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The Fantastic Mr. Fox is a great little fun movie. It is animated. Supposedly it is a kid's movie but I thought it suited adults quite well. In fact, I think that kids under 10 may not enjoy this film.
An Education is excellent (as usual with small British films) but very disturbing and you won't feel good when you leave the theatre after this film. Set in 1961 London, the movie is somewhat predictable - older 40ish predator seduces a16 year old working class school girl with concerts, nightclubs and trips to Paris. But with a sick twist. Her parents do nothing to protect their daughter and instead, encourage the relationship. The mousey mother is charmed by the creep and intimidated by her husband.
The Blind Side is a cute, entertaining true story about a bid black kid taken in by a well off family in Mississippi. It stars Sandra Bullock a strong willed well-to-do mother with two kids and a husband who made his money running 85 Taco Bells. Her kids go to an elite private Christian school. The school janitor gets his own son and another big black kid, nicknamed "Big Mike" into the school on scholarship.
Most people are familiar with the legend of the Mayan Calendar ending in 2012, and other apocalyptic tales of doom from the bible and other mythological sources. So roll them all up, add in some Science Fiction from a burst of energy from the sun and we have a recipe for Global disaster...AKA 2012
This seems to be a season of Biopic movies of successful women. Audrey Tautou stars as Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. This movie highlights some of trials and tribulations as a young lady, orphaned or Rather abandoned by her father at the age of twelve in 1895, we quickly move on to her as a young woman working as a seamstress and part time singer. What is fateful is the meeting and romance with Étienne Balsan and later the introduction to Arthur Edward 'Boy' Capel whom she had a love affair until his untimely death in 1919.
The biopic Amelia is very enjoyable. Hillary Swank is a wonderful actress (underused in this role) and Richard Gere is as wonderful to look at as always as her husband and publisher George Putnam. Photography and costumes are wonderful. Story is good even if screen play is a bit shallow. Still I learned something new.
I mentioned that I might post some reviews from some older movies. i watched " The Power of One" . A 1992 movie with the central theme about the evils in the beginning of the Apartheid system. staring Doc (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a friend of P.K's grandfather, a political prisoner (Morgan Freeman) , and the central character, P.K. as an 18 yr old (Stephen Dorff) .
