I remember watching this movie as a kid at the beach...probably not the best place to watch it...
4.30.2010
4.23.2010
4.19.2010
Movie Review Monday - Letters to God
Loved, loved, loved this movie....my review is below...
Synopsis from Screen It - Things have been rough lately for the Doherty family. Not long after the sudden and unexpected passing of her husband, Maddy (ROBYN LIVELY) must now contend with the fact that her 8-year-old son, Tyler (TANNER MAGUIRE), has a rare form of brain cancer. With her mom, Olivia (MAREE CHEATHAM), now present to help out at home, Maddy is going to return to work, but Tyler's teenage brother, Ben (MICHAEL BOLTEN), is having issues with all of the bad things that have happened to his family of recent.
Also facing a hard time, albeit of a different sort, is Brady McDaniels (JEFFREY S.S. JOHNSON). He's a postal worker whose wife left him and took their young son following Brady's DUI arrest, yet the troubled man continues to drink. He also has a sour work ethic, meaning he isn't happy when he's assigned to take over the foot delivery route for another mailman who's going on an extended leave.
Brady's new post not only puts him in contact with the cantankerous Cornelius Perryfield (RALPH WAITE) who expects his mail on time every day, but also Tyler who's been sending letters addressed to God. Brady doesn't know what to do with them, but his boss says he should figure it out himself, while the local pastor tells Brady that God choose him to handle those letters. Accordingly, Brady starts to get to know and like the boy and his best friend, Sam (BAILEE MADISON), Cornelius' spunky granddaughter.
She's quite protective of Tyler, and thus doesn't take kindly to other students, such as Alex (C.J. AMARI), who make fun of Tyler when he returns to school following a break in his cancer treatment. With everyone wondering why God is making Tyler go through all of this, the boy learns that he's God's warrior, chosen to make sure everyone sees the light, with his letter writing campaign soon getting others to follow suit.
Gina's review:
Go see this and support it at the movie theater. This is such a sweet movie. It does have its cheesy Christian movie moments - but overall its such a precious movie. It has a good message and tugs at the heart strings. Make sure you bring your tissue - we had 4 people go and all 4 cried and one was a guy!
Rated - PG
Synopsis from Screen It - Things have been rough lately for the Doherty family. Not long after the sudden and unexpected passing of her husband, Maddy (ROBYN LIVELY) must now contend with the fact that her 8-year-old son, Tyler (TANNER MAGUIRE), has a rare form of brain cancer. With her mom, Olivia (MAREE CHEATHAM), now present to help out at home, Maddy is going to return to work, but Tyler's teenage brother, Ben (MICHAEL BOLTEN), is having issues with all of the bad things that have happened to his family of recent.
Also facing a hard time, albeit of a different sort, is Brady McDaniels (JEFFREY S.S. JOHNSON). He's a postal worker whose wife left him and took their young son following Brady's DUI arrest, yet the troubled man continues to drink. He also has a sour work ethic, meaning he isn't happy when he's assigned to take over the foot delivery route for another mailman who's going on an extended leave.
Brady's new post not only puts him in contact with the cantankerous Cornelius Perryfield (RALPH WAITE) who expects his mail on time every day, but also Tyler who's been sending letters addressed to God. Brady doesn't know what to do with them, but his boss says he should figure it out himself, while the local pastor tells Brady that God choose him to handle those letters. Accordingly, Brady starts to get to know and like the boy and his best friend, Sam (BAILEE MADISON), Cornelius' spunky granddaughter.
She's quite protective of Tyler, and thus doesn't take kindly to other students, such as Alex (C.J. AMARI), who make fun of Tyler when he returns to school following a break in his cancer treatment. With everyone wondering why God is making Tyler go through all of this, the boy learns that he's God's warrior, chosen to make sure everyone sees the light, with his letter writing campaign soon getting others to follow suit.
Gina's review:
Go see this and support it at the movie theater. This is such a sweet movie. It does have its cheesy Christian movie moments - but overall its such a precious movie. It has a good message and tugs at the heart strings. Make sure you bring your tissue - we had 4 people go and all 4 cried and one was a guy!
Rated - PG
4.16.2010
Flashback Friday....
Wow - did I love this song growing up. We listened to it on my mom's 8 track. My sister and I would act like we were in a music video and dance around the living room....I have got to find this on I-Tunes!
4.12.2010
Movie Review Monday - Last Song
I saw Last Song last weekend. Again, love Nicholas Sparks - but WHY must we change the movie from the book? It wasn't changed as bad as it was with Dear John - but there were still some changes. My review is below...
Synopsis from Screen It:
onnie Miller (MILEY CYRUS) is a surly teenage girl from New York who isn't happy that her mom, Kim (KELLY PRESTON), has arranged for her and her younger brother, Jonah (BOBBY COLEMAN), to spend the summer with their father, Steve (GREG KINNEAR), at his Georgia beachfront home where he's crafting a new stained glass window for the local church that recently burned down. Ronnie's attitude stems from blaming her parents' past divorce on him, and thus hasn't touched a piano since then, despite and because of being a gifted pianist just like her dad.
In fact, despite being accepted to attend Julliard, she'd rather live an aimless life and sulk, exacerbated by the fact that she'll likely be friendless for the entire summer. A local teen, Blaze (CARLY CHAIKIN), does partially befriend Ronnie, but her boyfriend Marcus (NICK LASHAWAY) is a jerk. Then there's Will Blakelee (LIAM HEMSWORTH), another local teen who's something of a jack of all trades. When not working in an auto shop with his friend Scott (HALLOCK BEALS), he's playing volleyball or serving as a volunteer at the nearby aquarium.
Ronnie initially wants nothing to do with him, but the fact that he's taken an interest in protecting a nest of sea turtle eggs -- just like her -- eventually wears down her defenses. The two quickly become friends and then more. Yet, Ronnie must then contend not only with facts and rumors about him, but also an unexpected family crisis that forces her to grow up.
Gina's Take: It was a cheesy movie in some parts. I was really looking forward to this movie but was not blown away by it. I had read the book and knew what was going to happen (for the most part). Teenage girls will love it and trust me - they will need tissues - I had brought tissues because I heard it was sad...I did not use them - but I did hand it to the girl who had mascara running down her face :). Wait for the $1 movie or rent it...
Rated: PG
Synopsis from Screen It:
onnie Miller (MILEY CYRUS) is a surly teenage girl from New York who isn't happy that her mom, Kim (KELLY PRESTON), has arranged for her and her younger brother, Jonah (BOBBY COLEMAN), to spend the summer with their father, Steve (GREG KINNEAR), at his Georgia beachfront home where he's crafting a new stained glass window for the local church that recently burned down. Ronnie's attitude stems from blaming her parents' past divorce on him, and thus hasn't touched a piano since then, despite and because of being a gifted pianist just like her dad.
In fact, despite being accepted to attend Julliard, she'd rather live an aimless life and sulk, exacerbated by the fact that she'll likely be friendless for the entire summer. A local teen, Blaze (CARLY CHAIKIN), does partially befriend Ronnie, but her boyfriend Marcus (NICK LASHAWAY) is a jerk. Then there's Will Blakelee (LIAM HEMSWORTH), another local teen who's something of a jack of all trades. When not working in an auto shop with his friend Scott (HALLOCK BEALS), he's playing volleyball or serving as a volunteer at the nearby aquarium.
Ronnie initially wants nothing to do with him, but the fact that he's taken an interest in protecting a nest of sea turtle eggs -- just like her -- eventually wears down her defenses. The two quickly become friends and then more. Yet, Ronnie must then contend not only with facts and rumors about him, but also an unexpected family crisis that forces her to grow up.
Gina's Take: It was a cheesy movie in some parts. I was really looking forward to this movie but was not blown away by it. I had read the book and knew what was going to happen (for the most part). Teenage girls will love it and trust me - they will need tissues - I had brought tissues because I heard it was sad...I did not use them - but I did hand it to the girl who had mascara running down her face :). Wait for the $1 movie or rent it...
Rated: PG
4.09.2010
4.06.2010
Movie Review Monday...a little late :)
So, its Tuesday....but my Monday was busy. I actually should have done this a few weeks ago...my review of Remember Me....
Synopisis from Screen It:
Synopisis from Screen It:
- Tyler Hawkins (ROBERT PATTINSON) is a rebellious college student still grieving the loss of his older brother, who committed suicide years earlier. The young man quarrels with his wealthy, Type A father, Charles (PIERCE BROSNAN); is fiercely protective of his mother, Diane (LENA OLIN) and shy, little sister Caroline (RUBY JERINS); and becomes smitten with Ally (EMILIE DE RAVIN), a classmate who also is still smarting from a tragedy that happened years earlier -- the murder of her mother right in front of her.The problem is Tyler has begun the relationship under false pretenses. After a night of drinking, he gets into an alley fight and ends up getting beaten and jailed by Ally's cop father, Neil (CHRIS COOPER). Tyler's roommate Aidan (TATE ELLINGTON) hatches the brilliant idea that Tyler will romance Ally and then dump her to get back at Neil. When Tyler indeed starts to have real feelings for the woman and realizes she has been through just as much as he has in his young life, the guilt starts to eat away at him. At the same time, tensions with his father continue to boil and troubles at school threaten to derail Caroline. Eventually, the boy has to grow to be a man and help heal the fractures all around him even as the city in which he lives blindly moves forward to a day that will change all of their lives. Gina's Take: STAY AWAY!! I hated this movie. Not only me, but my other 9 friends that went with me as well. No one liked it. It is portrayed as a romantic drama - its more angst then romance. It was such a depressing movie with complicated characters that are so sad...its not uplifting at all. Rated: PG-13
4.02.2010
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