96 Minutes:::Movie Review

96 Minutes

Can I just say how much I love Netflix??  I really love it.  Although I have watched my share of truly awful movies (*cough...A Haunting in Salem...*cough) available on their Watch Instantly service, I've also been fortunate enough to watch some really great ones.

This movie was nothing like I expected it to be.  A bunch of people I'd never heard of (other than Brittany Snow) in a concept that could end up tired and overdone.

This was really good.  Snow - who I'd only seen in fluff roles or comedies such as in The Pacifier, was really strong in this.  Evan Ross (who plays Andre) was amazing.  I'd never heard of him and, looking at his IMBD account, it doesn't look like he's been in a lot of high-profile stuff.  His performance was fantastic.  Directors and producers should be clamoring to work with him.  

Retracing the steps that led four young people down a fateful path of decision-making, this indie thriller tells the story of a violent carjacking from the perspective of both the perpetrators and their unsuspecting victims.

Mindless Fact Monday

It's back!!  I know - I know...it's been forever.  I thought I had lost my list of mindless facts to the cyber netherworlds, but I have found them!
So...here we go!

~A lion, a tiger and a bear (Oh My!!) all coexist harmoniously together in one enclosure.

~ Jell-O is made from bone and hides.  If you don't believe me...check here.

~ In 1970, the Oregon Department of Transportation attempted to dispose of a whale carcass by blowing it up.

~ President John Tyler had the most children of any president in history at 15 children.  He is also the oldest former president with living grandchildren.  Tyler was born in 1790 and his two living grandchildren, Lyon Tyler, Jr. (born in 1924) and Harrison Tyler (born in 1928).

~ Approximately 3% of Americans will give a Valentine's gift to their pets this coming Friday.

~ The word "cleave" is the only English word that has two synonyms that are antonyms of each other:  adhere and separate.

~ The average yawn lasts 6 seconds.
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~ In Muddy, Illinois, the post office measures only 7 1/2 feet by 10 1/2 feet, about the size of a garden shed.  If it wasn't for a sign hanging above the door stating, "U.S. Post Office, Muddy, IL., 62965", finding the tiny, wooden building could be difficult.  It is believed to be one of the smallest post offices in the United States.

And of course a few Olympic mindless facts to wrap it up...

~ The first Winter Olympic games were held in Chamonix, France in 1924.

~ No country in the southern hemisphere has ever hosted the Winter Olympics.  (Probably because it is summer time down there.)

Enjoy!!

Inhale:::Movie Review

Inhale

I'd never heard of this movie and was utterly amazed by it.  Dermot Mulroney was unbelievable.  The cinematography was beautiful.  I was able to totally immerse myself in their lives for 1 hour and 23 minutes - which is exactly what I believe a great movie should do.

Trying to save his dying daughter, Paul (Mulroney), a New Mexico district attorney, travels to Mexico in search for an illegal lung transplant while his wife (Diane Kruger) and daughter wait anxiously at home.  But, upon arrival, he learns the ugly truth about this "business" of illegal organ donations.

***and just as a totally mindless addition...while Dermot Mulroney was cute in My Best Friend's Wedding - I found him totally HOT in this movie!  The graying hair and beefed up physique totally works on him!