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.
  

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.

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!

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.

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.