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Movie Tuesday

Bippity boppity boop! Cinderella was my very favorite fairy tale when I was a child ... and still is. This Movie Tuesday was the new Disney Cinderella in iMax. It was an interesting mix of real people and very realistic animated animals. Amazing. Cinderella was played by Lily James (Rose in Downton Abbey), who was wonderful in the role. Another Downton Abbey actor, Sophie McShera (Daisy), plays one of the wicked stepsisters. This rendition of Cinderella was very similar to the cartoon version I loved as a child. Kate Blanchett was hateful as the wicked stepmother and Helena Bonham Carter was a terrific fairy godmother. All in all, it was a very entertaining movie that we all enjoyed.

Movie Tuesday

Our movie Tuesday was The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring Maggie Smith, Judy Dench, Dev Patel, David Strathaim, Bill Nighy, and Richard Gere. This sequel to the original Exotic Marigold Hotel movie centers around Sonny's (Dev Patel) plans to expand the hotel "for the elderly and beautiful" to a second location. With a cast like this, how could the movie help but be funny and heartwarming. We loved it.

Movie Tuesday

McFarland, USA is about a high school coach who sees something special about a group of immigrant teenage boys attending McFarland High School. Before and after school, these boys work in the fields picking crops. They run to school in the morning and run back to the fields in the afternoon. Seeing the speed of these runners, the coach creates a cross-country track program and enlists the boys as team members. What happens then? You'll have to see the movie to find out. Hint: McFarland, USA is an inspiring, entertaining true story.

Movie Tuesday

Wow, I'm actually reporting on Movie Tuesday on Tuesday. After seeing American Sniper last week, we thought we'd go for a comedy so we saw Black or White starring Kevin Costner. The reviews weren't that good, but luckily we didn't read them before we saw the movie. We think it's a Go See.

Movie Tuesday

I know it's Thursday, but I'm late again in updating the blog. The movie for Movie Tuesday was American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper as Navy seal sniper Chris Kyle. The movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, gives us a glimpse of war and it's affect on soldiers. Chris Kyle was a self-proclaimed cowboy from Texas. After 9/11 he enlisted to fight against the enemies of the country in Iraq and became "the most lethal sniper in U.S. history."

We enjoyed the movie even though we already knew how it would end.