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Under the Tuscan Sun
with Diane Lane as writer Frances Mayes and supporting
cast of Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan and Raoul Bova is like having a wonderful
dessert that melts in your mouth. Lane’s Frances is a newly divorced, bummed
out writer who can’t connect with her words, much less herself. Her cronies
decide that a trip abroad will do her good. Sending her off on a tour of
Italy, she impulsively buys a run-down (a very, very run-down) villa.
Acquiring/hiring a crew to fix the old girl, she ends up doing the same for
herself. New friends, new places, a new life. There is life after divorce .
. . for some, a very good one.
Who Should See It?—Teens
and up if they like the genre, Gramma will like this one—I loved it,
Tuscany, here I come! 4 ½ Golden Eggs
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Lost in Translation
with Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson will be a film
you either like or hate . . . there’s no in-between. Murray plays Bob
Harris, an aging movie star who is hot in Japan for his whiskey commercials.
Johannson plays Charlotte, recently married to her much focused photographer
husband who’s on a shoot. Both can’t adjust to the time changes and cross
paths in the lobby bars. The two of them hook up and decide to do the
town—many of their encounters are a hoot. As a side note, this Sofia
Coppola’s film, following in the footsteps of her father, Francis.
Who Should See It?—if
you like Bill Murray, go see; this is probably not one that Gramma will
love. 3 ½ Golden Eggs
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Veronica Guerin
stars Cate Blanchett as a journalist based in Dublin
who takes the criminal element. The opening scenes of drug addicted Dublin
in the mid-1990s are shocking—little ones picking up discarded needles and
doing their make-believe best to stimulate an injection . . . lovely.
Initially, Guerin covers features but moves to crime—trekking all over,
probing in and exposing the underbelly of pushers and other bad dudes (and a
few nasty dudettes). As Guerin follows her nose, her family is put into
jeopardy—the old rules of the bad guys vs. the good guys meant that you
didn’t harm the family. Threats start, she gets shot in a warning, until she
is murdered at a stop light.
Within days, she is a national heroine in Ireland; crowds take up the chant
to stop drugs and crime and she is recognized for what she is/was—a
courageous journalist. After her murder, the crime rate drops, primarily
from public awareness, backlash and an “enough” of this garbage in Ireland.
Blanchett will most likely get a nomination for an Oscar.
Who Should See It?
Not kids, mature teens, maybe Gramma and I think you.
4 Golden Eggs
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The Lion King
is back—new songs, new animation, new scenes in an all
new special edition on DVD. If you have this in the original VHS, upgrading
is wise—kids will love all the goodies (as adults will to).
Who Should See It?—Everyone.
4 ½ Golden Eggs
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