Year: 2011

“I Love You Phillip Morris”– “Catch Me If You Can” With a Gay Twist

Written by diana on July 15, 2011. Posted in movie reviews.

Let me start by saying I wanted to really love this movie starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor. I was sitting on the fence on this one but no more. This oddball movie is loosely based upon an improbable but true story of a gay conman/grifter, Steve Russell, who continually breaks the law to impress his young lover, Phillip Morris, in a small...

“Rabbit Hole”–A Parallel Universe

Written by diana on July 4, 2011. Posted in movie reviews. 4 Comments on “Rabbit Hole”–A Parallel Universe

Nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Play and a 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner, “Rabbit Hole” was released as a movie starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart about six months ago (December 2010). This movie takes familiar territory and creates a classic. Astutely named, “rabbit hole” refers to a bizarre or...

“Bridesmaids”–Maid of Dishonor, Never the Bride

Written by diana on June 20, 2011. Posted in movie reviews. 3 Comments on “Bridesmaids”–Maid of Dishonor, Never the Bride

This is a female version of “Hangover” but much, much better. “Bridesmaids”, the new movie produced by Judd Apatow of “40 Year Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up” fame, has crisp, brilliant comic writing by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo together with superb comedic timing by Wiig, Maya Rudolph and a...

“Midnight in Paris” – That Was Then, This is Now

Written by diana on June 16, 2011. Posted in movie reviews. 10 Comments on “Midnight in Paris” – That Was Then, This is Now

Written and directed by Woody Allen, this romantic comedy is vintage Woody Allen. I love Woody Allen, but I don’t really, really, really love Woody Allen to the point that I think everything he does is brilliant and witty. He has had some real dogs. How many people have suffered through “Cassandra’s Dream”, for...

“The Princess of Montpensier”–Where’s the There There?

Written by diana on June 8, 2011. Posted in movie reviews. 3 Comments on “The Princess of Montpensier”–Where’s the There There?

Based on a 1662 novella, “The Princess of Montpensier” opens with a savage battle scene during the French civil war between Catholics and Protestants (Huguenots) in the year 1562. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young princess (who looks like a combination of Michelle Pfeiffer and Uma Thurman), reluctantly submits to an arranged...