jeux d'enfants (love me if you dare)
cast: guillaume canet, marion cotillard
what imdb says: As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to ( Read more... )

A whole bunch of Meryl Movies coming at you today. One got her an Oscar nomination and the other two let her be as funny as she wants.

the bridges of madison county
cast: meryl streep, clint eastwood
what imdb says: Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s

( This kind of certainty comes but once in a lifetime )

yeah I know, I'm supersupersuper behind on movie stuff (even though it's entirely possible that I only do it for my own benefit... I'm starting to confuse movies together I've seen so many). Anyway. What was I going to say? Oh yeah, Oscar Drama coming your way ( Read more... )

Mary Louise Streep, known better by Meryl, is a screen legend. She's also 60 years old and doesn't show signs of stopping, or even slowing down any time soon. She is bigger than she ever has been before (and that's not even from all the buttery foods she ate filming the upcoming Julie & Julia where she plays the famed chef Julia Child). Today I ( Read more... )

sleeper
cast: woody allen, diane keaton
what imdb says: A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.

( Yeah, and his isn't so bad either! )

truly, madly, deeply
cast: alan rickman, juliet stevenson
what imdb says: Nina, an interpreter, is beside herself with grief at the recent death of her boyfriend, Jamie, a cellist. When it appears that she is no longer able to cope with life, Jamie reappears as a "ghost" and the couple are reconciled.

( You're dead and you're still into party politics? )

risky business
cast: tom cruise
what imdb says: A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.

( I don't think I am going to say, 'What the fuck?' anymore )

So, although I am way far behind on writing up the movies I've seen recently, I am on the lookout for good stuff to watch. My summer is going to be pretty boring considering my only job prospects are babysitting and other odd jobs so I've literally got nothing else to do... hence all the movie watching. (book recommendations are welcome as well. I' ( Read more... )

ghosts of girlfriends past
cast: matthew mcconaughey, jennifer garner, michael douglas, and emma stone
what imdb says: A bachelor is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends at his younger brother's wedding.

( Someone once told me that the power in all relationships lies with whoever cares less, and he was right. But power isn't happiness, and I think that maybe happiness comes from caring more about people rather than less... )

lemony snicket's a series of unfortunate events
cast: jim carrey, liam aiken, emily browning, timothy spall, catherine o'hara, meryl streep, billy connolly, and jude law
what imdb says: Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their ( Read more... )