoundingly like Dean, unfortunately this biopic gets the standard Hollywood Treatment, and is far from exciting. Dean comes off as a crashing bore!!! I tried to sit through this thing THREE TIMES, but fell asleep by the end of Act One. What a waste.
Come and check into HOLLYWOOD HOTEL!!! One of those Busby Berkeley directed bits of joyous nothing. Featuring the ever portly Louella Parson, Dick Powell, Benny Goodman, this little gem about a spoiled, petulant star (Lola Lane) who refuses to go to her own Premier. What to do?! Well, find a look-a-like!!! And the fun begins. Dick Powell croons, Benny Goodman blows, and Parsons sits around coyly, batting her false eyelashes. It's an all star blowout, and a hell of a good time.
Feel like a good box of Kleenex New York Saga?! Well, BELLA will take you there. This non linear flick features great performances by Tammy Blanchard and some delicious Latin Hunk. I won't even go into the plot, but I was bawling with tears of joy and exasperation. Decisions to be made, love to follow. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
Well, this is another joyful weepie. DEAR FRANKIE, a tale about a deaf boy who writes his ship mate father, gets news back from ports all over the world. But Frankie's mother (EMILY MORTIMER) has a secret: The letters are written by her. When Frankie's dad's ship comes to port, Mother is in a quandary. But she hires a stand in (a scrumptious Gerard Butler) to play the part of sailor. This film is a delight, and Frankie is clever and witty. Another three hankie, feel good movie.
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