Everyone turns 40 eventually. You can’t run. You can’t hide. Try putting a 38 on your birthday cake every year or lying about what year you were born to so many different people that you can’t keep your lies straight — they only work for so long before people catch on. These are two very real ways Debbie tries to pretend she isn’t turning 40 in Judd Apatow’s new comedy, “This is 40”. Debbie isn’t fooling anyone. Getting old, or life, is inevitable. There is no avoiding it. That being said, it’s only as bad as you allow it to be.
Category Archives: 2012 Movie Reviews
‘Les Misérables’ is a powerful movie thanks to emotional performances by Hathaway and Jackman
Can a man truly be redeemed or is he doomed to relive his past? Based on the stage musical by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, which itself is based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo, “Les Misérables” is the story of one man’s quest for redemption, another man’s pursuit of justice and the question as to how we fit into the shaping of a country and the world around us. The film begins in 1815 France where the criminal Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), imprisoned for stealing bread for his sister’s family, is paroled after 19 years. (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)
Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth in ‘The Hobbit’ not worth the wait — movie review
When Peter Jackson gave his acceptance speech after winning the Academy Award for Best Director for “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” — you just had to know that it wouldn’t be the end — that J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” would be the next journey into Middle Earth — duh. After all, the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy won an incredible 17 Oscars, including Best Picture for “Return of the King”. At one point, Jackson nearly didn’t return to the director’s chair for “The Hobbit”, almost turning it over to Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth”, “Hellboy II”). Once Jackson was back on board, fans declared it would be the second coming — not so fast. (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)