Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Time flys...

So Tyler pointed out to me the other day that I have seriously been neglecting our blog. The past month we have been swamped with work, school and...reading. As many of you know I love to read and my friend Jessica and I started our own book review blog. I'm usually pretty good about updating that a few times a week, and tend to forget about our personal blog. Today is actually the one year anniversary of Bookworm Nation! I'm really excited to celebrate a year of great books and have put together a list of some of my favorites here.
Anyway, I have family coming into town this weekend so look forward to a fun post about their visit, and I promise to do better about updating this blog as well.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Movie Reviews


FIREPROOF (Rated PG)
On the brink of divorce, a couple tries to save their marriage by participating in the "Love Dare." Kirk Cameron plays a fireman who has let his marriage fall apart. When his wife finally tells him she wants a divorce his father talks him into trying a 40-day challenge, where he has to attempt to woo his wife over the next 40 days. I enjoyed this movie, it was a low-budget film, but after awhile you get sucked into the story and start rooting for this couple.




CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC (Rated PG).

A recent college graduate runs up a high credit card debt. After losing her job she goes to work for a Money magazine on how to handle money. I thought this was an okay movie, I probably wouldn't run out to buy a copy. It drove me crazy how they had the bill-collector as the bad guy, when she was the one who had little or no intention to pay. I guess that just reminds me too much of my bill-collector experiences. Overall a cute show.



The PROPOSAL (Rated PG-13)

When his Canadian boss is about to be deported, he is tricked into a fake-engagment to help keep her in the country. I actually really liked this one, shocker! Sandra Bullock is her cute self with lots of comedy and a fun love story. Like most chick-flicks it was predictable, but very entertaining.



INKHEART (Rated PG)
Based on a novel, this movie tells of a man who can actually read characters out of books. Wouldn't that be amazing (just think..Edward!). Anyway, I loved the book and thought the movie did a great job with casting and stuck pretty closely to the original story. There are three books and I wonder if there will be three movies?




FOREVER STRONG (Rated PG)
Based on a true story of a young man who has lost his way and finds it again playing rugbee for a rival team. I thought this was a great movie. In "real life" I'm not a big sports gal, but I have a soft spot for sport movies, go figure! Anyway, this was a good, clean movie and thought it had a great message.