Sunday, September 23, 2012

64th Annual Emmy Awards













  • Zooey, Christina, and Mindy?  Love it.
  • Lena...LOL!
  • Ellen :)
  • Jimmy Kimmel looks nice.
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Eric Stonestreet for Modern Family.
  • I was rooting for Max or Bill. 
  • Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series - Louis C.K.
  • Lena Dunham was robbed.
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series -  Julie Bowen.
  • Sigh...I am over Modern Family.  Let others win.

Live Blogging the Red Carpet for the Emmy Awards

Live Blogging the E! Red Carpet for the Emmy Awards











  • Kat Dennings looks ravishing in red.
  • Mayim Bialik looks nice.  A little matronly.  
  • I do not like Hayden Panettiere's dress.  She needed something a little more youthful and fun.
  • Amanda Peet - Zzzzzz.  Very boring look.
  • I really like Leslie Mann's dress.  Elegant but fun. Beautiful pearl top, tangerine skirt and turquoise jewelry.
  • A mani cam?  This is your fault, Zooey Deschanel!
  • Schmidt!!! Max Greenfield looking classy.  New New Girl on Tuesday!

The Master



What I liked:

  • You can't can't your eyes off of Joaquin Phoenix.
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman is fantastic as usual.
  • It's a darker role than I am use to seeing Amy Adams in.
  • Ambyr Childers, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons and Laura Dern also star.
  • Great casting choice for Plemons as Hoffman's son.
  • Beautiful cinematography.

End Of Watch



What I liked:

  • Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña make for believable cops and have great chemistry together.
  • Great supporting cast: Natalie Martinez, Anna Kendrick, David Harbour, Frank Grillo, America Ferrera, and Cody Horn.
  • It is interesting and disturbing.
  • Great dialogue between Gyllenhaal and Peña.
  • A lot of different types of camera work is used.  It makes you feel like you are almost there.
  • There are times when things get pretty intense.

Searching For Sugar Man



What I liked:

  • Really interesting, true life story.
  • The soundtrack is fantastic.  Rodriguez is extremely talented and all around good guy.
  • It's a great topic for debate: Would things have been better or worse for him if he had known what was going on in South Africa?
  • Great cinematography and graphics.

Pitch Perfect



What I liked:

  • I do enjoy me some a cappella.  All the music in the film was really great.
  • Anna Kendrick held her own in a lead role and can sing pretty well.
  • Skylar Astin played the lovable guy next door.  His facial expressions are perfect.  And he can sing.
  • Revel Wilson was entertaining as ever.
  • Ben Platt, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Adam DeVine also star.
  • John Michael Higgins and Elizabeth Banks were hilarious.
  • It's a cute RomCom.  Cheesy at times but still smart and funny.
  • All the dialogue is well thought out and witty.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Arbitrage



What I liked:

  • Richard Gere is quite good.
  • Brit Marling holds her own.
  • Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon, and Nate Parker also star.
  • Super Model, Laetitia Casta.
  • Former Party of Five alum, Paula Devicq.
  • Clever story with interesting twists and turns.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

For A Good Time, Call



What I liked:

  • Ari Graynor gives a very genuine and sweet performance.
  • Lauren Miller not only stars in it but also co-wrote it.
  • Mark Webber, Nia Vardalos, and Justin Long also star.
  • I love how the relationship between Lauren and Katie develops.  It's nice to see two females on screen who aren't competing for the affections of a boy.
  • Kevin Smith, Seth Rogen, and Ken Marino!

Friday, September 7, 2012

Bachelorette



What I liked:
  • This cast had so much potential: Kirsten Dunst, Rebel Wilson, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, Andrew Rannells, Hayes MacArthur, Kyle Bornheimer, James Marsden, Adam Scott, and Horatio Sanz. 
  • There is a great shout out to My So-Called Life.
  • There are actually a lot of cool pop culture references.
  • It was nice to see Marsden in more of a "cocky jerk" type of role.

The Words



What I liked:

  • Jeremy Irons was fantastic.

Sleepwalk With Me



What I liked:

  • It was an interesting story with an inside look at the life of a struggling stand up comic.
  • Mike Birbiglia wrote it, directed it, and stared in it.
  • Great supporting cast: Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane, Alex Karpovsky, John Lutz, Marc Maron, Cristin Milioti, David Wain, and Kristen Schaal.

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Celeste and Jesse Forever



What I liked:

  • Rashida Jones is stunningly beautiful, smart, funny, and a wonderful actor.  She's just fantastic in this role.
  • Jones co-wrote the film with Will McCormack, who also stars in it.  The story is smart, funny, touching and realistic.
  • Andy Samberg is great.  It's nice to see him play a sensitive, more reserved role than we are use to seeing him in.
  • Jones and Samberg have great chemistry together.  
  • Superb supporting cast: Ari Graynor, Eric Christian Olsen, Rob Huebel, Elija Wood, Chris Messina, Emma Roberts, Rececca Dayan, Rich Sommer, Chris D'Elia, and Sarah Wright.
  • Chris Pine!
  • I loved the opening.  It really captured the rise and fall of their relationship in warp speed.
  • Excellent soundtrack.