2 days in Paris

have you guys seen this movie? it's on the instant queue on netflix, we watched it over the weekend and I kinda liked it. written, directed and starring Julie Delpy - who knew that she was such a talented lady?

a single man

we watched this beautiful movie last night, and loved it. have you seen a single man? definitely one to add to your netflix queue!

I must say my queue is looking quite healthy these days thanks to the suggestions I got here :)

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Inception

we saw this movie last night and loved it! you should definitely see it, if you haven't!

monday monday

this weekend was jam packed full of fun things for us, like watching dispicable me, frost nixon & slingblade. a poodle parade that was actually a poodle 'and pooch' parade. we started stripping the paint off our 50 something year old garage and finally got around to planting some vegies! in fact I wish I was still gardening right now...

how was your weekend?

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what's in your netflix queue?

bryce and I are cutting off our cable television. we've been saying it for a while now - it's such a waste of money for us since we don't watch that much tv. at about $100 a month you'd expect some good television, but whenever we sit down to watch something there is never anything on all those 800 channels...

so, with a combination of hulu, abc.com and netflix we can watch everything we want at the time we want. we can pause it. rewind it. watch again. if we want to. I also downloaded boxee the other night, but haven't played around with it too much. so to me it seems like a no-brainer...

I was tidying up my netflix list this morning and wondering if anyone has any recommendations for must watch movies I should add to my queue?

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gran torino

um, wow! you should see this movie if you haven't - great flick

LXD

LXD "Moments" Trailer from Jon M. Chu on Vimeo.

milk

we just finished watching Milk tonight, and I would highly recommend watching it, Sean Penn did a great job as usual. It really hit a chord for me because we now live in this same city where this all went down, and after being in California while Prop 8 was actually brought to a vote, and then actually winning (a year ago this month) - it is just so unbelievable to me that still today people actually think that gay people wanting to marry has any impact whatsoever on their relationships, that it weakens the sanctity of marriage and all the other crappy excuses that were broadcast all over the radio over and over during those months to excuse taking away basic human rights... it's really just boggles my mind...

underwater

oh and another thing about Whip It... the underwater scene is amazing - I won't give it away, but it reminded me of some photos I've seen on Flickr and went in search for more...

I would love to take photos like this one day... the colours, the shapes the light makes, the bubbles - just beautiful and so peaceful

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Whip it!

Whip It was so much fun the other night - you can tell the crew had a ball making the movie and the bruises they sported were most likely real!

Roller derby looks like a crazy person's sport, but it did spark the conversation about what would our Roller Derby Names be? With my last name being Blood, I thought I should be able to come up with something that is equally catchy and full of spunk with a side of attitude - but alas I lack creativity... but that's ok because look what I found! The Roller Derby Name Generator and apparently my name should be "BackAlley Blowtorch" (who knew???) but the Whip it site has a better version and I prefer "Wrath Baby" So from now I wish you to call me Wrath Baby whilst I am on skates! (which is never btw) :P

Precious

Oh lord! I was crying while watching the trailer on a computer with no sound. This movie looks SO GOOD! I can't wait to go see Precious! I'm going to watch the trailer again *sniff*

whip it!

we're off to another free screening tomorrow night of Whip It directed by Drew Barrymore starring Ellen Page which looks like lots of fun! Thanks Hannah! :D

inglourious basterds

Bryce, Cody and I went to see Inglourious Basterds last night and I must say I was pleasantly surprised. Not usually a fan of 'war movies' and not all that impressed with Death Proof, I was not expecting too much, but it was very entertaining indeed - you should go see it.

Fondue on a Tuesday

On Tuesday we went and saw a pre-screening of 500 Days of Summer, which was uber cute and not what I was expecting at all... The cinematography and costumes were beautifully dreamy and Zooey Deschanel is just gorgeously hip.

I definitely recommend you go out and see this movie and buy the soundtrack - I did :)

Afterwards we stopped at Left Bank for some delicious Fondue and french wine... yum!

loved this book!

just saw that they are making The Time Traveler's Wife into a movie. I loved this book and suggest you hurry out and read it before they ruin it with the movie!

3D wonderland

after seeing my first 3D movie, UP! the other week, I am excited to see Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland will also be 3D, and with Johnny Depp and Helen Bonham Carter it's sure to be fun.

Johnny Depp, as Mad Hatter

Helen Bonham Carter as Red Queen

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500 days of summer

Hannah got us tickets to see the pre screening of 500 days of summer which I am excited about as it looks really good from the preview and it has a kick arse soundtrack too!

the hangover

two words - freaking hilarious

UP

We went to see UP over the weekend in 3D which was awesome - definitely make sure you see it!

We even got to wear these sexy glasses, which I must say looked great on Melita and reminded me why I got rid of my wayfarers in the early 90's and won't be getting another pair - even though they are oh so hip these days...

I was really happy to take them off after the major headache I got from watching a 3D movie from the 15th row, but I was even happier to see that they recycled them!

angels and demons at midnight

bryce, hannah and I went to see Angels and Demons last night at the midnight screening. I am not one of those people who spoils movies for people, so if you want to know how it was you'll have to go and see it yourself, but I will say that it is worth seeing just for the visual tour of Rome.

Bryce and I in St Peter's Square where a lot of the action in the movie takes place