Happy New Years!!!

Happy New Years everybody!!! I can't believe it's 2012 already. Last year seemed to fly by and held so many new and exciting changes! I hope this year is just as great for each and every one of us.

The start of a new year not only means new adventures but also that.... TV SHOWS ARE FINALLY BACK!!! First off I'd like to mention the Bachelor. As everyone knows Jennie and I love the Bachelor however I was no that excited about Ben being the bachelor this season. I figured I'd still watch the show and let's just say I'm not sure I will make it through this season. We all know I seem to find the drama, but I have never seen so much drama in my life. And what is up with the crying girl?!? Seriously Ben you kept HER!!!! After watching the previews I predict lots of crying and meltdowns and never a dull moment. It's going to be interesting.... Thankfully I have Vampire Diaries to keep me sane. I mean who didn't love the kiss between Elena and Damon. Oh and Grey's Anatomy I would just like to point out cost me an entire box of tissues this week. I figured after 6 full seasons that it was impossible to create a episode that emotional as this weeks but clearly I was wrong.

Check back as I plan on discussing all the shows premiers in full detail once they all come back especially...

ONE TREE HILL!!!

xoxo ~ Michelle

We are goin to Monte Carlo!

Michelle tends to see all the good movies before I do and Monte Carlo was no exception. One rough thing about Michelle being in Colorado is that we don't get to go see our "type" of movies together in the theater so I have to wait for them to come out on DVD. I have to say, Monte Carlo was so cute it was worth the wait!

The premise of the movie is that three girls go together to Paris before being swept off to Monte Carlo through a series of mistaken identities. I'm glad that Katie Cassidy had a better time in Paris than she did in Taken... that would have been a much different movie.

Selena Gomez, while unlikely to win any acting awards in her career, was incredibly likeable in her role as Grace/Cordelia. This movie is very character and plot driven, and it definitely made you root for Grace to be an underdog winner.

Yes, the pitfalls of all young romantic comedies are included in Monte Carlo. You're always waiting for the other shoe to drop and for Grace to be found out. Boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy and girl cannot be together but in the end find a way to make it work. It's a pretty regular story line, but it was just so sweet in this movie.

This movie had a couple scenes that were really good teaching moments. I especially liked the scene when Emma was out to dinner with the prince and stood up to clear tables because she knew that "there are people for that." She thought she wanted to be a princess but found out that it's nice just to be yourself.

I also loved the Meg/Riley story. Leighton Meester was a perfect casting choice and thawed out her ice queen role nicely throughout the movie.

I will definitely be watching Monte Carlo again! This is a movie that I plan on buying and that I hope comes with a digital copy so that I can watch it over whenever I need a girly fix. Sometimes you just need a cute, silly little romantic movie, don't you?

Xoxo,
Jennie

Birthday Weekend Wrap-Up

So it's been a little while since I've posted anything. With school, work, Halloween and my birthday it's been pretty hectic. My birthday was yesterday so of course I elected to go see movies and have some popcorn (would I have it any other way!?). I saw my first imax 3d movie which ironically was Puss in Boots. I'm not too sure that Puss in Boots was the best movie to see for my first imax but it was still pretty cool. I was thoroughly impressed. We finished off the double feature with some Justin Timberlake and saw In Time. After the movies we went to Baker St. and I swear it was 70's night. All the cougars were out in full force but hey at least I got to drink for free!!! Plus there was a fat version of Bill Gates which alone was entertaining but add in the bald guy with the mullet and cross earrings, and we had an epic evening.

So I'm really not a huge Shrek fan but I thought Puss in Boots looked really funny. My prediction was right. This movie was hilarious and exactly what I needed. Even if you are not a cat lover you will appreciate all the signature mannerisms of a cat. The story starts with Puss in Boots on the run and hearing this elaborate tale of magic beans. He tries to steal the magic beans and meets Kitty in the process. Kitty is working with Egg who is Puss's childhood friend. We find out the history of Puss in Boots and how he came to be who he is as well as get to enjoy some life lessons of friendship, good vs evil and of course love. For any lover of animated movies and of course any cat lover, I highly recommend this movie. A-

OHHHHHHH Justin Timberlake, it's always an adventure with you. While I have enjoyed your movies, it seems to be hit and miss with you and your acting ability. In Time is not an exception to that statement. The movie is a basically a new way to view today's society and how the rich and the poor are so far apart. The world is divided up into districts and to pass into another district you must pay with "time". This "time" is our version of money however if you run out of time you die instantly. Each day people work to earn just one more day of life and many individuals go to the extreme to gamble or kill others to steal their time. Justin's character is given over a century of time from a man who is tired of living. Justin crosses all the districts to go from district 12 to 1 and spends many years to get there. Once he is there he realizes that the rich are stealing from the poor and he sets out to change this with the help (although at first unwilling) of the "millionaire's" daughter. Everyone in the movie is suppose to be 25, as that is when your time starts to count down. I must say that while Olivia Wilde was a charming addition to the movie as Justin's mother, it was odd to see them as mother and son. To conclude Justin Timberlake..... Please don't ever pretend to cry again. It was rather painful to watch. C+

Other movies I have seen in the past few weeks:
Footloose = A+ (If you haven't seen it you HAVE TO!)
The Way = D+
The Thing = B+
The Shining = B- (The classic is just as good in theaters)
Captain America = C+
Cars 2 = C+

Till next time

XOXO ~ Michelle

I'd like to send a shout-out...

To my favorite BFF ever on her BIRTHDAY! Here's hoping for many birthdays in the future where I can actually see you!

Love ya!

Monday TV Roundup

It seems like it's about time to go a little bit more in depth with some of the Monday TV that was on tonight. I tend to DVR everything, so I don't necessarily watch my shows in order. I'll blog on them in the order they were seen...

Let's start with Hart of Dixie. I'm really enjoying this little show, the premise is pretty cute and I think Rachel Bilson is really pulling off the New Yorker transplant role. She's not coming off like an annoying outsider as much as I thought they would play up, so I'm definitely happy about that!

Tonight, the town of Bluebell was hit with a "heat wave" which basically gave the writers the ability to have most of the male cast in various states of undress. For the rest of this post the "heat wave" will no longer be called such and will henceforth be known as the "hottie wave."

Along with the hottie wave, this episode featured more of the various hookups and crushes. Zoe and Wade had a moment which I was all for! Of course we're supposed to be rooting for Zoe and George, but Wade as the cute, totally wrong for her country boy seems all right for her. George and Lemon are supposed to be the perfect couple, mainly because she's just annoyingly perfect. I think the part about Lemon that annoys me the most is the outfits. Was Jamie King in the movie Pleasantville? No? Well her clothes sure were...

As much as I can't really stand Lemon with George (even though I'm not totally set on Zoe with George yet, either), I do kinda love her with Lavon. We haven't seen how this is going to play out yet, but I'm interested in finding out what happened here and if dear old dad Brick is as big of a part in their secrecy as I'm kind of thinking he must be.

After Hart I tuned in to Gossip Girl and the big reveal of Dan's novel. The novel was met with a mixed bag of reviews, great ones from the critics and very bad ones from the people portrayed in the novel.

Serena was unhappy with being portrayed as a perpetual party girl, Blair as Dan's love interest, Rufus as a has been who married for money, Chuck as a suicidal billionare, and Nate as nothing. It seems like yes, everyone had room to be upset, but really couldn't they recognize this is as a first book with room for a sequel? I mean, overreaction much? The one part that I'm really loving about this season is the change in Chuck. He has adopted the cutest dog and his exchange tonight with Lily was very sweet. It seems he has changed for the better, soon it will be time for him to get back with Blair. Let's face it, they belong together.  Tonight's side story was that of Ivy/Charlie and Diana finding out her true identity. It will be interesting to see what kind of shenanigans she gets into. It's about time for Ivy/Charlie to get to be something other than the crazy bad girl, don't you think? I was actually thinking it was nice that they were giving her a second chance. Well there goes that...

Last but not least tonight was Terra Nova. In tonight's episode the sixers sent in a spy in the form of little runaway girl Leah. Of course she has to stay with the Shannon family and they all learn to love and trust her. Mira even stages a mini battle to "break out" little Leah and learn that she "ran away" from the sixers. Quite the confusing plot twist we have.

Ultimately Leah stays and proceeds to break into Mira's old house, find some ominous unopenable box, and get caught on her way out by Jim. When he goes outside the gates to find the brother she has convinced him that Mira is holding captive he learnes quite a bit (without actually learning anything) about what is really going on at Terra Nova. Is Taylor the good guy or the bad guy? What are they in Terra Nova for if it's not to start over? What is in the box? We get left with a lot of questions, and I for one am really interested in the show and finding out some of the answers. They can't give away everything this first season, now can they?

What did you think about tonight's shows? Do you think Zoe will ever pick a guy? Are Dan's friends going to come around? Is Taylor as bad as we think he is? I guess we'll see later...

Xoxo,
Jennie

Awkward Date Night

So while I was in Oklahoma this past week I managed to get a date in. While the date went great... I pulled a total Michelle and made an idiot of myself. For starters I looked at my watch with 2 minutes left in the movie thinking I was still on Colorado time and decided since we had "an hour" left I could sneak out to the bathroom. Needless to say I walked back in when the credits were coming on. So I crept back up to my seat only to realize that I was on the wrong row and had to climb over the seat just in time for the lights to come on. Yep total Michelle moment. Anyways we saw Moneyball.

So Moneyball was surprising good. I didn't have much hopes in enjoying this movie going into it as I'm not a sports lover but overall it was a great story. It's incredible how one man was able to convince the world to change the way baseball recruits. I'd give the movie a A-

Best Weekend EVER!

Michelle and I had a fabulous weekend together shopping, eating way more than we should have, and watching tons of movies! It may not be exciting to everyone else, but we definitely love our movie time and this weekend was no different. As for the reviews...

First we watched Hanna.

Let's just say the best part of the movie was Eric Bana (and the champagne). The worst part of the movie was everything else. I mean, it wasn't a horrible movie per se*, it just didn't make a whole lot of sense to me and I don't think it did for Michelle either. But Eric Bana is hot, so I'm thinking it didn't exactly ruin his career.

After Michelle and I had finished scratching our heads we put in Scream 4.

I was actually pretty impressed with most of the movie! Definitely didn't expect it. My least favorite part of the movie was Hayden Panettiere's hair. What was up with that? Other than that, the movie was good and I thought the opening sequence was pretty clever. My favorite? When Sookie got stabbed by Veronica Mars/the voice of Gossip Girl, that was just too funny.

The last movie we watched was Bridesmaids.

I know Michelle disagrees with me because she loved Melissa McCarthy, but my favorite was Rose Byrne. Such a different character from Ellen Parsons in Damages and I was totally loving it. I definitely hope they make a second movie! Let's face it, Wilson Phillips NEED them to make a second movie...

Xoxo,
Jennie

*are you happy now Dad?! Love you!

It's Official...

NBC cancelled Playboy Club.

I'm pretty sure nobody in the free world is surprised that this show got cancelled, but I have to say I didn't think it was that bad. I hate to say that if this show was on HBO it probably would have been able to include just enough "spice" to actually keep it going. I have a feeling that so much of the issues with Playboy Club were from it being on a network station and not being able to get into the how the real playboy club was made popular. I always hate to see new shows leave, but with this one I guess I'll just have to conclude with a "buh-bye Tamara!"

So what do you think will be next? My guess is most likely Charlie's Angels. I mean, it seems like nobody is enjoying this show. I kinda feel bad for her that Rachel Taylor left a recurring role on Grey's Anatomy in order to "star" in this show. Hopefully they'll let Dr. Lucy come running back into the arms of Karev and let them be cute baby doctors together.

There are some new shows that I would be devastated if they get cancelled at this point! I'm loving Hart of Dixie because it's just adorable and I love Rachel Bilson. I heard that it doesn't have super fantastic ratings right now, but I'm really hoping that CW gives it a chance to shine and lets it stick around. Honestly, I haven't been super impressed with Gossip Girl so it's no wonder Hart isn't getting as many viewers from that.

On Fox, and also on Monday nights, I'm definitely hooked on Terra Nova. This show is just plain cool! I know that Fox is only airing 12 episodes this season, but I really hope that they have enough viewers to keep it going for another season next year. It's definitely one to watch.

Monday's are officially my biggest TV night because I also have 2 Broke Girls on CBS that I have to watch. Kat Dennings is hilarious and I'm really liking the concept of the show.

My last show that I'd be upset if it's cancelled is ABC's Revenge. I think that at this point this is probably my favorite new show of the season. I'm not sure if it's sustainable, but at the very least I hope ABC keeps it around so I'll know if Emily/Amanda can take down the "Queen of the Hamptons." You go girl!

What new show do you think will be cancelled next? What will you be sad to see gone if it gets the axe?

Xoxo,
Jennie

Weekend Movies

This weekend the movies of choice were 50/50 and What's Your Number.

50/50 was a great movie. It had the right mixture of comedy and drama. It was very realistic and made you think about your own life. Joseph Levitt Gordon is a 27 year old man who finds out he has spinal cancer and his chances of survival are 50/50. He immediately begins chemo and relies on his girlfriend and best friend to help him through it. While many story lines are predictable, the movie does offer a real look at a person's life. As usual, Seth Rogan plays the same laughable character, however he adds the right amount of heart too. Hopefully everyone has a best friend just like him. Overall I rate the movie a A- and would recommend it for everyone. Just make sure to bring your tissues!!!

All I have to say is there is lots of delicious eye candy in this movie. The story follows Anna Farris's character all over the place trying to find all the guys fro her past that she has slept with. She read an article that says any women who has more than 20 sexual partners is less likely to get to get married ten someone who has had less than 20. Anna Farris does not want to sleep with another guy so she decides to reconnect with one from her past. She enlists her neighbor (Yummy Chris Evans) to help her find these guys. While the movie has some funny parts, the plot is extremely predictable and corny. Unless you are like me, just wait for the DVD... It's not worth your $10. Overall I rate the movie a C+

THE MAYBE SHOWS...

So another week of TV is coming to a close and I am still finding it hard to get into a few of the newer shows. As much as I'm wanting to stick with them, I am slowly losing interest. However there are a few shows I'm loving.

For starters I have to mention The Ringer. It seriously is a bad soap opera made for late night TV. The storyline gets more complex and more ridiculous each week, yet somehow I can't stop watching. It's like a car accident that you can't look away from, yet you know it's bad from you. I go away from each episode feeling worse about myself for wasting another hour of my life on it. As much as I love Sarah Michelle Gellar, I might have to be breaking up with her on this one.

Another show I'm about to give up on is Charlie's Angels. Seriously it boring and uneventful. On top of that, it doesn't even come close to comparing to the original. Although on a positive side, it does fit the poster completely. Simple, white and unoriginal yet lacking nostalgia.

After this weeks episode of Playboy Club, I'm still on the fence. I neither have positive thoughts for it or negative at the moment. I'm not excited about it, but I'm also not wanting to run the other way. It is starting to develop a plot a little more, so we will see if my thoughts change by next week.

Now for the shows I'm loving. As an earlier post mentioned, I absolutely LOVE Hart of Dixie. I think it is absolutely fabulous and will only get better. Another show I'm completely addicted to is Revenge. It is everything the title leads it to be. It's catty and drama filled and beyond juicy. I can not get enough of it!!! I'm also seriously intrigued with The Secret Circle. It is the perfect companion to Vampire Diaries and I believe that Kevin Williamson can do no wrong. I'm and not completely hooked on the show yet, however I do not foresee any reason that it will not become a favorite for me.

This week Pan Am and Terra Nova premiered. Both of these shows equally surprised me. I was really on the fence with both of these shows on whether I would enjoy them. They are completely different shows, yet they both offered something I could enjoy. Pan Am had the right mixture of drama and adventure and should be interesting to see where it goes. So far I really like the show, but it will be interesting to see where it goes. Terra Nova however I am absolutely in love with. After the end of Lost I felt that there would never be a show with the same mystery surrounding it, but Terra Nova defiantly fits that category. I view it as a mixture of Lost and Firefly and I can not wait to continue on with the journey.

Till next week...
Michelle