Movies, Film and My Opinion

 I'm late to the party, but I finally saw this movie from 1988. Starring Steve Martin, Michael Cane and Glenne Headly, this is a fun movie about two grifters that compete against each other. It starts out with Michael Cane's character, Lawrence Jamieson, a very posh, very fancy and educated man who some how talks women out of their wealth. Steve Martin's character, Freddy Benson, is all-American and his con tugs on the heart strings of the wealthy women and then he spends what he has. And Glenne Headly who plays Janet Colgate, is all innocent in all this. She watches, she learns, but she's innocent and fall for the men. So what will happen with Janet's money? Which man will end up with her funds? And which one will learn their lesson? It was pretty fun and personally, I could see myself falling for the lines of both men myself.

 It was cute. It was a tv episode but it was cute. The Mandalorian, played by Pedro Pascal, was on a mission and Grogu was his sidekick. Along the way I noticed Grogu created his own sidekicks and made friends. The Mandalorian worked for the Republic, and I still don't know where in the time line we are at this point. But the mission, the information, the people he has to talk to - is the Mandalorian being set up? Will he die? Will he lose a limb? And will Grogu be there to help him out? Grogu has learned things since the last time I saw on Disney Plus - like trying to steal food from Colonol Ward, played by Sigourney Weaver. I totally loved seeing Zeb, voiced by Steve Blum. The inclusion of live action with the computer animation was just amazing. I was hoping for something a little different with Rotta the Hutt, voiced by Jeremy Allen White: maybe I wanted something more alien. Maybe something with an accent from a far away world. But he just sounded like my neighbor: a cool dude...

 We took in the new movie last night, my husband and I, as he is a big fan of the He-Man cartoon series and the comics and he has figures and Castle Greyskull and knows a good bit about all the characters. Sitting there watching him through the movie was a delight - he was a big kid again. And I think this will happen to anyone who grew up in the 80s with the cartoon and the comics and the movie back in the day with Dolph Lundgren will totally enjoy this. For me, this was a very funny movie. Lots of comedy. Young Adam, played by Artie Wilkinson-Hunt, starts out a very weak prince. His father wants him to be more, to defend himself, to be strong, to protect those he cares about. Man-at-Arms wants him to have the strength and knowledge to protect himself and his kingdom. And his bestie, Teela, played by Camila Mendes, looks out for him, protects him from time to time, but she still cares. When an attack comes from Skeletor, played by Jared Leto, the royal family with the help of the ...

 I guess I was expecting more. I was expecting the abuse. I was expecting the violence. I was expecting the controversy. And I didn't get that. I got music. And yeah, I'm gonna admit that I sang through the movie, yes I did, because I still own "Thriller" on vinyl and I remember listening to it over and over again in my brother's room when he wasn't home. But this movie...I wanted more. I think  Jaafar Jackson did a great job as Michael and his emotion came through very well, but I wanted more from my idol. I was very pleased to see Nia Long as Katherine Jackson. She brought out the tender in that woman completely - a mother who will do whatever is necessary for her family. Good to see Jessica Sula as La Toya Jackson, but I didn't see or hear about Janet at all. Colman Domingo did a good job as Joe Jackson with his facial expressions and domineering Prescence especially with the record executives. But my favorite character in the entire movie was Bill Bray...

 Ok, this one was cute. Go Disney for coming up with something cute and strange and a villain for villain's sake! I mean, this guy...this guy was evil. And the motivation was truly selfish and I love it! Mabel loves animals as a little girl. But she wants to set them free which not all the adults agree with. Poor Mabel visits with her grandmother a lot as a little girl, especially when she gets into trouble. Her grandmother introduces her to a pond area that has a lot of creatures. Mabel learns to love these creatures and how they coexist. As she grows up, Mabel takes her love a little far: she is bound and determined to keep the little pond area free of man. One man, in particular, wants to destroy the area and put in a connecting highway. This little town of Beaverton must have a beaver to help all the animals coexist in this area. Mabel is so ferocious with stopping this guy that she tries to enlist the help of her professors at college. But to her surprise, her professors have ...

 This movie from 2013 was a pleasant surprise. A man and a woman have three grown children, one that is adopted. The man and woman divorced and the man is in a loving relationship with the woman's best friend and everyone is cool with it. The adopted son, Alejandro, played by Ben Barnes, and his wife to be, Missy, played by "Mama Mia"s own Amanda Seyfried, tell mom Ellie and dad Don, played by Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton (who always wears the same glasses in every movie I see her in), that Alejandro's birth mother, Patricia Rae, will be visiting for the wedding. And she's very Catholic. Doesn't believe in divorce. So for 3 days, Don and Ellie must pretend to be married. This does not sit well with Don's lover, Bebe, played by Susan Sarandon. This is quite the star-studded movie, including the priest played by Robin Williams, and the two siblings, Jared and Lyla, played by Topher Grace and Katherine Heigl. So many different situations just to make Mama ...