Monday, January 26, 2009

Best Movies for Grownups

Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan can ignore this post.

It's award season in Hollywood and the AARP has jumped on the bandwagon with its inaugural "Movies for Grownups Awards."

Here are some of the winners:

Best Movie for Grownups: "Frost/Nixon"

Best Actress 50 and Over: Meryl Streep, "Doubt"

Best Actor 50 and Over: Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"

Best Supporting Actress 50 and Over: Christine Baranski and Julie Walters, "Mamma Mia!"

Best Comedy for Grownups: "Ghost Town"

Best Grownup Love Story: Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, "Last Chance Harvey"

Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up: "Iron Man"

And my favorite category: Best Intergenerational Film: "The Visitor"

(By the way, I have seen "The Visitor" and it's an excellent film. Highly recommended.)

For more categories and the runners-up in various categories, click on the link below.

AARP The Magazine Honors the Best Movies for the 50 Audience With Movies for Grownups(R) Awards

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

See 'Fireproof' for free



It was one of the biggest box-office hits of 2008, but you probably never heard of the movie because of its Christian-based themes.

Produced for $500,000, the film "Fireproof" grossed $33 million at the box office, making it one of the most profitable films of the year.

It's still playing in some theaters, but you have an opportunity to see the movie for free thanks to a Berks County church.

Exeter Bible Church, located off Route 422 near Birdsboro, is offering a free screening of "Fireproof" on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 6 p.m. The film is rated PG.

The church is also planning to launch a "Fireproof" Group Study on Jan. 25 through March.

Here's a synopsis of the film from the church's Web site:
Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. Inside burning buildings, it's his natural instinct. In the cooling embers of his marriage, it's another story. After seven years of marriage, Caleb and Catherine Holt have drifted so far apart that they are ready to move on without each other. Yet as they prepare to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb's dad asks his son to try an experiment: The Love Dare. While hoping The Love Dare has nothing to do with his parents' newfound faith, Caleb commits to the challenge. But can he attempt to love his wife while avoiding God's love for him? Will he be able to demonstrate love over and over again to a person that's no longer receptive to his love? Or is this just another marriage destined to go up in smoke?
For more information about Exeter Bible Church or directions, check the church's Web site, http://www.exeterbiblechurch.org/

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Monday, December 29, 2008

'An American Carol' on DVD



"An American Carol," David Zucker's dead-on spoof of Hollywood liberals, led by Michael Moore, makes its DVD debut on Tuesday.

It's a little late for a stocking stuffer, but the film, starring Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer and Jon Voight, is worth buying.

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Monday, October 20, 2008

'W' bombs at the box-office

Another far-left film flops.

Despite opening in more than 2,000 theaters, Oliver Stone's "W" tanked at the box-office, raking in $10.5 million over the weekend. The movie cost $30 million to make.

And most movies take in half of their opening gross the following weekend and continue to slide. That means "W" will not even recover its production costs in theaters.

Critics hated the movie and American film-goers decided to stay away in droves.

Oliver Stone makes really good movies ("Platoon," "Wall Street," "JFK") or he makes really bad movies ("Natural Born Killers," "The Doors," "Alexander).

"W" is a really bad movie.

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