Movie: Source Code

Just saw this movie last night and I can't stop thinking about it! It's really mind bending, it keeps you thinking, even after its over.

If you haven't seen a trailer it's about a guy (Stevens played by Jake G.) who is in a program called "Source Code;" the program only allows him to go into the train 8 minutes before it blows up. He is sent there, by a secret government organization, as Sean, the guy in the mirror, and he needs to figure out how the train blows up. I don't really want to tell you more because I don't wanna give anything away. I even said less than the trailer, I think. The less you know about it, the better the movie experience will be!

I think I'm actually gonna watch it again tonight with my brother. Watch it and tell me what you think!

So instead of the trailer, here are the first 5 minutes of the film. Go rent it to see the rest!

Book: Back When We Were Grownup's

I read this book so quickly because it was so easy and interesting. There's nothing fancy about this book, it is such a great read because Anne Tyler is a fantastic story teller.

This is a story about a woman looking back on the choices she made in her life, not bad ones, just ones, like all of us.

I love the line in the book, where the title comes from. The main character, Rebecca, tells a friend that sometimes when she thinks about the past, she thinks to herself, "oh yes, that was back when we were grownups."

Do you ever feel that way?

Notice how similar both book covers are!

I also read Anne Tyler's Digging to America a few years ago. I thought it was an easy read, which was nice since I was reading it for a class.

I especially liked the few parts where the child offers her point of view. A couple characters annoyed me, which I guess means she wrote them well!

Digging to America is about two, very different, families who adopt girls from China. And the families actually become friends and their lives intertwine in ways you don't quite suspect.

Movie: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Love this movie. Love the symbolism.
Aslan tells Lucy and Edmond that in their world he is known by another name.
hmmm...I wonder what that name could be.

Also, love the mouse going to Aslan's country. Seeking the permission of his maker. Aslan tells him that it was made for noble ones like him.

I want to be deserving to enter "Aslan's Country" too.

Music: Nicki Minaj's Super Bass

I am totally loving this song right now. I mean I really can't get enough of it. I found this sweet remix (and it's clean) on youtube.



I love dancing to it! Boom ba ba ba Boom ba ba ba Boom...

Check out this cover, I think they did a really unique/amazing job! And so young too! (Freak Morice?! What a cool name)


And... this amazing piano cover by David Sides. It's so pretty.

Movie: The King's Speech

The King's Speech won Best Picture this year, and I think it deserved it.

The movie is about King George, aka Berty, who was king during WWII, his daughter is Queen Elizabeth, the current Queen of England. I just think it is amazing to watch this story of this incredible man, and to realize that he lived not very long ago.

This movie is one of the most inspiring movies I have ever seen, and I was crying in the theaters. It is only rated R because Berty lets out a slew of swear words at one point during his speech therapy, let's just say he doesn't stutter when he swears.

Colin Firth is amazing, he really does a good job with those speech impediments. Helena Bonham Carter never ceases to amaze me, she can play such versatile roles! She goes from Bellatrix Lestrange, to playing a loving, sweet wife in this film. She even palyed Olivia in 12th Night. Geoffrey Rush, aka: Captain Barbosa, does a fabulous job as well-he is very funny.

I'm not really sure if the movie is more about the external or internal conflict on Berty. The external confict influences the internal one(s). But if I had to choose, I would say internal, yep its more about Berty's internal conflict.

Here is the trailer: (Don't watch it! Just go rent the movie!)

Book: The Help

This is the book everyone is talking about. The movie is coming out this month, so you better read this before seeing the movie. It won't take you long to read, it is so good, I just didn't want to stop!

The book takes place in Jackson, Mississippi in the 60's. The "help" refers to the hired help, meaning the black maids who not only keep the house/housewares clean, but basically raise the white children. That's all I am going to say about it because you just need to read it. Really.

The Help Movie Trailer


Mary J. Blige on her song "The Living Proof" written for "The Help." I think it is cool to see a modern, African American's perspective on the film, who had ancestors that work as "the help."

Movie: Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire won best picture last year, (I think) and I just saw it a few weeks ago, thanks to Netflix. As I was searching for pictures I noticed most of the posters said "Feel Good Movie of the Year..." Um, I wouldn't call this a "feel good" movie. It was actually terribly sad! Even the end, though happy, comes at tragic costs. Great movie though, really.

It's about Jamal- who is on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and throughout the "show" it shows flashbacks of Jamal's life, and that is what is sad, what he had to go though, living as a "slumdog."

The movie is rated R for violence, other than that it is pretty decent. I highly recommend it.