Mortimer's Mom

John Travolta in Drag

I'm going to step away from reviewing old movies and tell you that I had a date last night, dinner and movie, ...... with my girlfriend!  After a quick sushi dinner, we saw Hairspray. What can I say? I thought it was brilliant. I have seen the original, and I saw the show in Toronto when the girl from AI was in it and I had LOVED that. But I have to say, I thought the movie was amazing. The costumes were to die for and I'm sure I drove my friend nuts leaning in every 5 seconds proclaiming "I want that dress!". I must go back and see it again. And I've updated my iPod with both the original sound track and the movie version.

Also, this weekend, we went up to the Kibbutz for the first time in months, basically since I hurt my knee. It was weird, Dumpling had a bad reaction and didn't want to sleep there, while BB, who is the one we are always concerned about when it comes to sleeping away, took it all in stride.

For entertainment, Hubs and I watched "For your Consideration". I would say that it's not going to replace A Mighty Wind or Best in Show as my favorites, but it was pretty damn funny. Best line has got to be "I'm not throwing out the baby with the bath water. Because you get a wet, critically injured baby"..... Ha! Still funny 3 days later!

So rent For Your Consideration, or leave your house and go see John Travolta in drag!

Movie Pre-review: Bratz

I have been very lax in my participation in Movie Review Monday. Thing is, I am highly intimidated by my e-husband's brilliant reviews, and frankly, I can't think of movies to talk about. I have seen my share of good movies lately: Knocked-up, Sicko, Ratatouille, and today Once, an Irish movie that will likely never come to a theater near you.

But while sitting through the previews yesterday waiting for Ratatouille to begin (which  I saw with my husband, no kids. well, other people's kids were everywhere, but still, not ours!!!!), I saw a preview for Bratz, the human version..... OH MY GOD!. watch out, I'm about to spoil the entire thing for you, just like the preview did for me.

4 girls have been BFF forever. If by forever you mean at most 14 years, since they are just about to enter highschool. One of them is a cheerleader, one is artsy, one is brainy and one is goth (though I think the goth one might be brainy, and then, I don't know what the 4th one is). Anyhow, they are different and like different things, but go figure, they get along. And then they start high school and are confronted with cliques. They are no longer allowed to sit together at lunch, forced to join the cliques that each of their "styles" represent. Who forces them? Well, the uber bitchy ruler of the school, some blonde rich chic.  Thankfully, our 4 BFF soon realize that they still want to be BFF, so they vow to stick together and get revenge on the blond bitch. Now, this movie doens't come out until next month, but let me predict that they will in fact prevail, that blond bitch will learn her lesson and that all the cliques will learn to get along.....

Who is making these movies? Where is the John Hughes of 2007? Apologies if I spoiled Bratz for you....