Movies, Film and My Opinion

 Wow. Michael Keaton twice in one year. So, I actually got free tickets for this movie through AARP (yes, I'm that old) so my husband and I went. This was not what I expected from Mr. Keaton. I did expect the humor and I saw so much of his usual nuances in his movements and how he says things, but this character was a new one for me. A gallery owner. He's trying to make it. His wife in rehab. He is now the sole parent of twins. And he has a daughter from a previous marriage who is going through things of her own. But Now Michael's character is being his from all directions in this movie: when will his wife be home? How does he keep the engagements that he needs to keep funding for his gallery? How does he keep a connection with the twins to let them know they are not abandoned? And how does he keep his word to his eldest daughter? So much stress in this movie, so many different things going on and at the end I just wanted to cry for some many different reasons. Oh, and he f

 You know, I just noticed the spelling of the movie was different than what I learned growing up. I learned "Betelgeuse" not "Beetlejuice" but yeah, that's pretty funny. So was this movie. This 2nd installment finds Lydia, played by "Stranger Things" very own Winona Ryder all grown up and living the dream as a very popular supernational TV talk show host with a daughter, played by "Wednesday" herself, Jenna Ortega. Delia, played by Catherine O'Hara, tries to be the glue to her stepdaughter and grand stepdaughter and of course, reap the benefits of Lydia's popularity. But dreams start plaguing Lydia and the passing of her husband, Charles, conjures up a lot of things. One of those "things" is Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice has his own problems and wants to get out of a contract that he has with Dolores, played by Monica Bellucci. Beetlejuice needs Lydia, Lydia needs Beetlejuice and Astrid wants to see her father again. So much goin

 I had to edit the title of the actual 1965 movie because back then, they had a sense of humor. So, I did watch this movie. And I smiled. And my husband smiled. And I enjoyed it. The main character is a bachelor, with a good job, a huge house, a nice car and a butler. Or man servant, who refers to himself just as "Mr. Ford's Man." So when Mr. Ford goes out and sets up scenes of murder and mystery, his Man takes pictures from afar. And then, from these pictures, comes a cartoon strip. In which Mr. Ford gets paid for. It's his life and his work. One night, makes a mistake. He's at a bachelor party, meets the girl who pops out of the cake, and wakes up the next day and she has a wedding ring on her hand. And she doesn't speak English - she speaks only Italian. What is he gonna do? How does he get rid of her? That's the rest of the movie. So many things he tries and so many things she learns about American living. The best scene for me is the court room. He pr

 I really enjoyed this movie. My husband swore he's seen it, but the beginning of the movie just re-caps the very first episode. Monk, who is supposed to have written a book, just didn't. And now, stuck in a bad situation, all of a sudden can not pay for Trudy's daughter's wedding. The bride is brought to tears when her fiancé was murdered. She asks Monk to help her and the search begins. Who killed him? And why? What was the motive? And now, Molly has no future husband. Again, why? This movie brings back so many folks from the original series and a new captain on the police force who believes in Mr. Monk. This movie is a tear-jerker and for those who love a good "who-done-it", this will be a nice roller-coaster ride!

 This is one of my baby sister's favorite movies of all time so I had to check this out. Lots of recognizable faces: Paul Rudd, Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, Donald Faison and Wallace Shawn. So Cher has a teenage life. A rich teenage life. And her dad makes sure that she wants for nothing but there are rules and consequences for her actions. Cher, herself, starts helping people or saving them because they don't know any better. But in this story, she tries to save her friend, Tai, but Tai is really doing well on her own. And the entire time, Cher is missing out on having someone in her life to love. She has some very interesting moments with her bestie, Dionne, and it just reminds me of similar, but less flush with money ways, we had to deal with things in high school. Cher really is kinda clueless about basic things in life but she's slowing learning and slowly getting into her own way. It's a cute movie, and the small thing of drug interaction did lose me a bit

 So, I finished the first season of "Andor". As a Star Wars fan from back in the day, I thought I'd check it out. The stand-out performances are not really of the character Andor, played by Diego Luna. My first outstanding character was Kino Loy, played by Andy Serkis. Wonderful actor, who also does voice over. His character was so intense and he was all about being the Papa Bear in the prison. Second was Dedra Meero, played by Denise Gough. She's an imperial and she wants to do her job and proof statistics and logic. She's determined, but she needs to be careful or she's gonna get herself killed. Fiona Shaw was excellent as well, playing Andor's adoptive mom, Maarva Andor. Potter fans recognize her as Aunt Petunia but here, she's a feisty and determined secret Rebel leader. This series was slow for me. It didn't get going until later on in the season. But over-all, the wonderful performances couldn't save the writing. I didn't even want &q