Fool's Gold Movie Review (2008)

Fool's Gold is a romantic comedy and part thriller movie, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Ewen Bremner and Alexis Dziena.

I stumbled across Fool's Gold quite accidentally last night when I could not sleep. I've learned my lesson not to start watching a movie in the middle of the night because it is quite possible that rather than putting you to sleep, the movie will make you stay awake for a full two hours...but I digress.

A bit of online research shows that Fool's Gold was not very successful, particularly with the critics who say that it was an attempt to ride on the success that Hudson and McConaughey had in How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. Nevertheless, I enjoyed Fool's Gold. It was a fun piece with plenty of humorous moments and I think it is quite possible you too will like it if you like romantic comedies and if you approach it simply as light entertainment, rather than looking for a top-rated movie.

The critics? Well, here is a sample of what they had to say:

High-Def Digest said it is but another unsuccessful example of Hollywood using popular lead actors rather than a great script.

Blu-ray.com says that despite an attractive and charismatic pair, the movie is somewhat trite. They do say that the tropical scenery makes it worth viewing, if not owning.

At Rotten Tomatoes just 11 percent of the critics liked it. However, 53 percent of the audience who participated in the poll liked it so perhaps it is worth watching...

Have you seen Fool's Gold? What do you think?

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Brenda

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Mad Men Season 3 Blu-ray Review

Mad Men Season 3 was one of the best blu-ray movie choices of 2010. It was an Emmy award winning television drama and saw the continuation of the story from parts 1 and 2 that included marriage, childhood and the advertising agency falling apart. Amazon called it "a shocking portrait of a time that was anything but innocent. Nothing is as sexy. Nothing is as provocative. Nothing is as it seems."

Amazon customer Highland Rob summed up Mad Men Season 3 very nicely when he talked about it having the "best writing and acting produced in Hollywood in a long time." He felt that Season 3 was the best season although he stressed that you should watch the two previous seasons first.

DVD Talk talked about how this series built as it went along with each subsequent season being even better than the previous one and stated that they considered this season to be the best, so far.

Here's a peek at season 3:

In terms of the blu-ray release, the experts had a lot to say:

High-Def Digest also thought it was the best show produced on television. They summed up by saying that "with superb audio and video and a nice collection of extras, this is a set for any Mad Men fan." They closed with HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Blu-ray.com called this Mad Men season riveting and hopes that this blu-ray release brings new fans, as they know it will please existing fans.

Personally, I still have to make it through Seasons 1 and 2 before I check out Mad Men Season 3. Doing so on blu-ray will definitely be a top priority.

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Brenda

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The Hunger Games Movie Trailer

Finally, The Hunger Games movie trailer is available and it looks amazing and exactly like I am picturing the story in my head. Granted, the trailer is pretty simple and only shows one character in action but nevertheless, I like what I see:



What do you think? Are you as excited for The Hunger Games as I am? The trailer really is quite exciting, don't you think?

The Hunger Games movie opens on March 23, 2012, which really is not too far away, is it?

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Brenda

Rumours of Oscars For The Help

Rumours about this year's Oscar nominations are already swirling about and I am thrilled to see that The Help is on the list of Oscar possibilities.

The Help opened on August 10, 2011. The movie recounts the story from the very popular book of the same name (written by Kathryn Stockett) of the black maids working for white people in the southern regions of the United States in the 1960s.  

The Oscar talk includes possible nods for the actors including Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney and Jessica Chastain.  It is possible, therefore, that if more than one of them receives a nomination that they could be competing against each other.

I feel, and obviously others agree, that the acting was superb and that each of the actors was perfectly cast so I would count on seeing a couple of these names at the Oscars...

Good luck ladies!

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Brenda

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The Help Movie Review

FINALLY, my husband and I went to see The Help and we loved it.  Don't tell anyone but he said that The Help was a far better movie than Conan...but it's true (and hardly surprising.)  Here's a bit more:

I have read the book, The Help and I loved it so I was unsure about what the movie would bring.  The movie, however, remained mostly true to the book and was perfect. At more than 2 hours, it is long but at no point will you find yourself waiting  for the time to pass.

The characters were perfectly cast -- I think all of them.  Loved Skeeter, although it took me a minute or two to reconcile her with the picture I was carrying in my head from the book. Aibileen was amazing, loving and brave. Minnie, strong and feisty. Celia, absolutely hysterical. Hilly definitely not nice. The mother, spot on.

I really like what Jeremy Jahns had to say about The Help so I thought I would share his words here with you.  I appreciated the fact that he toned down the foul language for this movie review.  (Too bad he wouldn't do that for all of them.) About The Help he says that it is a well-written, well-acted movie and the characters are really likeable, too.  I agree.



I like his review. I loved the movie.  I feel comfortable HIGHLY RECOMMENDING it to you. It will make you laugh and it will make you cry and it does NOT matter if you have read the book. My husband enjoyed this movie as much as I did and he had not read it.

Read more about what the experts are saying about The Help by visiting my page about what the experts are saying by clicking right here and be sure to let us know what you thought of it, if you have seen it.

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Brenda

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