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Hi Everyone, This is the Movie Reviews from "The Land down under", I am a keen movie goer and have been for many many years, Graham and I used to go to the Movies once a week before we married and have continued being regular visitors to the movies for the past 44 years - so you can see that I have seen many many movies.
We go now with the Probus Club that we belong to once a month to see the latest movies and I thought what fun it would be to share some of the good ones with you.
love to you all - Jeanette - 
Mornington Peninsula - Melbourne - Australia
February 3/05 - "The Aviator", tells the emotial and epic story of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes (Leonardo Di Caprio), the eccentric billionaire industrialist and Hollywood film mogul, famous for romancing some of the world's most beautiful women including Katherine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) and Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale). The drama recounts the years of his life from the late 1920's through the 1940's, an epoch when Hughes was test flying innovative aircrafts he designed and created. He turned a small fortune into a massive one, biying control of RKP Pictures and directing or producing movies such as "The OPutlaw" and "Hells Angels". The film also recounts the increasingly erratic, obsessive-compulsive behaviour that eventually led him to isloate himself from the world. Also starring John C. Riley, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Alan Alda, Ian Holm and Gwen Stefani. "The Aviator" is famed director Martin Scorcese's
latest grand accomplishment, featuring a performance by Blanchett that many are tipping to win her an Academy Award.
This one I am going to see next week and it has a good rating here.
"Ladies in Lavender" - Set in a picturesque coastal Cornwall, in a tight-knit fishing village in the 1930's Charles Dance's dictiorial debut boasts the cream of British acting talent as Oscar and BAFT award- winners Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith play the leading roles of sisters Ursula (Dench) and Janet Widdington (Smith. Rising German talent and award-winning Daniel Bruhi (Goodbye Lenin!.) plays Andrea. A gifted Jewish violinist from Krakow, Andrea is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a fierce storm. When the Widdlington sisters discover the handsome and mysterious stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of Ursula and Janet and the community in which they live. The story of two sisters who saved a stranger, and the stranger who stole their hearts.
I saw the preview of this movie and it looks wonderful - can't wait to see it as I love both of the actresses in it - just wonderful - tell you about it when I see it in March.
Can recommend highly the movie "Ray" the story of Ray Charles - I am sure that you have all seen the previews of this and can only say it is a 8/10 movie - just loved it and loved the acting - wonderful.
Ray - Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles (Jamie Fox, in a performance already gamering significant awards heat), went blind at the age of seven, shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his way in the world, Ray found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer steadily gained a reputation for his talents before exploding onto the worldwide stage with his inimitable fusion of gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences. As he revolutionised the way people appreciated music, he simultaneously fought segregation in the very clubs that launched him, and championed artists' rights within the corporate music business. 'Ray' is an epic biopic that provides an unflinching portrait of Charles' musical genius as he is transformed into one of the country's most beloved performers.
Went to see also a wonderful movie entitled "A very long engagement" - French - the story of a romance during the 1st World War - made in France and just a great show - I give this one 9/10 - try and see it if you can -
A very long engagement - from the director and star of "Amelie" (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou) comes a very different love story. Based on the acclaimed novel by Sebastien Japrisot, the film is set in France near the end of the World War 1 in the deadly trenches of the Somme; in the gilded Parisian halls of power; and in the modest home of an indomitable provincial girl. It tells the story of this young woman's resentless, moving and sometimes comic search for her finance, who has disappeared. He is one of five French soldiers believed to have been court-martialed under the mysterious circumstances and pushed out of an allied trench into an almost - certain death in no-man's land. What follows is an investigation into the arbitrary nature of secrecy, the absurdity of war, and the enduring passion, intuition and tenacity of the human heart.
May 26/04 - Went to see this movie: I enjoyed it as it is different – tomorrow I am going to see Troy and will let you have information on that during the week – love to you - Jeanette
Girl With A Pearl Earring [PG]
After a kiln explosion leaves her painter father blind, 17-year-old Griet (Scarlett Johansson) is left with the burden of supporting her family. She becomes a maid in the house of master painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), an experience that draws her into the mysterious world of his paintings.
Captivated by Griet and her intuitive understanding of colour and light, she soon becomes the inspiration Vermeer needs to complete his pieces of art. His calculating mother-in-law Maria (Judy Parfitt) can see the growing attraction between the two, but allows the relationship to continue. Afterall, more paintings equates to more sales and more money for her to maintain her lavish lifestyle.
Confused by her employer’s interest in her, Griet must also contend with his jealous and suspicious 12-year-old daughter Cornelia (Alakina Mann) and the unwanted affections of the local butcher boy Pieter (Cillian Murphy).
So when the wealthy Master van Ruijven (Tom Wilkinson) commissions Vermeer to paint a portrait of the stunning Griet, will the intimacy between master and maid be exposed?
Daphne sends in the following review:
The Passion of Christ
We don’t go to the cinema very often, but this film had received so much free publicity that we were pretty curious about it and decided to go and see it. Well to start off with, I must say, it is not a film where you take your children, nor is it a film for the weak or over-religious. Nor was it made in English… that part was probably Hebrew.
It showed the last few hours of Christ, cleverly interspersed with extracts from his life in the form of memories by the different characters, himself, his mother, his friends, etc.
The scenery was for the most part spectacular, even in the semi-darkness of a full moon filtering through the trees. The part that probably was over-exaggerated, was the punishment that the Christ figure was given “to teach him a lesson”, beaten, whipped and flogged until his flesh was one gory mass, but each time he got up and looked the world in the eye with his, by then, one sane eye. He was also overly punished while carrying his cross, and while being nailed to it……… they really did show that part!!
The Jesus before punishment was indeed a good-looking man who might win hearts to come round, but the most down-to-earth, no-nonsense person was Pontius Pilot. The devil was circulating the whole time and, there is no doubt that the troublemakers were the “Religious leaders” each time.
One thing that struck me though, was the utter silence with which people filed out of the cinema when the film was over. Food for thought, rather than comments!!
Calendar Girl – Well if you have not seen this movie then you are certainly missing something – you have laughter – tears come to the eyes with so much – well ladies – take your husbands, friends, relatives and go out for the afternoon or evening and see this wonderful English comedy (true story), enjoy it stars Julie Walters – from “Educating Rita” – enjoy and let me know what you think. Love to all there – Jeanette – Melbourne - Australia
Hi everyone – well to-day I had the pleasure of seeing a wonderful English movie – entitled “I captured the castle” this was a book by Dodie Smith a great movie indeed here are details.
I Capture the Castle
Release Date: July 11, 2003 (NY, LA)
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Director: Tim Fywell
Screenwriter: Heidi Thomas
Starring: Romola Garai, Marc Blucas, Rose Byrne, Henry Cavill, Sinéad Cusack, Tara FitzGerald, Bill Nighy, Henry Thomas
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for brief nudity)
Official Website: CapturetheCastlemovie.com
Review: Not available
DVD/VHS: Not available
Movie Poster: Not available
Plot Summary: The film follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain (Garai), and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle. Her father (Nighy) is desperate to repeat the spectacular success of his first novel, but hasn't written a word for 12 years; her exquisite sister Rose (Byrne) can only rail against their fate, and their bohemian step-mother Topaz (FitzGerald) is a nudist and no help at all. Salvation comes in the form of their American landlord Simon Cotton (Thomas) and his brother Neil (Blucas). Although initially repelled by Simon, Rose is determined to make him fall in love with her and succeeds. A wedding is arranged and Cassandra is left on the sidelines as everyone around her is drawn into a maelstrom of interconnected relationships. But events spiral out of control, and before the summer ends she will experience frustrated desire, first love, and a broken heart.
Another good one to look out for – that will give everyone a laugh is entitled Calendar girls – another English movie with excellent actors. I will be seeing this on the 10th October but the trailer looked wonderful – love to all - Jeanette
We have been to see "Anger Management" a comedy with Jack Nicolson and just loved it - it is funny and you will have lots of laughter - this is important when one goes out to laugh - for laugh and the world laughs with you and they say that laughter assists in keeping us young - so we should all remember this as we become older citizens (or seniors) as they call the older citizen in society to-day.
Hope that you all enjoy seeing this movie and if you have a movie that you have seen recently please share it with us all - it is fun to share things and to hear what others are doing - .
Daddy Day Care - the story of a father who is out of work who starts up a Child Minding Centre - with Eddie Murphy - my daughter went to see this and so did the children and they all enjoyed it very much!
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