Buz Luhrmann, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman
In Drama, Recommended on December 31, 2008 at 1:10 pm
After all the media poo pooo, I was expecting this film to be total yawn, but was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the story and amazing scenery.
Baz Luhrmann has an amazing track record of creating wonderful ‘escapism’. I loved Moulin Rouge. The story was gripping and I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t even know that the Japanese attacked Darwin. Australia is awfully close to NZ and for the first time I realised how lucky NZ was.
This film is epic as it does cover a long period of time. While I thought it was an half an hour longer than it needed to be, I still really loved the roughness of the Aussie outback characters and their way of life. My hubby said that he didn’t mind the love story as there was plenty to distract him. Yes there’s lots of adventure and topics of interest that you don’t expect. Read the rest of this entry »
Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen
In Chick Flick on May 19, 2007 at 9:17 am
A light, whimsical comedy …
Woody Allen writes, directs and stars in this amateur mystery/ comedy. He stammers his way through the movie with his typical style of laughs. I’m a big fan of Scarlet Johansson (she is the most beautiful actress in Hollywood – my opinion) and she does the naive, aspiring journalist quite well.
There’s nothing much of substance really to this film, but it enjoyably plods along and ends well. I enjoyed Woody Allen’s previous film ‘Match Point’ more, but this film is still an enjoyable watch (but your partner may not agree!).
Steph’s rating: 7/10 (good, but not great)
IMDB plot review: A student journalist, for a college paper, visiting friends in contemporary London happens upon the scoop of a lifetime. Along the investigative trail, she finds magic, murder, mystery – and perhaps love, with a British aristocrat.
