015 Saturday Matinee

OK this is a film I have been putting off watching because well I just didn't think it was going to be my thing. As a kid in the 90s I enjoyed watching wrestling on TV on a Saturday afternoon but I didn't really want to watch a film about an old washed up wrestler, that kind of has a similar appearance to triple H... look at my knowing the names of a "real" wrestler! Told you I watched it on Saturday afternoons but that was before I had a choice and it would usually be followed by Baywatch... traumatic childhood!

But this film was more than I thought it would be.... it was sweet and sensitive and even though the cover makes it look like a total guys film it really isn't. So for all you girls out there who have been putting off watching this with your other half's because you don't think it is your thing I would definitely say you should give it a go.

Micky Rourke plays the ageing wrestler "The Ram", who appears to have had a relatively successful career as a wrestler despite him living in a trailer and struggling to make ends meet now. But no one can wrestle forever?!?

Marisa Tomei as the love interest/stripper is AMAZING!! I had to go on IMDB to check out what age she is because she looked stunning! And played her character so amazingly well.

At the end of the film I had a little tear in my eye. So maybe if you haven't seen this yet you should consider a quiet night in on Valentines and rent/download the Wrestler and snuggle up on the sofa and watch this film.

Kate
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014 Saturday Matinee

This is no-brainer RomCom, not challenging to watch and it will never be on par with a hig brow film. However it did exactly what I wanted it to which was switch off my brain and make me feel like it is the weekend. All in all a perfect Saturday Afternoon Matinee.

As RomCom go it is no Friends With Benefits or Along Came Polly.... it just lacks the Com.... more accurately portrayed it is a....

ROMcom

Mathew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner star.... they basically only have one character type in films so you know what to expect and they don't fail. In a film were a devout bachelor attends his little brothers wedding weekend and is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends. A slightly different take on the Dickens classic... A Christmas Carol.

Emma Stone as the ghost of girlfriends past is (I grant you) rather amusing... but only because usually she is so dam pretty. I am just going to glance over the type casting of Michael Douglas...

I would probably give it a 5/10 overall rating!

Kate

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013 Saturday matinee

Sorry about this blog being a little late up but I have had such a hectic week with trips to Shrewsbury and London. It did mean that I had a lot of travel time to fill and not all of which could be used for work related activities, so I filled the gap with this weeks film review.... Friends With Benefits. I had high expectations of this film after my little sister sung its praises but then she also likes Mamma Mia so maybe her opinion isn't to be relied upon.

 That is why I was a little shocked that I enjoyed this film so much. Staring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake this RomCom follows the standard format... Girl meets boy in hilarious manner, a friendship blossoms, oh no they have fallen in love!, nope they can't be together, yep they can get together, cheesey smiles for the happy ending!

Even though there is a predictability to the story line the script, costume, sets and comedy moments are what sets this apart from the typical Hollywood RomCom. There a higher standard comedy going on, one of my favourite bits was when they are getting it on (see picture above) and JTs character (Dylan Harper) complains to  Mila kunis' character (Jamie Rellis) about feeling emasculated by their current position.

Woody Harrelson as the "Gay an slightly inappropriate colleague but it is acceptable because he is Gay" character is a complete giggle.

The romance element of the film is perfectly delivered when Dylan takes Jamie home to LA to meet his family and they enter a journey of discovery as to why exactly Dylan is the way he is when it comes to forming relationships. His Dad played by Richard Jenkins has a beautiful role as a man, father, grandfather with alzheimer's, view by others as completely crazy but providing some of the most enlightened moments in the film.

It also helps that I am huge Mila Kunis fan, she was great in the Black Swan, I love the style and attitude to life. In this film I just want her Wardrobe!

004 Saturday Matinee....

This recommendation is more of an evening movie, in fact it is what I watched last night.... An American Werewolf in London! It is definitely an 18 film, there are quite a few gruesome bits although the makeup and prosthetics are all pretty fake maybe a little hilariously so when the undead Jack has a bit of skin dangling off his  neck it is quite amusing. But this film was the first to win an Oscar for makeup on it release in 1981!

If anyone is a fan of The Railway Children, then it might come as a shock when Jenny Agutter isn't such a squeaky clean nurse and has a rather enduring sex scene. Rick Mail as a giggling spotty youth in the secretive pub the Slaughtered Lamb up in the Yorkshire moors is also quite amusing, and you can play spot the Midsomer Murders regulars in the cast.

At  the end though I feel sorry for the Werewolf/David Keller...