Houseboat & Transsiberian

 (I just thought I'd include a photograph. I want to start including images that reflect the movies. I don't have pictures of all of the films that I watch, but I'm going to start looking for my catalogs and scan images from films or stars.)

It had been a very long time since I had seen the film Houseboat with Sophia Loren and Cary Grant. Cary Grant is a widower taking care of three kids. He has to alter his life to keep the kids together. He meets a spoiled Italian woman, played by Sophia Loren. She becomes the house keeper and when the home they are to move into gets demolished by a train, they move into a houseboat. They work together to create a home and become a family again. The little kid that plays Roberto steals every scene he is in. I don't recall when I saw this film for the first time, but I do remember Sophia Loren. This was probably the first film I saw her in, but the film Two Women is my favorite. (DDDD) It's a fun film with several messages. The importance of family and being honest with one another.

Transsiberian (DDDD) stars Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Thomas Kretschmann and Ben Kingsley. I had never heard of this film before. I was in Dollar Tree and it seemed like something I'd be interested in seeing so I picked it up. I didn't have any expectations for the film, but I got quite the surprise. The case didn't give anything away which is what I like. There were lots of surprises as each character was dealing with a lie. It's a very good movie. Emily Mortimer plays an amateur photographer and the visuals which she captures and the cinematography made the film very inspiring. I highly recommend this film if you can find it. The film was written by Brad Anderson and Will Conroy. It was directed by Brad Anderson. This film does include some violent scenes of torture.

Although I haven' seen any films that are nominated for Oscars, I'm going to look at the list and make my predictions.
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Short Movie Reviews

The Girl - This is a film about the relationship and obsession of Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren. Toby Jones is great as Hitch and Sienna Miller is Tippi. It’s a great story about one of the greatest suspense writers and directors of our time. As an adult there are only two of Hitchcock’s films that I see on a regular basis, Psycho and The Birds. I don’t recall ever seeing Marnie which I now want to see. There are other films I remember bits and pieces of, but if I did see them I was very, very young. It’s always interesting to see a film again when you grow up. When you have a better understanding of the subject matter.

The film is called the Girl because that is how Alfred Hitchcock referred to Tippi Hedren when he saw her in a television commercial. “Get me the girl...”
With no acting experience, Hitch turned Tippi into an incredible actress. The camera loved her and she had many years of modeling experience.
Just has he made her career he also killed it when she didn’t acknowledge his advancements.
This is a great piece of work if you really love film, you’ll love this film.

Game Change - Stars Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson and Ed Harris in the political event of historical proportions. The film centers on the Republican nominees for President and Vice President of the United States. What was behind the choice of Sarah Palin and the coaching to keep up with her star appeal. Julianne Moore and Ed Harris look like the characters they are portraying. The make up team did an incredible job. Political films can sometimes be boring, but this is not one of them.
There are many films that give insight to different aspects of politics. As technology continues to change so does the way we handle things. Game Change shows the impact the Internet had on this particular election and those that would follow.

Some of my other favorite political films are The Contender and Power.

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