DVD Collection Update (9)

Another great DVD update! Some movies I wanted to add to my collection for a long time and a great TV-show.

First I got the 4th season of "Modern Family". I already watched the entire season and loved every minute of it. It's such a fantastic show. And I'm a big fan of Phil's osophy! And that episode where Cam is in the three with his "Cats" costume. (P)hilarious

I can see you role your eyes, but this movie is one of my guilty pleasures. I do know it's really bad, but it's just so much fun to watch. And I remember my brother and I playing the game "Mortal Kombat" on our first Nintento. When I watched this the other day, I saw how afwul the effects were... But I do think it's entertaining.

"The Best Exotic Marogold Hotel" is a movie with a very experienced cast. I like Bill Nighy and Judi Dench, but I absolutely love Maggie Smith. I can't wait to finally see this film.

It's almost Christmas and this is one of the coolest Christmas movies ever. The way it was made and all the songs. LOVE IT! I like this edition, with the black & white Jack Skellington cover.

I was really ashamed that I didn't own Disney's "Beauty & the Beast" yet, because it's my favorite Disney movie. For some reason it was really hard to find here. But I finally got it and I'm over the moon excited!

Movie Trailer Sunday (116)

Here are this weeks trailers:

Reasonable Doubt
Description: District Attorney has his life turned upside down when he's involved in a hit and run and another man is arrested for his crime and charged with murder.
Director: Peter P. Croudins
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Dominic Cooper
Trailer: Trailer "Reasonable Doubt"
Comment: Sam Jackson never disappoints...

Beauty & the Beast
Description: 1720. After the wreck of his ships, a financially-ruined merchant exiles himself in the countryside with his six children. Among them is Beauty (Léa Seydoux), his youngest daughter, a joyful girl full of grace. One day, during an arduous journey, the merchant stumbles across the magical domain of the Beast (Vincen Cassel), who sentences him to death for stealing a rose. Feeling responsible for the terrible fate which has befallen her family, Beauty decides to sacrifice herself and take her father's place. At the Beast�s castle, it is not death that awaits Beauty, but a strange life in which fantastical moments mingle with gaiety and melancholy. Every night, at dinner, Beauty and the Beast sit down together. They learn about each other, taming one another like two strangers who are total opposites. When she has to repulse his amorous advances, Beauty tries to pierce the mysteries of the Beast and his domain. And when night falls, the Beast�s past is revealed to her bit by bit in her dreams. It is a tragic story, which tells her that this solitary and fearsome being was once a majestic prince. Armed with her courage, ignoring every danger, and opening her heart, Beauty manages to release the Beast from his curse. And in doing so, she discovers true love.
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux
Trailer: Trailer "Beauty & the Beast"
Comment: I'm a huge fan of the story (and the Disney version, haha) so I'm very excited to see this.

In Secret
Description: Therese Raquin (Elizabeth Olsen), a sexually repressed beautiful young woman, is trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille (Tom Felton), by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin (Jessica Lange). Therese spends her days confined behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominoes with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband's alluring friend, Laurent (Oscar Isaacs), she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences.
Director: Charlie Stratton
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Felton, Oscar Isaacs, Jessica Lange, Matt Lucas
Trailer: Trailer "In Secret"
Comment: Intruiging...

Pompeii
Description: A slave turned gladiator (Kit Harington) finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Jessica Lucas, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kiefer Sutherland, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jared Harris
Trailer: Trailer "Pompeii"
Comment: I probably won't see it, but it's visually stunning.

Barefoot
Description: The black sheep son (Scott Speedman) of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient (Evan Rachel Wood) who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding
Director: Andrew Fleming
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, J.K. Simmons, Kate Burton, Treat Williams
Trailer: Trailer "Barefoot"
Comment: A simple, naive story which looks like a lot of fun.

In My Mailbox (125)

Only four postcards this week. First is this dolphin card. You can't tell from the picture, but it's a 3D card. It came from Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Sent: november 27th 2013
Received: december 1st 2913
Distance: 848 km (527 miles)
Travel Time: 4 days

I love those "Keep Calm..." postcards. I'm glad to add this to my collection. It's from Minsk, Belarus.

Sent: november 26th 2013
Received: december 2nd 2013
Distance: 1,486 km (923 miles)
Travel Time: 6 days

Some lovely bears from Kiev, Ukraine.

Sent: november 27th 2013
Received: december 6th 2013
Distance: 1,722 km (1,070 miles)
Travel Time: 9 days

And I also got this beautiful Marilyn Monroe card from my friend in Gdansk, Poland. This is actually my favorite of the week!

Thanks Jaros, Kate, Fox and Patricia for your wonderful cards this week!

Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

Just a little tribute to this beautiful, inspiring man. Nelson Mandela passed away at the age of 95. He leaves this world, but he will never be forgotten.

"It always seems impossible untill it's done" -Nelson Mandela-

Top 5 Thursday: Movies from 2005

This was actually a very good year for movies, at least for me because some of my all-time favorites came out that year. Here are my five favourite movies from the year 2005.

5. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Here is where I fell in love with Robert Downey Jr. I think modern day film noir meets comedy is a great concept. I laughed really hard while watching “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”. And we finally got to see Val Kilmer again, he also cracked me up.

4. King Kong
I’m not a fan of remakes. The original is a classic, but it was time they did a remake for this one, because it was pretty outdated. Peter Jackson did a great job and although it’s a very long movie, it’s very entertaining and gorgeous looking.

3. Sin City
I can’t wait for the sequel, but I can rewatch “Sin City” anytime. It’s so fantastic how Robert Rodriguez kept the actual comic book elements in there, without making it look fake. Fantastic movie!

2. Brokeback Mountain
No, it’s not a movie about gay cowboys! It makes me mad when people say that, because they don’t care to look past that. “Brokeback Mountain” is so much more, it touches me every single time. Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger are fantastic in this movie.

1. Pride & Prejudice
Another movie based on my favourite book, but the best one so far. Keira Knightley’s performance is spot on and I love Matthew Mcfadyen as Mr. Darcy. I didn’t know him, but he was perfectly cast. I love this movie!

They Almost Made the Top 5: Batman Begins, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Red Eye, North Country

Weekly Photo Challenge 2013 - Theme # 48: House

Here is this weeks theme.

I found this extraordinary house while visiting an amusement park with my friends. It looks like a face or something a Hobbit would live in. So cute...

Movie Trailer Sunday (115)

Here are this weeks trailers.

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
Description: A look at the life of wild lemurs living in Madagascar.
Director: David Douglas
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Patricia Wright
Trailer: Trailer "Island of Lemurs: Madagascar"
Comment: Adorable!

Gimme Shelter
Description: A teenager (Vanessa Hudgens) sets out to find her Wall Street father (Brendan Fraser) and is forced into the streets in a desperate journey of survival.
Director: Ron Krauss
Starring: Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser, James Earl Jones
Trailer: Trailer "Gimme Shelter"
Comment: Oh my God, she can act!

Enemies Closer
Description: Deep within a forest on the US-Canadian border, two sworn enemies (Orlando Jones and Tom Everett Scott) must work together to escape a ruthless drug cartel hell-bent on retrieving a drug shipment which went missing there.
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Jean-Claude van Damme, Tom Everett Scott, Orlando Jones
Trailer: Trailer "Enemies Closer"
Comment: I'm mostly excited about Tom Everett Scott, I Always thought he was cute... I don't really care about this movie though. Oh, and what a terrible poster.

Welcome to the Jungle
Description: A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.
Director: Rob Meltzer
Starring: Jean-Claude van Damme, Adam Brody, Dennis Haysbert, Rob Huebel, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone
Trailer: Trailer "Welcome to the Jungle"
Comment: What is this, another Jean-Claude van Damme movie. He came back from the dead.

Cymbeline
Description: A modern-day take on William Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline'.
Director: Michael Almereyda
Starring: Ed Harris, Ethan Hawke, Mila Jovovich, Dakota Johnson, John Leguizamo, Anton Yelchin, Penn Badgley
Trailer: Trailer "Cymbeline"
Comment: They sure did watch "Sons of Anarchy".