Month: January 2008

The Holiday

The Holiday Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Jack Black Directed by: Nancy Meyers Written by: Nancy Meyers Rating: PG-13 Length: 2 hours 18 minutes Genre: Romantic Comedy Release Date: 2006 Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet are alone at Christmas so they participate in a house exchange where Kate goes to Los Angeles and...

Freedomland

A woman says that she was carjacked with her little boy in the backseat, which turns into major race issues due to the neighborhood it takes place. Freedomland is an orphanage or state-run facility of some sort where unwanted children ended up. I can’t recall exactly because it is...

Reno 911!: Miami

Reno 911!: Miami Directed: Robert Ben Garant Starring: Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant The Reno cops head to Miami for a police convention. The movie was very much like the show where some jokes are funny and others fall flat. What the movie seemed to have more of than...

Cashmere Mafia

Cashmere Mafia Channel: ABC Time: 10/9c Airs: Wednesday @10pm Trailer Synopsis: One of two similar shows from Sex and the City people. This one comes from producer Darren Star about four career-driven, intelligent women that deal with their marriages, kids, work and everything else in their lives by discussing...

TAR: Back Seat Drivers

Amazing Race I Just Hope He Doesn’t Croak On Us Phil checks teams out at the former pit stop of the Bandra Fort in Mumba, India where they find they are heading to Osaka, Japan. They need to fly almost 4000 miles, travel by taxi to Kishiwada castle, and...

TV: Best of 2007

I usually like to do best-of lists after an official season ends in May, but with the crazy writer’s strike on, I might as well just pick the best of 2007 since who knows when the official season will come back (not counting mid-season replacements starting soon to fill...

Charlie Wilson’s War

Charlie Wilson’s War Directed: Mike Nichols Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman So my family decided to go see this movie when we were all in Florida. This was me, my sister, my dad, my aunt and my grandmother. My brother in law, Terry Blueberry, wasn’t feeling...

TAR: Speed Bump Yoga

Amazing Race Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something! Phil checks teams out at the former pit stop of the Boboli Gardens in Florence Italy where they find they are heading to Mumbai, India (formerly known as Bombay). They need to fly there, take a rickshaw to a designated...