Justine's World of Films

Review: It's Complicated

2010-01-14T19:04:00.000+01:00

A couple weeks ago I went to see It's Complicated (If you don't know that this is the latest Meryl Streep movie that also includes Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, you aren't allowed to call yourself a movie fan, sorry!)

I love this movie! It's funny, sharp, witty and quick. Meryl, Alec and Steve just don't care anymore and go all out with this movie. Which is so much fun to watch. And it certainly doesn't degrade their acting, because you hardly ever get to see one of them acting better. Normally I find Steve Martin a bit annoying. He always jumps at the opportunity of a joke and I find that frustrating. But he managed to control himself in this movie and was only funny at the right times. Like this amazing scene where Meryl and Steve smoke pot and then go to a party. At this party they act all giggly and hilariously funny.

Another great character was Meryl's son-in-law. He discovered the affair that was going on between Meryl and Alec and did everything in his power to prevent anyone else finding out, but also to prevent them finding out that hé knows. This leads to a lot of funny moments as well, which he did superbly.

I know I mentioned funny quite a lot, but you shouldn't put this movie in the same category as You Me And Dupree or Couples Retreat. It's more sophisticated than that.

Well hope y'all see it!

Golden Globes this sunday!!

2010-01-11T20:38:00.002+01:00

Just a little note to remind all you readers that the Golden Globes are this sunday!

Presenters will include: Christina Aguilera, Taylor Lautner, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Aniston, Chace Crawford, Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell, Jodie Foster,Matthew Fox, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Neil Patrick Harris, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts and Sam Worthington.

Who of the nominees are you rooting for?

Sort of Trailer - Beastly

2010-01-11T18:35:00.000+01:00

There's a new movie called Beastly coming up. It is based on the book, and the book is based on Beauty and the Beast. Instead it is set in modern day time and involves everyday people.

-in this case teenagers of course-

Anyway, it stars vanessa hudgens, for whom I have a newfound respect since I liked her in Bandslam,

-and I love love love the way she dresses-

and the gorgeous Alex Pettyfer, who believe it or not, still looks beautiful when he is 'the Beast'.

Plot: A boy who is incredibly selfish and vain is teached a lesson by the evil witch (Mary Kate Olsen) who turns him into a beast. He kidnaps Vanessa Hudgens and forces her to live with him. And so to fall in love with him. Will she?

Sort of trailer:

Is James McAvoy Ian Fleming?

2010-01-03T11:28:00.000+01:00

There are rumors that James McAvoy will play Ian Fleming in the movie of his life. I always like it when people make movies of the lifes of people who wrote stories that we love. Now we'll finally get to see who the man behind James Bond really was. Can McAvoy do it?

Well I think McAvoy has surprised me many times already and I would like to see what he makes of it.

2009 in Film

2009-12-28T18:09:00.003+01:00

Pick your favorite film of the year 2009...

Mind you, this is not every movie of 2009, just the ones who have made it to the cinema. For a full list you should visit this.

(500) days of Summer

17 Again

35 rhums 2012

Abrazos rotos, Los

Alvin and the Chipmunks 2

Amerrika

Angels & Demons

Angst

Anonyma

Antichrist

Anubis en de wraak van Arghus

Appaloosa

Arthur en de wraak van Malthazard

Atlantis

Autumn Ball

Avatar

Away We Go

Babaji, an indian love story

Baby Formula, the

Bandslam

Beautiful Bitch

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Beyond the Game

Birdwatchers

Blind Loves

Blind pig who wants to fly

Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies

Boat that rocked, the

Bobbos (Egypt)

Boheme, La

Bollywood Hero

Bolt

Boy in the striped pyjamas, the

Brenden and the secret of kells

Bride Wars

Bright Star

Brothers

Brothers Bloom, the

Bruno

Buddenbrooks

Buddha Collapsed out of shame

Buddha's Lost Children Revisited

Buena vida, la

Bureaux de Dieu, Les

Burning Plain, the

Capitalism: A love story

Captain abu raed

Carmen van het noorden

Carriers

Casanegra

Chandi Chowk To China

Chaser, the

Che part one and two

Cheri

Christmas Carol, a

Cirque du freak

City of Ember

Coco avant Chanel

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Coraline

Country Teacher, A

Couples Retreat

Cove, the

Crepuscule

Rips

Crossing over

Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the

Dance Flick

Defiance

Delta

Denkend aan Holland

Departures

Dirty Mind

Disgrace

District 9

Divo, II

Donkey Punch

Doubt

Drag me To Hell

Dragonball

Duchess, the

Duplicity

Eagle Hunter's Son

Easy Virtue

Eden Lake

Effi Briest

Eldorado

Encounters at the end of the world

End of the Line, the

Escapist, The

Everlasting Moments

Fame

Fast & Furious

Fifty dead men walking

Fighting

Fille du RER

Film with me in it, a

Final destination, the

Fish Tank

Fresh Air

Friday the 13th

Frost/Nixon

Frozen River

Funny People

GI Joe

Gamer

Garage

Geen bereik

Geheim van mega mindy, het

Genova

G-Force 3D

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Gigante

Gomorra

Good, the bad and the ugly, the

Goodbye Solo

Gran Torino

Hachi

Halloween II

Hamlet 2

Hangover, the

Hannah Montana: the movie

Happiest girl in the world, the

Happy End

Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince

Hauting in Conneticut

Heaven's Heart

Heksje Lilly

Hel van '63, de

Helaasheid der dingen, de

Herisson, le

Herz ist ein dunkler Wald, das

He's just not that into you

Hilde

Hotel for Dogs

I love you man

Ice Age 3

Igor

Imagine That

In search of Beethoven

In the electric Mist

Incendiary

Indiaan, de

Informant, the

Informers, the

Inglorious Bastards

Inkheart

International, the

Involuntarily

It's not me, I swear!

Jaar 2602

Jennifer's Body

John Rabe

Jonas Brothers

Julie & Julia

Kabuli Kid, the

Kan door huid heen

Kikkerdril

Klass

Kleine Maanbeer

Knowing

Komt een vrouw bij de dokter

Krabat

Laatste dagen van Emma Blank

Laban, het allerliefste sprookje

Laila's Birthday

Last Chance Harvey

Last Conversation

Last House on the Left, the

Last Stop 174

Latcho Drom

Law Abiding Citizen

Lesbian Vampire Killers

Let The Right One In

Leven uit een dag, het

Limits of Control, the

Limo

linha de Passe

Links

Liverpool

London River

Looking for Eric

Love Happens

Lover of Loser

Maanprinses

Machan

Make it Happen

Mama don't like no guitarpickers 'round here

Mama Moe en de Kraai

Mammoth

Management

Marcello Marcello

Marley & Me

Meerkats

Megane

Michael Jackson's This is It

Micmacs á tire-larigot

Mijn vader is een detective

Milk

Milk of Sorrow, the

Millenium

Monsters vs Aliens

Moon

Most Distant Course, the

Multi Culti Story, de

My Bloody Valentine 3D

My one and only

My Sister's Keeper

My Winnipeg

New in Town

New York, I Love You

Nieuwe avonturen van het Molletje, de

Night At the Museum

Ninja Assassin

North

Nothing Personal

O'Horten

Old Dogs

Oogverblindend

Orphan

Other Man, the

Paniek in het Dorp

Papa di Giovanna, il

Paranormal Activity

Parque Via

Partir

Passengers

Perfect Getaway, a

Pettson & Findus

Picnic

Pink Panther 2, the

Plages d'Agnès

Plop en de kabouterbaby

Pluk en de kleine bever

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

Pranzo di Ferragosto

Precious

Premier jour du resta de ta vie

Prinses Lillifee

Private Lives Of Pippa Lee, the

Proposal, the

Public Enemies

Public Enemy number one

Puisque nous sommes nés

Push

Rachel Getting Married

Ramen Girl, the

Reader, the

Rebound, the

Red Cliff

Regrets, les

Return to Hansala

Revanche

Revolutionary Road

Ricky

Righteous Kill

Role Models

Rudo y Cursi

Rumba

Ruta del Jaca

Salt of this sea

Saw V

Saw VI

September Issue, the

Serbis

Seven Pounds

Shrink

Siliciana Ribelle, la

Silent Wedding

Sinterklaas en de verdwenen pakjesboot

sinterklaasjournaal

Skin

Slumdog Millionaire

SM Rechter

Snow

Soeur Sourire

Somers Town

Song of Sparrows, the

Sorority Row

Soul Power

Sound of Insects

Spangas op survival

Spion van oranje

Spooktijd met Laban

Star Trek

State of Play

Stella

Stella's oorlog

Still Walking

Storm, de

Stranger, the

Street Fighter

Sunshine Barry

Sunshine Cleaning

Surrogates

Surveillance

Suske & Wiske

Synecdoche, New York

Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, the

Taking Woodstock

Tale of Desperaux, the

Tenderness

Terminator Salvation

Terribly Happy

Terug naar de kust

Three Monkeys

Time Traveler's Wife, the

Tokyo Sonata

Totally Spies!

Towelhead

Traitor

Tramontana

Transformers

Transporter 3

Transsiberian

Tribunal, the

Troubled Water

Tulpan

Turistas

Turtle

Twilight Saga: New Moon

Two Lovers

Ugly Truth, the

Unborn, the

Uninvited, the

Unmade Beds

Umistaken Child

Unspoken

Valkyrie

Ventana, la

Versailles

Vie moderne, la

Vinyan

Visitor, the

Watchmen

Weisse Band

Welcome

Wendy & Lucy

What Just Happened?

Whatever Works

White Lightnin'

Winterstilte

Wrestler, the

X-men Origins: Wolverine

Ye che

Yes Man

Young Victoria, the

Youssou N'Dour

Zack and Miri Make A Porno

Fragment of Nowhere Boy

2009-12-26T16:01:00.000+01:00

There's a minute and half of Nowhere Boy online!! It's the scene where Paul is teaching John how to play the guitar. Everyone in the UK can now enjoy this movie but I have to wait till April 1st. Poor me. So if any of you could just tape it or something and put it online for me -and the rest of Holland- to download, that would be GREAT! Haha.

Here it is, enjoy

Alice in Wonderland - Trailers

2009-12-17T20:23:00.000+01:00

Yes!! The official trailer is here! There was already a teaser trailer leaked, watch that here:

But now the real official trailer is on the air:

It looks so amazing!! I love Alice's dress, and of course Johnny Depp.

Comment!!

Nanny Mcphee and the Big Bang

2009-12-10T16:42:00.000+01:00

Oh my!!!! There's a second Nanny Mcphee movie coming out!
They really kept this quiet, cause I'm an absolute Nanny Mcphee fan and I never even heard this. I first read about it when I was catching up on the progress of HP7part1 and I read that Emma Thompson couldn't play professor Trelawney because she was busy with Nanny Mcphee 2!

Of course I looked it up and was immediately even more hooked by this superb cast! It starrs of course Emma Thompson, but also Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Evans and Maggie Smith (whom I absolutely adore)

Story: Nanny McPhee (Thompson) arrives to help a married young mother (Gyllenhaal) who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. She uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.

It's Complicated

2009-12-10T16:32:00.001+01:00

You guys this is a Christmas movie I think I'm gonna love!
It's called It's Complicated and starrs Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. Meryl Streep plays a divorcé who meets her ex-husband again after ten years. They meet, and fall in love again. Unfortunately he's married. So this makes hér 'the other woman'. She also meets an architect who begins to fall for her, but suddenly realises that he is now part of a very strange love triangle.
This of course causes many funny moments.

I've got one especially for all you fanatic readers:

And here's the trailer:

Woman arrested for filming New Moon

2009-12-10T16:21:00.000+01:00

There was a woman who was caught when she came out of the movie theater with 3 minutes of Twilight New Moon on her camera. She's waiting for her trial right now.

Twilight director Chris Weitz is said to be shocked of this news. Weitz says there is a difference between protecting a film's copyright and persuing someone who 'obviously had no intention on piracy'.

Chris Weitz will be attending her trial, and if she is found guilty she's probably looking at three years in jail!

Can you believe that? For just 3 minutes of film?

Leap Year - Movie Trailer

2009-12-07T12:30:00.000+01:00

OOOHHH I just adore Amy Adams!!! So I was very glad to see that she made a new movie called 'Leap Year' with *drumroll* Matthew Goode!

It's about a girl (amy) who expects a proposal from her boyfriend, but it doesn't turn out that way. She then travels after him to Ireland so that she can propose to him instead, on Leap day. Of course on the way there everything, and I mean everything, goes wrong and of course she meets a handsome fellow (matthew). Who will she choose...?

You can watch the trailer here, but if you want to avoid subtitles I suggest you click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Argw8RXNREk (embing wasn't allowed)

First look at Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

2009-12-05T16:02:00.002+01:00

I'm totally in love with the Harry Potter books and movies. My best friend and I consider ourselves from the Harry Potter-generation; we just learned to read when the first book came out and somehow this fantasy serie has evolved along with us in either books or films. Now, I'm 17 years old but I'm still waiting for those last 2 HP movies. Here's the first picture of HP7 part 1 and I also got a 56 seconds sort of trailer, which is quite rare so you can thank me in the comment box.

Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore...!

Dh Preview One - Funny video clips are a click away

First look at the Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

2009-11-29T11:08:00.000+01:00

I am such a sucker for the Narnia movies -and no, not just because cute boys play the leads- and now the first screenshots of the third installment called: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader.

Just look at how beautiful this ship looks!

Get a better look down below...

Disney Special Christmas TV Event

2009-11-25T15:58:00.001+01:00

I am so in love with this trailer of Disney's new project. Disney made this exclusive animated special for ABC called Prep and Landing. I know it's not a movie but a special TV event, but let's think of it as a mini movie... Just watch the damn trailer:

Two weeks before Christmas we always get the Christmas TV guide. Then my mom and I cirkel everything we want to watch and make a schedule that plans out our evenings completely. We watch this, and tape that etc. I would love to see this Disney special on TV but unfortunately God was so cruel as to have me be born in Holland instead of the USA. I'm gonna try to catch it on the internet though!

The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)

2009-11-22T15:33:00.000+01:00

Oh my god dear readers, have I got a must-watch-tip for you! It's a period film called "The Magic Of Ordinary Days". When I started watching this movie I wasn't really sure what to expect. But after watching it, one thing was certain: this movie turned out way beyond my expectations. The story is about Livy who gets pregnant out of wedlock. As a punishment, her father sends her off to marry a farmer named Ray Singleton. Ray turns out really sweet, but Livy has trouble adjusting to a quiet country life and is unable to forget the man she really loves.

Ray Singleton is played by Skeet Ulrich, an actor I've never heard of before I saw this, but whom I really enjoyed. He played this part extremely well. I also have a weakness for Keri Russell, I think she is quite talented.

Watch this movie when you need to watch a feel good movie because, trust me, you'll be smiling constantly. As I caught myself doing every 2 minutes. A wonderful movie full of love and hope. Just..., just watch it! You'll know what I mean!

The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Review

2009-11-22T15:30:00.000+01:00

For teenagers whose movie knowledge only reaches up to Mean Girls it's OK, but don't watch it when you know a good movie from a bad one.

I got dragged to this movie by my friend who is sort of a fan. I downloaded the first movie and thought it was horrible. New Moon was a bit better, but still not in let's say Harry Potter's league. You read on the internet and papers that the chemistry between Robert and Kristen is so good. It's not. I haven't seen a single emotion on Kristen Stewarts' face the whole movie. Pattinson mumbles in a way that is hard to understand. Only the smaller parts were OK, Ashley Green did a good job and so did the rest of the Cullens. Bella's friends were also fine. Taylor Lautner had a tendency to overact, but was also believable.

From the trailer I gathered that the first movie was sort of like the introduction and this movie would be faster and more action and more emotion. Boy was I wrong. It's just as slow as the first one and the action was, well, nothing. The Vulturi fight looked amazing in the trailer, but don't be fooled! Everything you saw of the fight in the trailer (6 seconds) was what's in the movie.

Me and my friend just couldn't get over the fact that Bella is such a bad example for teenage girls! She gets dumped incredibly rudely by a (in my opinion not so attractive) vampire who leaves her and all she can do for months is cry and cry and cry and shout in her sleep. We were like: Hello! the guy is a jerk, get over it! But unfortunately she didn't. She also gets extremely suicidal over her 'loss' and does extremely dangerous things because then she 'sees Edward again'. That was really pathetic. I haven't read any of the books but that was the worst storyline ever. You already expect us to believe in vampires, but I will not cross the line of fantasy in believing that she can see him when she breaks her promise.

Good stuff, was the wolves. I really liked the gang of wolfs, the interaction between them, the friendly ways. The transforming was also done great. I would have liked to see more of them instead of Bella's mourning.

I just have to say one more thing about this vision of Alice of the future. Why o why did they show Edward and Bella dressed in, I don't know, middle-ages clothing and jumping around in the woods? The WHOLE theater was laughing at them. Not good.

When you like the books, sure go and see it. When you like vampires, go see it. When you like Taylor Lautner, go see it (that's why I went). But don't expect quality in this movie. You'll only be disappointed.

People Magazine Sexiest Man Alive

2009-11-19T18:13:00.001+01:00

is.... Johnny Depp!!

My alltime favorite Johnny Depp has beaten a lot of 20 something boys like Robert Pattinson and Chace Crawford and is number one on the People Magazine Sexiest Man Alive list. He proved that his Jack Sparrow charm is still kicking, because this is his second time! There are only two other actors who have won twice, Brad Pitt and George Clooney, so this is a very elite group. I also wouldn't mind getting out the message that we would like to see this group in a movie together. His upcoming movie is Alice in Wonderland: I'm sure the Mad Hatter has never been sexier...

He won't also be the Sexiest Man alive this year. According to every magazine Johnny is still on for a fourth installment of POTC and gets 30 million for doing this fourth movie. That also makes him the highest paid actor of all time.

So the only thing left for him is to finally win an Academy Award!

The choice for him as Sexiest Man Alive is explained by the editor: “The thing about Johnny is he has proven his sexiness over the years,” She said he was the only actor who “can pull off the sexiness” behind such bizarre characters as Willie Wonka and the Mad Hatter.

Slow week, so a music video for you guys

2009-11-12T19:55:00.001+01:00

I'm sorry to report that there's been no particularly fascinating movie news that I have been able to share with you! So why am I writing? Just because I discovered this awesome music video from the remake of Fame (one of my friends went to see it and said it was just great - so don't mind the critics) and I wanted to share it with you!

Here goes:

The Time Traveler's Wife

2009-11-05T17:39:00.001+01:00

A friend of mine showed me the trailer of The Time Traveler's Wife a while ago and it seemed like a great movie. Back then it was still far away, but not anymore: it will be in cinemas by november 12th.

The Story: Henry DeTamble (Eric Bana) seems an ordinary man with an ordinary job. He works in a library in Chicago, but he suffers from a weird illness: against his will he travels through time. Of course that is difficult for his job and social life: in the present as well as in the past.
During one of his travels Henry meets the beautiful Clare (Rachel McAdams). She recognizes him as her true love and they work hard to maintain their relationship. It's difficult however to do that with Henry travelling to the pas occassionally before he gets back to her after an unknown period of time.

Yes it does remind you of Benjamin Button. Some say it's a better version, others say worse. I haven't seen it so I have no idea, but one thing is certain: this can be an entertaining movie if you let it.
Critics say that it is hard to get sometimes. Some things just don't make sense and they get stuck in your head for at least three days after you've seen it. Thank god for all those (weird) guys who make websites entirely devoted to this stuff.

And here's the trailer:

POTC: On Stranger Tides

2009-11-01T17:02:00.002+01:00

As many Pirates of the Caribbean fans will know, the title of the fourth installment of has been released on September 11, 2009. It's called On Stranger Tides and was revealed by Johnny Depp in character as Jack Sparrow at disney's D23 Expo. Disney's head of Production Oren Aviv said that this would hopefully be the first of another trilogy. He also said that Disney had chosen to scale this movie down from the former series: "It's important to get the story right and it's important to me to scale it down, because we can't get bigger. The movies have subsequently gotten bigger and bigger and very complicated and they were satisfying on so many levels obviously, but I want to kind of reboot the whole thing and bring it down to its core, its essence, just characters." He agreed that there is a lot of Captain Jack Sparrow's background that we haven't seen yet without confirming or denying that we might see some of that in the fourth movie.

We also know for sure that Johnny Depp will star in this: he agreed to star in this "before there was a script or anything."At one point it was rumoured that Russell Brand and Zac Efron would also star, but that has never been confirmed.

The story hasn't been made public yet. Tim Powers have stated that the movie is inspired on his book, On Stranger Tides. This book is about a pirate named Jack, who is searching for the Fountain Of Youth. We also get a glimpse of this at the end of the third film, POTC: At World's End when Jack Sparrow is looking at a symbol of the Aqua De Vida on a map.

Nowhere Boy

2009-10-31T20:48:00.000+01:00

Yes! I've been waiting and waiting for this but finally there's a trailer of Nowhere Boy! This is a movie about the rise of the Beatles, focusing on John Lennon. Especially about Lennon's teenage years and his first steps to stardom and will focus on the influence his Aunt Mimi and his mother Julia had on his early life, and his friendship with future fellow Beatle Paul McCartney. The British actor Aaron Johnson will play Lennon and that Thomas Sangster will play Paul McCartney. I absolutely adore Thomas Sangster, he's the reason I heard about this movie in the first place. Kristen Scott Thomas will be playing Lennon's (step)mother.

Its premiere was 29 october in the UK on the London Filmfestival, and it got great reviews! Unfortunately for us poor Dutch people it won't be in Dutch cinemas until april 1st. But it's better than the USA, cause it'll never be in cinemas over there, so sorry folks!

Watch the trailer here:
P.S. I love the glasses John Lennon is wearing!

The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee

2009-10-31T17:53:00.000+01:00

Plot: From all outward appearances, Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Penn) leads a charmed existence. She is the devoted wife of an accomplished publisher (Alan Arkin) thirty years her senior, the proud mother of two grown children, and a trusted friend and confidant to all who cross her path. But as Pippa dutifully follows her husband to a new life in a staid Connecticut retirement community, her idyllic world and the persona she has built over the course of her marriage will be put to the ultimate test.

In truth, looks are deceiving, and this picture-perfect woman has seen more than her fair share of turmoil in her youth. Embarking on a bittersweet journey of self-discovery, accompanied by a new, strange and soulful acquaintance (Keanu Reeves), Pippa must now confront both her volatile past and the hidden resentment of her seemingly perfect life in order to find her true sense of self.

It stars Golden Globe nominee Robin Wright Penn and Academy Award winner Alan Arkin who are supported by an all-star cast including Blake Lively as the young Pippa Lee, Maria Bello as her mother, Suky Sarkissian, Keanu Reeves as Pippa's inscrutable neighbor, Chris Nadeau, Monica Bellucci as the socialite Gigi Lee, triple Academy Award® nominee Julianne Moore as the freewheeling Kat, and Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe winner Winona Ryder as Pippa's trusted friend, Sandra Dulles.

Watch the trailer here:

Center Stage: Turn it up

2009-10-30T19:57:00.000+01:00

I had a dance-movie-marathon with one of my friends last night. Since there are only few dance movies left that we haven't seen, we decided to rent 'Honey' with Jessica Alba. Unfortunately, this particular dvd was nowhere to be found. We came along another -rather unknown- one called 'Center Stage: Turn it up' and decided to go with that one.

Story: All self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet (ABA). She didn't get in however after auditioning. So she looks for a job and with the help of male dancer named Tommy who díd get in at the ABA gets one in a hip-hop club after showing her own hip-hop skills. Together with his and her sisters help she may just find the passion she needs to make her dreams come true.

It wasn't a bad movie, it had some laughter and Rachel Brooke Smith, who plays Kate, did a pretty good job, seeing that this was her very first acting job. My friend and I had a disagreement over her love interest in the movie, she was very pro-Tommy, but he had an earring and his character was a too-good-a-guy, whilst he didn't look as a good guy and just didn't came over like one. So I thought she should end up with one of the ABA's teachers (a young one, don't worry) who was very nice and also quite good looking. We made a comparison between these guys and the guys from Pride and Prejudice. I said Tommy was Wickham, the attractive seemingly good guy but is just not right for her on the inside and the teacher being Darcy, cause she couldn't stand him at first.

I'm straying off. Let's talk about the music. The music was great, it really was a great soundtrack. The dancing: pretty much every actor are clearly great dancers rather than expierenced actors. So the dancing was very good. There was plenty of chemistry between the lead couple's relationship, they were very natural with each other.

Watch it with friends.

This was the guy I was rooting for...

...whilst my friend was rooting for this guy:

(and it became this one)

Watch the trailer here:

New Moon Featurette The Wolf Pack

2009-10-30T18:29:00.000+01:00

There's a new moon featurette online that focuses on creating the wolf pack. Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and other cast members talk about the wolves in new moon. This movie is way more wolf than vampire, which is great, cause I like Taylor better than Robert.

Frank's Spoiled Movie Endings

2009-10-27T16:50:00.001+01:00

This is the most sacred website of all!
On Frank's Spoiled Movie Endings you can use the list of movies to select a film that you like to know how it ends. Just for when you want to know who lives, dies and gets shot.

I use it all the time. The minute I think a movie I'm watching is about to get sad, I check with Frank. Even if you're one of those people who is 'mature' and able to deal with sad endings, this is still a site to check out. Cause to me Frank seems like a really nice guy -except for the fact that he picked Josh Brolin in Milk as his Oscar Pick this year, when we all knew it would be Heath Ledger. Look at his other Oscar Picks.

He even has a list with movies to avoid.

You can even spoil a couple yourself ;)

Keira Knightley is a Fair Lady

2009-10-27T16:33:00.001+01:00

Keira Knightley has won herself the rol of Eliza Doolittle in the remake of My Fair Lady. She will be re-teaming with Joe Wright, with whom she has made Atonement and Pride and Prejudice. But My Fair Lady is a musical, and I have yet to hear Keira's vocals. She has been reportedly taking singing lessons and so winning the rol from Scarlett Johansson.

I'm not a great fan of remakes. Especially not if it's a remake of a movie with Audrey Hepburn. Keira is a fine actress, but she isn't Audrey. So I have yet to decide if I want to watch this particular remake. If someone does and it turns out great, please comment.

Film News

2009-10-27T16:28:00.012+01:00

James Mcavoy as Sir Ian Fleming?
Is it true that James McAvoy will play Ian Fleming in the movie? Read about it here

Woman arrested for filming Twilight: New Moon
A woman was arrested because she had filmed three minutes of New Moon. Read about the director's reaction here

Keira Knightley is a Fair Lady
Keira Knightley is cast as Eliza Doolittle in the remake of My Fair Lady. Read more here

Wolf Action In Twilight New Moon
There's a new clip from Twilight New Moon made public, watch it here

New Twilight Posters
The new New Moon character posters are public. See them here

Mamma Mia 2

2009-10-26T18:07:00.005+01:00

Mammia Mia was a huge Hollywood succes and now there's talking of making a part 2. Amanda Seyfried has already stated that she would up to play Sophie again in Mamma Mia 2.

Cinema Blend says:

"There seems to be some confusion among the movie’s cast as to exactly what songs they’ll be singing in the next film. Last month Colin Firth said here that they’d be picking a new band to provide the sequel’s lyrics but Seyfried insists, “I know it’s still going to be Abba music, because what else would it be. Come on, I wouldn’t do Mamma Mia 2 without Benny and Bjorn.”

I loved Mamma Mia and it made tons of money so why not do a sequel?

Even Meryl Streep would not mind to reappear as a "Grand Mamma Mia", but only if they can get all three guys back to resume their parts.

Beware, it is not set in stone yet, everything is speculation. But with nothing final yet, one thing everyone agrees on is that there are plenty of ABBA songs left to fuel a second installment... and enough directions for the plot.

Colin Firth

"Well, Benny has put the kibosh on the ABBA thing. I don’t know if you read that. Benny Anderson was public - quoting what I read in a newspaper - but he said it’s not going to happen with ABBA. We’re not using the back catalogue. He, I think, has other ambitions, probably. The main thing is they’ve used the songs you would need for that musical and using the rest of the catalogue…I don’t know, you’d have to ask him. From what I’m understanding, the people who do want to make it, are considering the possibility of using another bands music. Why not. But that’s speculation, I’ve got no insight on what will really happen."

To my readers

2009-10-25T12:46:00.003+01:00

I really hope you noticed that I changed the icon you see on the far left side of the url. Apparently it's called a favoricon and it took me an hour but I figured out how to change it! For the blind ones: it's a tiny tiny picture of a roll of film.

I'll keep on improving my blog but it's hard and it's gonna take time and if any of you bloggers want to try and explain how this whole template thing works, feel free.

So now I say goodbye and let you get back to your reading. There are people reading this aren't there? Anyone...?

Coming up

2009-10-25T12:39:00.010+01:00

These are the movies that are coming up... Mind you, I only wrote down movies of which I have written of that I am waiting for. If you want me to put your favorite in this list, please comment.

2009

November
The Box
The Men Who Stare At Goats
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
The Time Traveler's Wife

December
Serious Moonlight
Up in the Air
It's Complicated

2010

January
Leap Year

February
Dear John
The Princess and the Frog

March
Alice in Wonderland
Nanny Mcphee and the Big Bang

April
Nowhere Boy (Dutch release)

May
Sex and the City 2

June
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Toy Story 3

November
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

December
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Rapunzel

Rapunzel Rapunzel let down your hair

2009-10-25T12:25:00.002+01:00

I just discovered there's a new Disney movie coming out in 2010: Rapunzel.

Its story is gonna be based on the original fairytale of Rapunzel.

The story

is about Rapunzel, who is taken captive by a witch who locks her up in a tower with no door. When the witch wants to come up she cries: "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair" so she can climb up Rapunzel's long blond enchanted hair. One day there's a prince walking by the tower who overhears Rapunzel singing. He tries to climb up, but is unable to do it. When he discovers how the witch climbs up, he tries the same, this time succeeding. He falls in love with Rapunzel and tries to free her. But the witch is going to take revenge when she finds out...

Mandy Moore will record Rapunzel's voice, and Zachary "Chuck" Levi will be voicing Prince Flynn. It will also star the voices of David Schwimmer and John Goodman.

It will be released int the USA on 10 December 2010, so that's still a while away.

check out the first screening shots here: (trailer is not yet released)

Sunshine Cleaning

2009-10-24T21:29:00.003+02:00

Rose (Amy Adams) is the dedicated single mom raising Oscar. Oscar is having problems in school, displaying anti-social behavior such as licking his teacher's leg. Oscar requires special schooling, something Rose can't afford with her current cleaning service job. This is a far cry from her glorious cheerleader days. Oh yes, she is having an affair with the former quarterback Mac (jerky good Steve Zahn), who has no intentions of leaving his wife. Rose's life is broken. At one point she breaks down telling Winston, "I was good at getting guys to want me…" But she can't get them to love her.

Younger sister Norah (Emily Blunt) is the smart ass brazen slacker, who can't hold a job. Norah lives with their Dad Joe (wonderful Alan Arkin). Widower Joe, instead of having a real job, always has some sort of business scheme brewing whether it is selling candy pop corn or moving shrimp in bulk. Arkin restrains Joe's idiosyncrasies enough to provoke our compassion. As it turns out his grandson Oscar is really bright, just a victim of the family weirdness, which is not fatal. Spevack has the right charm to carry this off.

At the urging of Mac and using some of his police detective pull, Rose falls into the biohazard removal and crime scene cleaning niche business. Of course she enrolls Norah into the business as well, after all what else is Norah going to do. Rose forms a close bond with Cleaning Supply Owner Winston (compassionate Clifton Collins), but she is too blind to see that he is a decent man, unlike Mac.

The captivating narrative thread involves Norah's obsession to watch their mother's TV movie appearance, where she plays a waitress. Both Rose and Norah deal with the tragedy of their mother differently. And it is not coincidence that their job deals with death and cleaning up all aspects of the aftermath, the physical and the human. It's hysterical as Norah falls into a bloodied mattress. It is touchingly solemn as Rose sits with the elder widow, whose husband killed himself. Jeffs reminds us of our humanity throughout. There is a mesmerizing scene as both Rose and Norah watch TV.

I've been wanting to see this movie for a while. It is from the producers of Little Miss Sunshine, and that's one of the movies by which I could not stop laughing. This movie wasn't as funny as LMS, but it definitely had its moments. If you watch it however, you watch it for the acting. That was absolutely terrific in this film. I would watch Amy Adams stare at grass and I've been a fan of Emily Blunt since her early start in the Devil Wears Prada. These two have a very strong chemistry onscreen.

This is a film that doesn't dazzel us with fireworks and glitter, but it has hart. I like that.

Grey's Anatomy: Sweet Surrender

2009-10-23T15:04:00.003+02:00

I'm terribly behind on writing a review of the last Grey's Anatomy we (the dutch people) saw. This one was Sweet Surrender.

In the middle of a series of intense treatments, Izzie distracts herself by planning Derek and Meredith's wedding. But the stress of her illness takes its toll on Alex, who freezes during surgery just as George begins to excel. Meanwhile: Callie's father arrives at Seattle Grace, but is less than pleased to meet his daughter's girlfriend...

Well this was the most we've seen of George in ages. No wonder they're cutting him out of show. It was a very funny episode, with Izzie faking her death all the time to get people's attention and Lexie's major chocolate addiction due to the Derek/Mark feud (a play on the actress being pregnant at that time) and Meredith trying on dresses. Those were great distractions from the sadness of Izzie dying. Katherine Heigl does a very good job. Alex was once again amazing, I love this emotional side of his, Owen's finally in therapy, Christina wasn't around that much but that doesn't matter because when she does appear she's so strong. Finally, Bailey. What can I say about her? She's just the best doctor in whole of Seattle Grace. Holding a terminal child in her arms until she dies, persuading the father on the way to take over.

I can't wait for the next episode, I'm sure it's gonna be intense....but I'm ready.

Julie & Julia

2009-10-22T09:49:00.003+02:00

Last night I went to see the Julie & Julia in the cinema. I don't know what I was expecting but this movie came to me as a surprise. I loved it. I loved it so much. Meryl Streep's performance was excellent once again. She absolutely nailed all the characteristics from Julia, her enthousiasm was contagious. If you ever watch it think about me when you watch the scene with the onions and the one with the lobster. i shall never forget Amy Adams' face when she had to put living lobsters into boiling water.

Before I start spoiling more fun bits, let me tell you the story. Amy Adams plays Julie who has a crappy job and lives with her husband in a crappy apartment in Queens. Her husband suggests that the starts a blog. So she does, she cook all the 524 recipes from Julia Childs cooking book. While doing that she starts to learn from Julia and her life is looking up again. Meanwhile we follow the real Julia while she starts her own cooking adventure, and we discover similarities between Julie & Julia's life on the way....

I don't know if I have anything to say except that this is a must see for anyone who loves Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, cooking, eating and movies.

Just make sure you have some good food with it, because it's a guarantee that you'll get hungry.

Meryl Streep

2009-10-21T17:15:00.007+02:00

Meryl Streep is just the greatest living film actress. She is such a perfectionist in her craft, always preparing endlessly for her roles. The first movie I probably saw her in was The Devil Wears Prada (scandalous I know, but I was young) and I loved her so much that I started seeing more. I wanted to write about her because I bought a new movie yesterday called Postcards From The Edge, when she's starring with Shirley McLaine, a great movie by the way. I can list her best performances, but her problem is that her every performance is superb. Her, in my opinion, best movies (from imdb.com, look there for more)
Julie & Julia
Doubt
Mamma Mia!
The Devil Wears Prada
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Manchurian Candidate
The Bridges of Madison County
The River Wild
Postcards from the Edge
Out of Africa
Falling in Love
Sophie's Choice
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Kramer vs. Kramer
Manhattan
The Deer Hunter

Wolf Action in Twilight New Moon

2009-10-21T17:01:00.002+02:00

Here's a new clip from the Twilight sequence New Moon. It features some wolves, which are my favorite part of Twilight. My best friend and I cannot understand how Bella can love Edward when she can have Jacob.
Anyway watch it here:

The Box...

2009-10-21T16:53:00.002+02:00

While I was flipping through the pages of imdb.com I found this new movie called The Box that's coming out in December. It isn't really my kind of movie and I wouldn't have mentioned it if it hadn't been for James Marsden who is starring. I just adore him! Apparently it's about this couple that receives a box on their doorstep and when opening it they become very wealthy. But withouth realizing it opening the box has also killed someone they don't know....
It also stars Cameron Diaz and Frank Langella and is directed by Richard Kelly.
watch trailer here:

Serious Moonlight - Trailer Now Online

2009-10-19T20:48:00.002+02:00

This looks funny! Serious Moonlight stars the attractive Meg Ryan as a sexy wife out in the country. When she surprises her husband, she finds herself surprised when his mistress shows up. He confesses that he is leaving her, but the wife has other plans...
Serious Moonlight stars Meg Ryan, Kristen Bell and Justin Long (I love him :D)

Watch the trailer here:

What Character am I?

2009-10-18T20:47:00.003+02:00

Who is Your Gossip Girl Boyfriend?

More on Gossip Girl. Created by BuddyTV

Which Grey's Anatomy Character Are You?

More on Grey's Anatomy. Created by BuddyTV

Which 90210 Character Are You?

More on 90210. Created by BuddyTV

It's all relative

2009-10-15T20:48:00.006+02:00

Here are a couple celebrities that look so much alike that they could be family.
Have fun!

I always thought Brad Pitt was Robert Redfords lovechild

Amanda Seyfried & Amanda Detmer

Javier Bardem & Jeffrey Dean Morgen

Angelina Jolie & Megan Fox

Keira Knightley & Natalie Portman

Dear John Trailer Online

2009-10-15T20:03:00.004+02:00

There's a new trailer online! It's from a movie called Dear John. It stars Channing Tatum, of whom I think he isn't the best actor in the world but he can be very dreamy, and Amanda Seyfriend, whom I absolutely love! I thought her amazing in Mamma Mia! and I can't wait to see her in this one. It's a story about two young lovers who get split up due to the Iraq war but keep corresponding through letters. It’s an adaption of a Nicholas Sparks novel (yes that is the guy who wrote the notebook), which means lots of women are going to love it.

Watch the trailer:

TV Shows

2009-10-15T18:26:00.014+02:00

Read my blogs about...

Grey's Anatomy
Elevator Love Letter
Sweet Surrender

Watch Grey's Anatomy online for free here

The West Wing
Introduction

My list of Top TV Shows
In random order!
1. Gilmore Girls
2. The West Wing
3. Moonlighting
4. Lewis and Morse
5. Friends
6. Grey's Anatomy
7. Private Practice
8. Gossip Girl
10. Heroes
11. Beverly Hills 90210 (please don't judge me)
12. Midsommer Murders
13. Inspector Linley
14. The Mentalist
15. Sabrina the teenage witch (just a kid classic)
16. Sex and the City
17. The Nanny
18. The Guardian
.....and some many others that I just can't remember right now but gonna post when I do

Grey's Anatomy

2009-10-13T16:15:00.008+02:00

So, here in Holland we are a bit behind on Grey's Anatomy. To keep things exciting, our channel decided to stop with Grey's in the middle of season 5. (We were all very, very upset) So now they finally started airing again 2/3 weeks ago and we finally reached the episode "Elevator Love" last night. Omg was that a good episode! Sorry I just have to write about it. Alex had, I think, his best scene ever when he was throwing it all out to Meredith. (but I've always loved the Mer/Alex scenes) And finally! The proposal! It was just perfect, sure the roses and stuff on her bed was great too, but this was way more Grey's Anatomy. Bailey was the hero in this episode: shussing the obnoxious know-it-all who was disturbing Derek and telling the residents to behave better to Izzie. This episode had everything I've been missing, everyone had a story and there were many problems. I totally forgot to mention poor McArmy and Christina!

Don't post any spoilers! ;) Seeya

Three Days of the Condor

2009-10-12T14:52:00.004+02:00

Here's a golden movie tip for everyone: "Three Days Of Condor"
Robert Redford stars as the every day man Turner who works for the CIA reading books and postulating possible scenarios that could be applied to inteligence work. The story begins quietly, just every day life. He goes to work on his bicycle in the rain and is late. But then he goes out to get lunch and when he returns everyone at the center has been killed. Even though we saw it happening, we still feel his horror when he finds his coworkers dead. The tension never lets up in this grim, exciting tale, as Turner discovers he can trust no one, and barely survives assassination attempts, again and again.

The message? Knowledge is power. He's not just an every day man. He's the hero any of us could be. He is so believable that everything he accomplishes seems all the more impressive. He stays ahead of the game -just barely- using his intellegence.

I watched it because it seemed like a nice story, and I love thrillers, but mostly because of Robert Redford. I like him in well, every movie. In this movie he was fantastic. The scenes between him and the assassin are done beautifully. When they are together in the elevator the tension reaches its top and it feels like you're trapped there with them.

So I know what you'll be watching tonight :) Have fun!

My New Addiction: The West Wing

2009-10-08T18:00:00.005+02:00

I don't know if you bloggers ever heard of this magnificent show called The West Wing. If you haven't, shame on you! (although I only recently discovered it too)
It's a TV show with seven seasons. It follows the ups and downs of events in the West Wing of the White House. It follows several characters, like the president, chief and deputy chief of staff, press secretary and communications directors. It sounds extremely boring and intense, but I think it's one of the best drama shows that those Americans have ever made. (it's a tie with Gilmore Girls in my list) There's really no way to describe the show except as excellent and superb. Just trust me and watch it.

(I am on tv.com and saw this about the west wing: http://www.tv.com/story/18688.html?tag=hotspot;gumball;1 )

Previews:

The Princess and the Frog

2009-10-07T08:45:00.005+02:00

This new Disney movie definitely interests me. I'm a disney fan by heart, and this looks like another classic.

The story It's a fairy tale centered on a young girl named Princess Tiana who lives in New Orleans' French Quarter during the Jazz Age.

It has voices by a pretty impressive cast including voices of: John Goodman, Oprah Winfrey and Anika Noni Rose. Finally Disney found it's roots again!

You can watch the trailer here:

(It looks so amazing!)

New Twilight Posters

2009-10-06T17:44:00.009+02:00

Let me just make clear to everyone who visits this blog that I am not a twilight fan. I think Kristen Stewart plays Bella with absolutely no depth, like she only has one expression. Bella always seems mopey and depressed. I certainly don't understand why every guy would chase her, even the beautiful Robert Pattinson (Edward). But then again, Edward explains to us that her scent is intoxicating for him. On her character poster however she does look like someone worth chasing (photoshopped to perfection and all). Here are the posters:

Introducing the film fanatic

2009-10-06T17:39:00.005+02:00

Hey to all you bloggers,

I'm new to this whole blogospere, but since I'm such a movie and tv fanatic, I figured I could try out my own blog. I write in English, but I'm from the Netherlands. I live in Rozendaal to be exact, look it up on google maps. I'm sure you will notice that yes, it is practically the smallest town in Holland. We have zero shops and traffic lights. We do however have a castle! (there's no logic in it)

On this blog I will be posting movie reviews, movie websites, movie news and I will bore you with my talk about TV shows.

Bye y'all,
Justine