2009PG-13109 minutes Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston star in this romantic tale about life, loss and love. When widower and self-help guru Burke Ryan (Eckhart) unexpectedly falls for Eloise (Aniston), his latent grief threatens his chance at romance. Now, the best-selling author and expert on coping with loss must prove he’s his own best teacher […]
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Netflix Series: Couples Retreat
In today’s Netflix Series I’m sharing my review of the movie Couples Retreat. 2009PG-13107 minutes Desperate to save their marriage, one couple convinces three other couples to go in on a group rate price for an island retreat designed for troubled unions. But the “mandatory therapy” brews up nothing but trouble […]
Netflix Series: The Duchess
2008PG-13109 minutes Keira Knightley stars as Georgiana Spencer, a young duchess who indulges in extravagant vices and begins a scandalous affair with politician Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper) to balance her unhappy marriage to the duke of Devonshire (Golden Globe–nominated Ralph Fiennes). Director Saul Dibb’s lavish adaptation of Amanda Foreman’s novel about the real-life 18th-century femme […]
Netflix Series ~ Bride Wars
2009 PG 89 minutes Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway star as Emma and Liv, best friends who become worst enemies when they realize their respective weddings are scheduled on the same day at their dream venue — the Plaza Hotel. It’s no holds barred as these two bridezillas go on a ruthless rampage toward matrimony. […]
Netflix Series ~ Good Hair
2009 PG-13 95 minutes Actor and stand-up comic Chris Rock hops around the world going from beauty salons to science labs to comb through the mystery of African American hair in director Jeff Stilson’s astute, hilarious documentary. Rock contemplates the purpose and application of a weave as well as women’s self-esteem and their locks. He […]
Netflix Series ~ Julie & Julia
2009 PG-13 123 minutes Amy Adams stars in this truth-inspired tale as Julie Powell, who decides to enliven her uneventful life by cooking all 524 recipes outlined in Julia Child’s culinary classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Based on Powell’s book Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, director Nora […]
Netflix Series ~ The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 PG-13 115 minutes Director Justin Chadwick’s opulent historical drama stars Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn and Scarlett Johansson as her sister, Mary — both beautiful, ambitious and vying for the heart of powerful but intemperate King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). Though both women are the monarch’s mistresses, only one can become his queen consort […]