Movie Reviews | Peaches Prattlings

{July 15, 2016} I saw Ghostbusters

I’m glad I did!

I was on the fence when I first heard about it and the first preview didn’t change my mind. I did, however, see the next preview and that changed my mind and I’m glad I took a chance.

It wasn’t a remake, more of a revamp. I can tell you if you stay to the VERY end, you’ll get a snippet of what’s to come, you know a sequel. But I won’t tell you what.

What I will do is mention a few things that I liked and be aware, there will be little spoiler alerts, like who makes a cameo. Of course, you could look at imdb.com or read a review and I’m sure you’ll see it.

You have your straight laced professor, Kristen Wiig, wacky ‘ghostologist’, yes I know that’s not what they’re called, Melissa McCarthy, her zany sidekick, Kate McKinnon, both scientists and then at some point the total ‘woman off the street’, Leslie Jones. It seemed like a who’s who of Saturday Night Live when I looked people up on imdb.com. Oh man, Chris Hemsworth was hysterical! He played the receptionist. Beautiful and dumb as a box of rocks!

There were some similarities and some nods to the originals, things like the fire station, the car, of course, the containment boxes.

Then the cameos, original players cameos…spoiler alert…I’m not going to tell you who they were or where in the movie, just that they were there. There was a tribute to Harold Ramis early on, Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, even the Staypuff Marshmallow Man and Slimer! The only one missing was Rick Moranis, I kept waiting for him to appear, part of the reason I stayed to the end. That and I learned to stay after all the Marvel movies.

Bottom line, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Looking forward to seeing it again.

{July 2, 2016} Finding Dory

Loved it! Go see it!

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Dory, Marlin, Nemo and Crush on the big screen. It was great to see them! They were joined by some new faces and voices.

The underlying story or message, as I interpreted it and don’t most Disney movies have a message?

Believe in yourself…have faith in those you love…your parents will never forget you and always love you…you meet the most interesting and amazing “people” along the way…you never know who you’re going to meet…ask for help if you need it, you never know where a helping hand will come from…you never really know what you inspire in others…you never know what you can do until you try and…just keep swimming.

Yup, that just about covers it.

Really enjoyed it, hope you do too.

{May 16, 2016} Zoolander2

Loved it!

This movie was just as horribly fabulous as the first movie! Or was it fabulously horrible? I don’t care, I loved it!

I’ve probably told you I wasn’t always a fan of Ben Stiller, I found him or the characters he played annoying. Then he was in The Royal Tannenbaums, I liked it and then there was Night at the Museum, I really liked it. I really liked him in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

When I saw Zoolander, I loved it! It was like a spoof of itself. A bevy of superstars acting goofy and or stupid and by stupid, I don’t mean acting like fools, but actually stupid.

I was excited they were making another and they did not disappoint, this was just as bad. I still don’t like Will Farrell and this did not change my opinion. I’ve only liked him in one movie, Stranger Than Fiction. He was goofy, silly, obnoxious and evil, just what a good villain should be, well, in this type of movie.

The one character I really didn’t like was Kristen Wiig. Her character was like the off female characters in the first movie. She played it quite well.

Owen Wilson was back in his role as sex crazed Hansel. His “Orgy” [relationship] was a mush mosh of characters, headed by Keifer Sutherland, great, along with some great cameos throughout the movie.

The premise is pop stars are being killed off and the only one who can help…Derek Zoolander…go figure.

Want to laugh out loud here and there? I did, on my flight today, first class, laughing my arse off!

If you’re looking for Oscar worthy material, go somewhere else!

{April 18, 2016} Ruby slippers make everything better!

Oh yeah, Dorothy’s ruby red slippers…sigh.

I am in Washington, DC with the family for spring break week. See, I told you things would be better.

Today’s agenda was to start with breakfast, of course, then take the shuttle to the metro, I remember being awed by the DC metro system, then… The Smithsonian, Air and Space Museum. Big reason…EJS wanted to see Amelia Earhart’s plane. Cool, wouldn’t you say?

There were some amazing things we saw and learned today.

There was a sculpture garden on the way, some fabulous pieces, one by one of my favoriteartists, Roy Lichtenstein!

After lunch ACS, his brother and sister-in-law, JS and AS, headed back to the hotel with EJS and MGS for some pool time.

GES, dad, LaLa and I headed to the National Museum, loved it! All sorts of exhibits throughout our history. My one goal, Dorothy’s ruby red slippers! We saw them towards the end, so worth it!

Back to the hotel, swim with the girls, shower and off to dinner with the family.

Sounds like a better day, wouldn’t you say?

{March 27, 2016} Hello, My Name Is Doris…I’m in vegan heaven…and I’m exhausted!

Yup, that about covers it.

You know how when you’re not feeling well and you stay in bed and day or two and then you feel like you’re fine and ready to conquer the world? And you know when you do that you realize that you’re nuts and probably should have stayed in bed? Yup, that’s me. Go figure.

The Nyquil and Dayquil have been great, making me sleepy and stay in bed, getting up every once in a while to stretch the legs, make tea, you know how it goes. So, today after being in bed almost two days, I figured, why not, time to go out. Away I went.

I took the train to the movies, ulterior motive…the theater was near Chinatown, guess what I’m going to do later!

I went to see ‘Hello, My Name is Doris’, staring Sally Field. I must admit it felt a little weird not having popcorn, but I was saving room. The movie, I loved it. It was charming and sweet and loveable and awkward and funny and well, A+!

Sally Field plays Doris, an older woman who just lost her mom, they lived together on Staten Island and she commutes on the SI Ferry into her job in NYC.

Really enjoyed it, a lot of fun, good supporting cast. I love seeing Tyne Daly as a foul mouthed, on occasion, radical.

She meets the new art directorat her company and develops a crush. She’s sixty something [or as Naomi Judd once said, sexty] and her crush…let’s just say…isn’t.

She daydreams and fantasizes she isn’t ready to act her age, her clothes are fabulous, all mish mosh, mismatched and fabulous, cat-eye glasses, saddle shoes. I totally see me in the future, just without the fake hair. C’mon, friends who have met me, you can see it, can’t you?!

The tag line “She’s not ready to act her age”. Totally get it!

After the movie walked a few blocks to Chinatown, I knew exactly where I was going. When PSM and I went to Chinatown for New Years Eve we saw it and I know I would go back sometime.

My Thai Vegan Cafe, ‘Authentic Thai cuidine, unique vegan preparation’. Really good, I can’t remember the last time I had wonton soup, yum! It’s nice to go somewhere that I don’t have to ask what the base is on the soup or if there’s anything I can’t eat in something. Wahoo!

Now, I’m back in the apartment, eating a slice of vegan NY style cheesecake. Mmmm.

And…I’m eating it in bed because I am officially tired! I may have overdone it, but it was all worth it!! I may pass out before I finish eating!

{March 26, 2016} MBFGW2

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. That was a mouthful!

Last night I took myself out for a date to see MBFGW2 and it was worth it! My seat was a bit too close, front row, it was the only seat left! I like sitting in front, not sure if I like sitting that close! Everyone was slightly skewed, that being said, still fabulous!

The entire cast was back, a few new characters, including John Stamos and Rita Wilson.

This movie was funny and touching and charming and had touches of the first movie. It opened with narrative by Tula, just like the first.

The family expanded a little, it’s seventeen years later, Tula and Ian have a seventeen year old daughter, almost everyone is married with children, trying to get Paris married off or at least to get a Greek boyfriend. Yaya, or grandma has a bigger role and Ian gets a little jab in at Gus, pretty funny.

As you see in the previews Gus and Maria aren’t married because of a technicality and hilarity ensues in true My Big Fat Greek Wedding style. Nia Vandalos hit it out of the park yet again.

There are one liners, advice, both funny and scary, silliness, snogging, hiding, too many family members and Greek, Greek, Greek, of course.

The place was packed, I got one of the last available seats, that weren’t designated as handicapped. I didn’t realize it was Greek Independence Day, but it made sense when I heard that because the theater was full of “Hi Yaya!”

Go see this, it was so worth it! The funny parts weren’t just in the previews. Opa!

{March 15, 2016} A double date…WTF and Beautiful

And it was all fabulous!!!

After my last class of the day I decided I was going to treat myself. I took myself to the movies.

I sat down with some popcorn, a bottle of water, reclined my seat and settled in to watch WTF…Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, staring Tina Fey. It was based on Kim Baker’s book, “The Taliban Shuffle”.

I really enjoyed this movie, I thought I would when I saw the preview. I’ve seen a few Tina Fey movies and they have been hit or miss. I think I told you sky seeing Sisters, total hit, childish, but funny.

This was great. Kim Baker’s is a writer for a TV news station. In 2003 they were looking for reporters to go to Afghanistan and the group they are looking for volunteers in “you are all single, no families”. So…why not!

She goes to Afghanistan and it transforms her and her life. She discovers that she is made of stronger stuff than she realizes. It’s funny, sad, exciting and a really good story. I recommend it.

Later in the evening, I went to see Beautiful, The Carole King musical based on her life.

The story started when she was sixteen, in college for teaching, but all she wants is to write music. She’s great with the melody, not as great with the lyrics, or so she thought.

She met Jerry, an older guy at the same college, a playwright who is having some trouble and begin to work together and end up writing songs for so many singers and groups in the sixties. I knew she wrote for others, I just didn’t realize to what extent!

We got to hear her sing, they the group it was written for. They had quite a number of number one hits.

Eventually, she moves to LA to record her own stuff and that year, Tapestry, won best album, female vocalist, just to name two of the accolades this woman received.

The cast was amazing, the score, the lyrics, the choreography and the actress who played Carole King, wow!

All in all, what an amazing and enjoyable evening.

If you can, go see both!

{January 3, 2016} The Hateful 8

Um…

Hmm…

What to say…I like Quentin Tarantino and I have liked quite a few of his eight films. Can you believe it’s only been eight?

There are things I like about Tarantino movies
and things I don’t, it elicits a reaction, isn’t that what it’s supposed to do?

There was gunplay, blood, lots of blood, bad language, really bad language, humor, surprise, jaw dropping moments, quizzical moments, big names and some of the usual players from many of his movies.

There was even a resolution, but do I feel satisfied, pleased with the outcome?

Um…

I’ll let you decide.

{December 26, 2015} Another fabulous day!

Today was laid back and packed.

The day started not too early…well, sort of, 6am, but doze fire the next two hours until SDL and Miss A came down and we had breakfast.

Today it was a blueberry muffin. We discuss world events, the economy, you know, the usual stuff you talk to a five year old about. It’s actually one of my favorite things I get to do with her, meals.

SDL and I had a chance to catch up, one on one, which I love as well. Then everyone else started getting up and joined us.

After a bit, I got showered and dressed, then headed out to see my house, just a drive by, see if everything is in order, it is.

Then off to see TS and her daughter, KS and Miss Molly, the furry one in the family, at their new house. It’s lovely, and suits them to a T, just right.

We had a tour, TS has the first floor and KS has the upper floor and Miss Molly has the run of the place, of course.

We chatted for a while, then went to get some dinner and after dinner decided to see a movie, Sisters, with Tina Fey and Amy Pholer, quite funny actually.

Back to the house to talk for a few hours, not even realizing how late it was!

Now it’s time to talk to you and get some sleep! Tomorrow is another jam packed day, of course!

{December 17, 2015} Star Wars…The Force Awakens

Go.

Solo

Skywalker

Leia

Chewbacca

R2-D2

C3 PO

Millennium Falcon

New heros, new villians, new droids [very cute, by the way], new creatures, new storm troopers, new light saber fight, new battles of good and evil. There was some good humor, nods and references to the originals.

I think that about covers it…without giving anything away.

Let me know what you think!

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