Posted in Movies on Feb 22nd, 2010
The Orange British Academy Film Awards were held Sunday, February 21, 2010.
There are lots of reason to love the Brits, and here’s just one. HeidiTown’s highest rated film of 2009, won big last night during the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards (aka BAFTA).
Both “The Hurt Locker” and “Avatar” went into the awards with eight [...]
Posted in Movies on Feb 5th, 2010
Rated R
Directed by Martin Campbell
Starring Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
Heidi’s Illustrious Rating: 3.5/5
Word of Warning: Violence in the form of bloody gun shot wounds. Please, leave the little ones at home.
Love him or hate him, Mel Gibson is the best at making a good revenge movie, and “Edge of Darkness” [...]
Posted in Movies, Uncategorized on Feb 2nd, 2010
I do not believe in nannyism. For instance, I am vehemently opposed to the idea of giving an R rating to any movie where the actors smoke, more on that topic at a later date. I do not think we need to pass legislation on the following issue, but parents need to wake up to [...]
Posted in Movies on Jan 26th, 2010
Rated PG13
Directed by Guy Richie
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan
Heidi’s Illustrious Rating: 2.5/5
Word of Warning: May be a bit scary for little ones. Excessive use of CGI.
This movie is Guy Richie’s reinterpretation of Sherlock Holmes, the famous British detective who uses his mind to outwit criminals and solve crimes. [...]
Rated R
Directed by Jason Reitman
Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride
Heidi’s Illustrious Rating: 4/5
Word of Warning: Lots of product placement in this movie, sometimes distracting from what is otherwise a great film.
Before I expound on “Up in the Air” I want to make a statement. Apparently American Airlines paid a lot [...]
Rated R
Directed and written by The Spierig Brothers
Starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Defoe, Sam Neill, Isabel Lucas, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman and Vince Colosimo
Heidi’s Illustrious Rating: 2/5
Word of Warning: Blood and guts all over the place!
In today’s climate vampires sell movies, and “Daybreakers” takes advantage of this trend, and although the premise is intriguing the [...]
Lyric Cinema Café, located at 300 East Mountain Ave. in Fort Collins, Colorado, is starting a book club. The club will meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The evening will include a chat about the book, followed by a viewing of the movie based on the book at 7 p.m.
January’s book [...]
The People’s Choice Awards were last night and apparently the people like vampires. Despite their blood-sucking ways, the creatures of the night won big, and they’d better relish it, because this is the only awards show where “Twilight” will walk away with Best Movie. This is slightly confusing, because technically, “Twilight” came out in 2008, [...]
Posted in Movies on Jan 2nd, 2010
Rated PG13
Directed by James Cameron
Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Zaldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez
Heidi’s Illustrious Rating: Graphics 4.5/5, Storyline 2.5/5
Word of Warning: At nearly 3 hours, it’s a good idea to visit the restroom before settling in for a viewing of “Avatar.”
My husband has been excitedly awaiting this film, so we tried to see [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 29th, 2009
Inspired by the writers at the Donnybrook Writing Academy, and their “Without Question, the Definitive Top Films of the Decade” post, I have compiled my own list.
According to one of Donnybrook’s members, there were 7,130 films made between 2000 and 2009. So obviously it’s a daunting task to pick the best of the bunch, especially when it’s [...]
