This Month in Movies & Books

Movies:


A little on the light side :


I was quite depressed this month and thought some light movies can help change my mood.


crazy stupid love
6 (W) it's a teedy beeny too long, but who can get tired of watching Ryan Grosling
2 (V)

change-up
4 (W) very boring unfortunately. two friends find themselves in each others shoes literally, when they get really drunk one night and take a piss in a magic fountain, and wish ' i wish i had your life'. The rest of the movie is their realization that the other's life is not so perfect.

2 (V)

i love you man
3 (W) it was soooo boring. a couple decides to get married, the groom realizes he has no man friends, and starts to man-date , until he finds the perfect mate!
2 (V)

run fat boy run
4 (W) Very cliche "you left the right girl, and messed up your life, go win her back again before she is committed to that rich successful handsome slightly annoying man." movie
2 (V)

the switch
3 (W) What a pretentious movie is all i can say.
2 (V)

mean girls
6 (W) I actually enjoyed it. Being from a girls high school myself, i know how mean girls can be. And it was fun to watch justice coming to them .....
2 (V)


International Romantic Comedies:


bread and tulips
7 (W) An Italian  "its not too late to change your life even if you are a middle aged woman, have 2 grown up sons and an annoying husband" movie.
6 (V)

bella martha
7 (W) A German " yes a child and a man i love can change my life and i want my life to change "movie
7 (V)

italian for beginners
7 (W) From the land of Lars Von Trier, a movie that follows dogma principles. In a small danish town it seems everyone is lonely and want to fill the void in their lives. When all these individuals find each other, the equation works.
6 (V)


The Rest:


tell no one
7 (W) A good French suspense movie.
6 (V)

i saw the devil
5 (W) Very difficult to watch, because of the bloody scenes,  but the character development is excellent. It's a cat-mouse detective story, where the cat becomes the mouse when he starts acting too cocky.
7 (V)

antonia's line
8 (W) This was the movie i really enjoyed the watch this month. A Dutch movie, where we get to see a four generations of women of the same family live in the same village.
6 (V)


Books
we need to speak about kevin Lionel Shriver
3 (R)
6 (V)

bossy pants - Tina Fey
5 (R)
2 (V)

the yoga bitch- Suzanne Morrison
6 (R)
2 (V)

the poser - Claire Dederer
6 (R)
2 (V)

11/22/63- Stephen King
6 (R)
4 (V)

1q84 -Haruki Murakami
5 (R)
3 (V)