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This is out 26th movie in 52 weeks.

Rebecca is addicted to shopping, she can’t walk past the window of a store without going inside and finishing something that will temporarily make her happy.  Her last credit card is declines as she tries to buy a scarf on the way to a job interview.  She’s told the position was filled, and she should try at a money-saving magazine that is owned by the same publishing company.

Despite having creditors chasing her all over the place, she becomes a sensation with the financial readers of the magazine.  She writes columns comparing saving, spending and other financial matters with shopping for clothes.  All the while she is charming the editor of the magazine along with everyone she works with.

The actress that plays Rebecca, Isla Fisher, is very likable, but the movie is predictable and most of the jokes just aren’t that funny.  It has a weird mix of physical humor thrown in occasionally that just doesn’t seem to fit.   It has some other funny people in it, but nobody is really given material to work with.

The Trailer

Jeremy C-

Britnie C-

Jamie reviews A Streetcar Named Desire

The kids and Britnie made me breakfast for Father’s Day, then later we headed over to the Holbrooks and my parent’s house for some Father’s Day celebrations. The kids had a great time playing with all the cousins, toward the end of the day accompanying their Aunt Jessica around the yard wearing superhero capes.

My gift from Sid, a tie with pictures of plants that she wrote “To protect from zombies” on the bottom. The puzzle game Plants vs Zombies is pretty big in our house right now.

Our 25th movie in 52 weeks is another Hepburn movie, this time without Tracy, but includes one of my favorite actors ever, Cary Grant.

We had so much fun with Adam’s Rib that I was looking forward to another romantic comedy from the era.  Unfortunately this one doesn’t compare.  It has some highlights, but it’s nowhere near as funny or well-acted as Adam’s Rib was.

Hepburn plays a woman who has divorced Cary Grant because he wasn’t good enough for her.  Years later she is preparing to marry a rich man and Grant ends up back in her life.  A tabloid magazine hires a reporter played by Jimmy Stewart to cover the event because the rich dude wants some publicity.  Stewart brings along a photographer and they spend time with the family.  As with many, many movies, comedy hijinks ensue.  But the comedy isn’t really there.  I just didn’t laugh that much, usually mystified at how Hepburn was falling in love with Stewart, or why Cary Grant was allowed to hang out with the reporter and photographer the whole time, why didn’t Hepburn make him leave and just have the reporter stay?

It does have some funny moments, and it’s interesting just to have all these great actors playing against each other.   The ending is very sudden, and not at all believable, I’m not sure why we’re supposed to believe all these people would change their minds so quickly.

The Trailer

Jeremy B-

Britnie B-

Jamie reviews All About Eve

Terminator - I watched this after finishing the excellent series Sarah Connor Chronicles.  It’s a great beginning to the Terminator series.

Jeremy B

He’s Just Not That Into You - romantic comedy without much romance, instead lot’s of explanations why men and women lie to each other when they’re dating.  It has some funny moments, and a bunch of good actors, but there just isn’t much substance.

Jeremy C

Britnie B

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Jeremy D
Britnie D
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