moment of silence

Also, i'd like to take a moment of silence as all of us single ladies (and some not so single ones too) mourn the loss that is John Krasinski's single-ness. He is now engaged to emily blunt.


so take a minute...













and now. we will create the "Boycott anything that has to do with emily blunt" club.

Post Grad

Last night I went to see "Post Grad" with a friend knowing that it was certainly not going to be something spectacular and I may even end up hating it because as another friend said on the phone when I told her I was going to see this movie - "I would probably hate that movie because it's been over a year since I've graduated and yes, i have a job but it's not my dream job and Alexis Bledel will probably struggle to find a job but in the end it'll all turn out perfect and she'll get the dream guy too. Well that hasn't happened in my life yet..." And I agreed.

But I was pleasantly surprised... (SPOILER ALERT) even though pretty much everything DOES work out for her in the end, including getting the perfect guy (but giving up her perfect job to move across the country to be with said guy) she finds happiness.

I liked this movie because Bledel as Ryden Malby pulls off the whole bright eyed recent grad optimistic look to a T. Her friend, Zach Gilford from "Friday Night Lights" plays a good boy next door. CAROL BURNETT is her SPUNKY GRANDMA ( I LOVE Carol Burnett) and the rest of the Malby family Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch (who seems to be in everything lately) and Bobby Coleman (from " Martian Child") all made me smile with their wackiness.

What was lacking in this movie was more screen time for best friend Gilford and crazy grandma Burnett. I just need more of Carol Burnett in my every day life... DOESN'T EVERYBODY?!?!

The movie is simple and enjoyable. It also has a cute soundtrack. You feel connected to the family in their crazy adventures. You relate to the way Ryden feels hopeful and trapped all at the same time. You feel bad for their sexy Brazilian neighbor's cat when Michael Keaton runs it over. And you're nervous when little brother Malby's breaks break in his box car derby race and he sails into the lake only to find out the water is shallow enough for him to stand in.

As a kind of recent grad myself, I could especially relate to living at home, trying to figure out a job quickly enough so you can move out of said home... all while trying to figure out what really makes you happy in life.

I'd recommend this movie. And as Roger Ebert puts it "But here is the first movie in a long time that had me actually admitting I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel." And I agree with him!

i can smell it in the air...

That time of year is coming... i can smell it in the air... it's so CLOSE and yet i feel like it's still so far away. AWARDS season is almost here!

This is the time of year when sometimes I find it a struggle to find enough time to get to see them all. When my friends want to kill me because all I want to do on the weekends is see movies. I love how much time I get to sit in the dark theater and jump into other decades/places/events/adventures. Usually at the end of that hour and a half to two hours I just want to continue sitting in those padded movie theater seats and wait for another one to start.

Here are some I'm looking forward to - and I'm not saying they're going to be great - they've just peaked my interest...

- "Where the Wild things Are" Loved the book as a child - the children museum in San Francisco even had a Maurice Sendak exhibit that I got to go to. (It was awesome.)

- "The Lovely Bones" - Love the book. Excited for movie. Interested to see what P.Jackson does with it. It's tricky material.

- "Taking Woodstock" - Ang Lee is a director I find pretty interesting - I also like Emile Hirsch, though he seems to have a small role. I'm looking forward to this one, especially since it comes out sooner rather than later.

- "It's Complicated" - Here you can insert "WTF JENNA?!? what are you 55 years old and going through menopause.?!!?" And the answer is yes, sometimes I feel as though I am. I hope that when I am actually 55 and going through menopause... that someone will be making films for old folks like me like Nancy Myers does. I have a soft spot for her films. I enjoy them, they make me smile - most of the time.

- "New York, I Love You" - The whole crew of cast and writers and directors leads me to believe that this will hit big with awards season. Or completely flop. who knows. I'm looking forward to it.

- "Fantastic Mr. Fox" - Wes Anderson is back with some of his seasoned regulars and then some. But this time he's using handmade stop motion techniques. It looks pretty good, except I don't know if I like the way the foxes look. Hair too fake. And I'm not sure how wild and out there this one will be since they're targeting the kids this time more than usual.

- "Love Happens" - And I can probably tell you what happens in this one, but I'm a sucker for romcoms. I like Aaron Eckhart too. And Jen Aniston. ANDDDDDDD Judy GREER. i just wish she would be the leading lady for once. She's always the quirky best friend. but i guess that's why i like her so much, I'm a quirky best friend.

- "Amelia" - I've been FASCINATED with her ever since I was a little kid - I think it's one of America's most fascinating history stories. I also love Mira Nair. She came to Danbury to speak in the fall and she's just a wonderful lady. (I hope this is better than "The Namesake" though ) But I love love love Monsoon Wedding.

- "Whip It" - Hahah I like Drew Barrymore. I like Ellen Page. I like Jimmy Fallon. I like Marcia Gay Harden. I like Juliette lewis - even though she looks like a crack pot sometimes. I even like Kristen wiig. I just hope for Drew's sake this this isn't completely awful.


Well, my dinner is here. All of these trailers are up on apple.com/trailers
There's more I could talk about... like "Alice in Wonderland", "The Box" ( I love James Marsden) and "Holmes"... but I'll save those for another time.

So give 'em a shot.