Saturday Night at the Movies...on Sunday

Our plan to head to the movies on Saturday night was derailed by my last minute hair appointment so it was a Netflix night.  I was flipping through the offerings and came across this one.  It's an interesting twist to the 1962 political crisis between Monaco and France.  I'm afraid the critics gave it a real bashing but it was entertaining none the less if only for the gorgeous scenery, fabulous fashions, and hairstyling (it won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie).

Also on the plus side, since it was such a twist on the political crisis, it made me research the whole episode in more detail so bonus points for sparking an interest in further study!

Saturday Night at the Movies

Took in a couple of  movies in the last two weeks - a free preview for the first one which is always an added bonus!

300: Rise of an Empire was pretty gory, especially since it was in 3D.  Nothing like seeing an arm or leg or head lopped off and appear to be flying right at you!  My goodness, Artemisia was one evil woman although I have to admit that IMDB's Quotes really missed the mark - she had the best one-liner of the movie.  Definitely gory, but a good show.

Really enjoyed this one last night - had to come home and Google the Ghent Altarpiece and the Bruges Madonna and Child.  Must sees on a trip to Belgium.  Have to agree with Caroline, an aspect of World War II that I had not known about either.  Read more about the real Monuments Men here.

Saturday Night at the Movies

I've been very remiss in getting this feature up in a timely manner and the result is several movies to review.  We are fortunate to have a movie theatre on the neighboring military base that has discounted admission and often offers free previews.  We've been spending quite a bit of time there lately.

Excellent film - hard to imagine how pirates in a vessel that's little more than a glorified rowboat (albeit with a motor) can take on a container ship.  I found a sad underlying note to the film as well; as heinous a crime as piracy is, the pirates were so desperate and that was difficult to watch at times.

Another tough one to watch, especially for someone who has a close family member on active military service and an amazing testimony to what the human body can endure.  Very well done.

It's been a while since we went to see this one but I remember that it was very good with lots of suspenseful moments.  Great casting too, one of those films when the actors really fit their roles.

Sophia's a huge fan of Kellan Lutz so she loved this one.  It was ok.  At least it didn't feature a vampire, a werewolf, a superhero, or a robot.

And finally, yesterday's feature.  All I can say is, brilliant special effects, funny accents (why were Romans trying to be British?), and an interesting ending.  Not what I was expecting, but I suppose it was predictable.

Seen any good films lately?

Oops, forgot this one that we picked up from Redbox:

 

Interesting.  Not one I'd watch again but it had it's moments.

Saturday Night at the Movies

Based on Michael Sixsmith's book, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee (now retitled Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search), and starring Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, Philomenia is the story of a Irish woman's search for the son she was forced to give up in Ireland fifty years before.  It is the story of the brutal life she endured in a Magdalen laundry and her heartwarming and often comic relationship with journalist Sixsmith, as he takes on her human interest story.

It's hard to really review the film without giving away too much of the story.  Let me just encourage you to see it as it really was brilliant.  Based on the true story, it will make you laugh, cry and shake your head at the injustice of what 30,000 young women endured.