Postcards from the Edge

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (1990)
starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine,
Dennis Quaid & Gene Hackman

Acting: 8/10
Story: 7/10
Setting: 7/10
Overall: 7.5

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Paris, je t'aime

PARIS, JE T'AIME (2006)
starring Steve Buscemi, Miranda Richardson, Juliette Binoche,
Willem Dafoe, Nick Nolte, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Fannie Ardant,
Gena Rowlands, Natalie Portman, among others.

Acting: 8/10
Story: 8/10
Setting: 8/10
Overall: 8.5

2006 poster	2007 Style A (red)

07 Style C (DVD cover)	07 Style D (also Spanish & Russian)

Turkish	Taiwanese

German (featuring one of the short films)

La Vie en Rose

LA VIE EN ROSE (2007)
(Original Title: La Môme)
starring Marion Cottilard, Gérard Depardieu, Sylvie Testud & Jean-Pierre Martins

After watching Julie Christie in Away From Her and then this film, there's no denying how Marion Cotillard overtook her in the Oscar Best Actress race. Her performance is absolutely overwhelming.

Acting: 8/10
Story: 7.5/10
Setting: 8/10
Overall: 8

Alternate	French

Japanese

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One True Thing

ONE TRUE THING (1998)
starring Meryl Streep, William Hurt,
Tom Everett Scott, & Renee Zellweger

Meryl Streep never ceases to amaze me! She really did look like she was dying. Her dedication and craft was deserving of that Best Actress nomination. William Hurt is looking a lot like one of my high school teacher on that poster; I hated his character, for what he did to his wife. Everett Scott is surprisingly good; the only other film I remember him of is Dead Man on Campus (I don't know how on earth I remember that.) Too bad he's the only one in the "family" that haven't won an Oscar. Oh, Rory's mom from Gilmore Girls makes a cameo as Zellweger's best friend. Ultimately, this film is heartbreaking and sentimental and a must for any Streep fans (like myself.)

Acting: 8/10
Story: 7/10
Setting: 7.5/10
Overall: 8

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Away From Her

Jazzercise with Israel / Germany Leading the board

Jazzercise with Israel / Germany Leading the board

Christie and Dukakis (who I did not even recognized) looked good for their age, could not help but feel sorry for Pinsent's character, very subtle performance from each, beautiful setting, ending is eh, Christie could've been deserving of the Oscar, but Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose was far superior.

Acting: 8/10
Story: 7/10
Setting: 8/10
Overall: 7.5

Little Miss Sunshine

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006)
starring Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell,
Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, & Abigail Breslin

Funny, witty, Abigail Breslin is entertaining, I'm not sure why Alan Arkin won an Oscar for this role, sorta disappointing ending, but overall enjoyable.

Acting: 8.5/10
Story: 7/10
Visual: 8/10
Overall: 8

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Junebug

JUNEBUG (2005)
starring Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz,
Alessandro Nivola, & Ben McKenzie

So, I saw this movie yesterday on our DVD player, which I rarely use because of the quality of our tv. It was the first time in a long time that I watch a film in one sitting, so surprise

Embeth Davidtz stars as Madeleine, an art curator, who meets George (Alessandro Nivola) in an art show, and marries him a week later. Months later she travels down south to North Carolina to pursue a painter to sign with her gallery. As it turns out, George lived not far from the painter, so they took this opportunity to meet his family.

This movie is billed as a comedy-drama, and is just so. Amy Adams as the glorious and pregnant Ashley is the saving grace and the star of the film. She was undeniably funny and I cannot help but smile whenever she's onscreen and feel sad when her husband, Johnny (Benjamin McKenzie) continually ignores her. I remember watching McKenzie a few years back in The O.C. and thought he was uninspiring, but here he plays a very much complicated character.

Alessandro Nivola is gorgeously sexy as Davidtz's husband. My brother informed me a few minutes into the film that Davidtz was from one of my childhood favorite movies "Matilda", and I had to make sure that she was, and sure enough my brother was right. I was like, "It's Miss Honey!" I knew the American accent she was sporting in that movie was not hers.

Acting: 8/10
Story: 7.5/10
Visual: 8/10
Overall: 7.8