Top 5 Thursday: Amy Adams Movies

Amy Adams is one of my favorite actresses and she has been in so many great films. Just look at 2016 alone! Here are my five favorite Amy Adams films.

5. Her
“Her” is one of the most unconventional and unusual movies I have seen over the past years, but it really stole my heart. I really loved it, maybe because of the weirdness.

4. Catch Me If You Can
Amy Adams is so endearing in this film. “Catch Me If You Can” is a movie I rewatch a lt, directed by one of my favorite actors and starring one of my favorite actors. Amy Adams fits perfectly here.

3. Nocturnal Animals
Very stylish, creepy, haunting. This movie gets under your skin and keeps your mind occupied for a while after you see it. Amy Adams is really good in this film, so is Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie had a great ending, although for me not completely clear still…

2. The Muppets
Totally different than “Nocturnal Animals”, a cheery, fun, musical that can brighten my day anytime. I love “The Muppets”, in any setting.

1. Arrival
Director Denis Villeneuve has a flawless resume so far. This is such a fantastic sci-fi film, so different from the rest. And Amy Adams performance is so good, because of the timid nature of her character. This film blew my mind.

They Almost Made the Top 5: American Hustle, Leap Year, The Fighter, Julie & Julia, Doubt, Sunshine Cleaning, Enchanted, Junebug

Top 5 Thursday: Live-Action Disney Movies

Disney will always be known for its animated features, with the cute characters and sing-s-long songs. But there are also a lot of great live-action, some of them may include animated sequences . Here are my favourites.

5. Mary Poppins

This definitely deserves a spot in the top 5. What kid doesn’t want someone like Mary Poppins to be their nanny? And I still know the lyrics to the songs!

 

4. Enchanted

You know how Disney can be over the top? Well, “Enchanted” does the perfectly. And Amy Adams does is fantastically. I love this movie, which catchy Disney songs.

 

3. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

The movie Rick Moranis is best known for. A fun, adventurous film that is enjoyable for the whole family.

 

2. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

This is still the best in the series, the one that introduced us to the very memorable and iconic character Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp. It’s easy to think of him, while thinking of Depp.

 

1. The Muppets

Who doesn’t love the Muppets, they are such a loveable bunch of critters. I was so excited to finally see them in a movie again. The first one since they’ve been adopted by Disney.

 

They Almost Made the Top 5: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Remember the Titans, The Santa Claus, Cool Runnings, Bridge to Terabithia

Movie Moments: "The Muppets"

If you don’t like the Muppets, you’re insane! How can you not like them? I just rewatched their latest film and I chose my favorite moments. Oh, and I can't wait to see the new movie that comes out next year!

Moment # 1: Life’s a happy song
Gary is about to leave for Los Angeles with his girlfriend Mary. He tells Walter he's coming too. They, and the whole population of Smalltown breaks into song.

Moment # 2: Walter overhears plan
When Walter visits Kermit’s office in the Muppet studios, he overhears a plan that Tex Richman has for the studios end theater. Walter starts screaming, all the way to the hotel.

Moment # 3: Electrical fence
When Gary, Mary and Walter find Kermit’s house, Walter wants to be thrown over the fence. Mary worries it might be an electrical fence, but Walter says it’s impossible because it’s Kermit the Frog. When Gary throws him over, Walter is electrocuted.

Moment # 4: Kermit the Frog
Kermit arrives and invites them into his home. Walter persuades Kermit into getting the old gang back together to put up a show.

Moment # 5: The Moopets
First they’re trying to find Fozzie Bear, who has his own show in a Reno casino called The Moopets. Which has some Muppets characters, but the ten times worse.

Moment # 6: Montage
Already they found Fozzie, Gonzo and Animal, the rest of the Muppets are in a montage.

Moment # 7: We build this city
Gary, Mary, Walter and all the Muppets fix up the old Muppet theater, while singing “We Build This City”.

Moment # 8: Me party
Mary is sightseeing Los Angeles by herself and she starts singing about it.

Moment # 9: New dance partner
Miss Piggy can’t do her duet with Kermit, because she has a new dance partner: Pepe the Prawn, who is supposed to catch her like in “Dirty Dancing”.

Moment # 10: Man or Muppet
Mary left L.A. with a question for Gary: are you a man or a muppet. Gary and Walter try to find out through a song.

Moment # 11: Barbershop
The Barbershop quartet give Jack Black a haircut while mee-meeing “Smell Like Teen Spirit”.

Moment # 12: Rainbow Connection
Kermit plays the banjo and sings “Rainbow Connection”, with Miss Piggy.


Favorite Moment: Moment # 1 : Life’s a happy song

Top 5 Thursday: Road Movies

I really like road movies, people taking a road trip. I always dreamed of taking one myself, if only I had a drivers licence :( . But I can always enjoy others taking a road trip. Here are my favorite road movies.

5. National Lampoon’s Vacation
There where a bunch of sequels, but this one is without a doubt the funniest of all of them. Chevy Chase plays loveable Clark Griswold who drives his family to Wally World in a station wagon. Everything that can go wrong, goes wrong. And then I haven’t even mentioned that Wally World is closed when they finally arrive at the park.

4. The Muppets
I was super excited to hear there was a new Muppet movie out. And the road trip is a big part of this adventure, even if they are only travelling by map.

3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
I loved this movie when I was a kid, and still. Around the holidays I always watch this movie. Steve Martin and John Candy are a great pair and that car scene is my favorite. Where they are going the wrong way.

2. The Motorcycle Diaries
A truly amazing story about a young Che Guevera, whose eyes are opened to the injustice of the world while travelling across South America on a motorcycle with his best friend.

1. Little Miss Sunshine
The quirkiest family takes a road trip to drive daughter Olive to the little miss sunshine pageant. Everything about this movie is just great. I keep telling other people this, but they don’t seem to understand why I love this movie so much.

They almost made the top 5: Road to Perdition, Road Trip, Easy Rider, Thelma and Louise, True Romance

Top 5 Thursday: Muppets

I've always been obsessed with "The Muppets". Now, the new movie is in theaters and I will go and see it soon. My top 5 of this week is starring my favorite muppets.

5. Beaker
Off course he is a duo with Bunsen, but he’s the better half. Electrocuting himself or blowing up. His suffering makes us laugh out loud. And how he looks, the weird long face and the silly mouth. Don’t even start with what sound comes out of that mouth.

4. Gonzo
Gonzo is a great muppet and that’s all I can call him. Because nobody knows what he really is. I do know Gonzo is a great entertainer, a weirdo and generally doesn’t make a lot of sense. But Gonzo is happy with who he is and that’s what counts.

3. Pepe the King Prawn
Come on, he’s a four-armed prawn with a Spanish accent. Who doesn’t think that’s hilarious and adorable all at once? Pepe is awesome.

2. Oscar the Grouch
Oscar isn’t the most sympathatic character, but never boring. I just think Oscar is awesome, eventhough he is a grouch. I even named my bunny after him.

1. Kermit the Frog
I know… cliché, but Kermit the Frog is the lord of the Muppets. He is so loveable and the actual heart and soul of creator Jim Henson. Kermit the Frog is number one because we love him, and we always will. He touches my heart everytime he sings “The Rainbow Connection”.

They almost made the top 5: Waldorf and Statler, Fozzie, Swedish Chef, Rizzo the Rat, Animal and Rowlf

Movies Trailer Sunday (18) 2012 Preview

It's sunday and normally I would share with you five of the best new trailers of the week. Well this week no new trailers came out, or at least not from movies I haven't shared with you yet. I will take a look at movies that will come out in 2012 and share with you the ones I'm looking forward to see.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Description: After the 10 year old Oskar (Thomas Horn) loses his father (Tom Hanks) in the terrorist attacks on 9/11, he goes on a journey across New York to find his father's lock-box.
Director: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, John Goodman, Max von Sydow, James Gandolfini
Trailer: Trailer "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Snow White and the Huntsman
Description: Snow White (Kristen Stewart) is the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) who was dispatched to kill her.
Director: Rupert Sanders
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Eddie Izzard, Bob Hoskins, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan and Ray Winstone
Trailer: Trailer "Snow White and the Huntsman"

The Hunger Games
Description: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which "Tributes" must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson). If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland
Trailer: Trailer "The Hunger Games"

The Avengers
Description: When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as SHIELD, finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson
Trailer: Trailer "The Avengers"

Young Adult
Description: Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) is a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt) who hasn't quite gotten over high school, either.
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patric Wilson
Trailer: Trailer "Young Adult"

J. Edgar
Description: As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench and Josh Lucas
Trailer: Trailer "J. Edgar"

The Muppets
Description: On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways.
Director: James Bobin
Starring: Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Alan Arkin, Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Zach Galifianakis, Kathy Griffin, Ricky Gervais, Emily Blunt, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, Walter
Trailer: Trailer "The Muppets"

This Means War
Description: The world's deadliest CIA operatives (Tom Hardy and Chris Pine) are inseparable partners and best friends until they fall for the ame woman (Reese Witherspoon). Having once helped bring down entire enemy nations, they are now employing their incomparable skills and an endless array of high-tech gadgetry against their greatest nemesis ever - each other.
Director: McG
Starring: Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Til Schweiger and Abigail Spencer
Trailer: Trailer "This Means War"

Movies I'm lookig forward to seeing, but don't have a trailer yet: "Django Unchained", "World War Z", "The Bourne Legacy", "The Great Gatsby", "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter",