Confessions of a ShopaholicThis is the story of a young woman journalist with a serious shopping problem. Instead of landing a job at a fashion magazine, she ends up working for a finance magazine, & surprise, surprise, she’s a huge success. I enjoyed this movie but it never ceases to amaze me that films can make you buy into the most unbelievable of plots.
Blow-Up
Made in 1966, this was director Antonioni’s first non-Italian film and it is a great one. It’s very quiet: there is only music when necessary; it’s a bit stream-of-consciousness: we follow the photographer around not knowing what his intentions are but, it appears that he witnessed a murder. It’s an unusual film, very arty and very 1960’s mod-London. It is a classic and a definite must-see. Antonioni is a master at drawing you in to his films.
I Love You, ManI’ve heard this called the funniest picture of the year. It may be…it was pretty funny. The story is: a man is in search of a friend. Paul Rudd’s hilarious as the totally stiff, out-of-date guy. It’s a lot of fun!
Soloist
True story from a reporter who wrote a series of articles on a homeless man who was a Julliard trained cellist. I was pleased that they didn’t make this too sentimental, but it was also not very inspirational. It did give you an eye-opening look at the plight of the homeless. Downey and Foxx give great performances.
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