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From  the FB page This is a poster for Carrie Pilby. The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, The Orchard, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist. GB3 Cinema 4 Carrie Pilby  is a 2016 American  comedy film  directed by  Susan Johnson  and written by Kara Holden and  Dean Craig , based on the best-selling  novel of the same name  by  Caren Lissner . The film stars  Bel Powley ,  Nathan Lane ,  Gabriel Byrne ,  Jason Ritter ,  William Moseley ,  Vanessa Bayer , and  Colin O'Donoghue .  Principal photography  on the film began on December 14, 2015 in  New York City . It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the  2016 Toronto International Film Festival . The film will be released in a  limited release  on March 31, 2017, before being released through  video on demand  on April 4, 2017, by...

Harriet Lauler (Shirley MacLaine), a once-sucycessful businesswoman, works with young local writer Anne Serman (Amanda Seyfried) to pen her life story. When the initial result doesn't meet Lauler's high expectations, she sets out to reshape the way she'll be remembered, dragging Anne along as an unw illing accomplice. As their journey unfolds, the two women develop a strong bond which not only alters Harriet's legacy but also Anne's future.-WWW (source) Seyfried, MacLaine and Dixon The story is not entirely new and so is Ms MacLaine's character(is she typecast or something?), but I like the movie...well, maybe not everything, especially the cussing, but somehow I get why those expletives "had" to be uttered(Hmmm...am I warming up to someone or something???? Non sequitur). Both MacLaine and Seyfried produced this film, so they are on equal footing, but you cannot discount the vibrance of the child actor named Anne Jewel Lee Dixon.  S...

(From Disney UK) The Sound Track (2017) Belle (Emma Watson), a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast (Dan Stevens) in its castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the beast's hideous exterior, allowing her to recognize the kind heart and soul of the true prince that hides on the inside.-WWW Release date: March 17, 2017 (USA) We watched this at the Commercenter on the 16th of March Director: Bill Condon Featured songs: Beauty and the Beast and Something There Music composed by: Alan Menken Original award winning motion picture soundtrack  If I am not mistaken I watched the 1990s version with my Elim Community brothers and sisters somewhere in Mega Mall.  PG and RJ, along with their nannies, plus my "surrogate" sister, Queenie, were with me.  Queenie and I never stopped singing.  We even bought the soundtrack and I "fell in love" with Robb...

Have boxes of tissues ready #talksaboutanimalreincarnation #adogspurpose #baileysjourney #elliesstory #tinosstory #buddysstory When I deleted my personal blog or my online journal, I also deleted my very personal "experience" watching Marley & Me. Watching this movie is like that experience, only three times over.  It also felt like watching "Fluke" all over again.  Bailey(a.k.a.Boss Dog), Ellie and Tino had to leave or crossover, breaking the hearts of the people "they" owned or their partners or their packs. As Bailey, Bailey, Bailey journeyed and found his "Buddy" Ethan and the older version of Hannah(Peggy Lipton looks very young for seventy---I joked  that maybe a life without Quincy Jones is stress free---but hey, I am REALLY just kidding---peace to everybody who loves Quincy Jones), I was crossing my fingers  that Ethan would know that Buddy and Bailey are one and the same. Sigh... The movie is well-acted a...

( source ) Parents need to know that  Kong: Skull Island  is a very violent, action-packed reboot of the King Kong story. Set in the 1970s, the movie follows a group of scientists on a mission to survey a mysterious island in Southeast Asia. That's where they encounter several dangerous giant creatures, including an ape trying to protect his habitat (there are also giant birds, a spider, an octopus, and reptilian creatures). Things get pretty brutal, with victims being dismembered, stomped on, eaten, and tossed around; helicopters also crash and are ripped apart. So you can expect a high body count, with scene after scene of jump-worthy action, death, and gore. The language can also be strong, with one use of "f--k," plus several uses of "s--t," "ass," "bitch," etc. There's also some social drinking, but sex is limited to embraces and very brief implied prostitution in a couple of scenes set in Vietnam and Thailand.  Tom Hiddleston ,...

I first saw Zoey Deutsch in Beautiful Creatures(just the trailer...I wanted to watch it, but I don't remembered what happened...I'll probably just get the DVD or something), but I did not have the slightest idea that she is Lea Thompson's daughter.  In a way that's good because she is recognized because of her individuality and not because she's the daughter of someone famous. My friend(one of the two companions I have seen this with) chose this movie for our monthly date during my birthday month.  It's like Groundhog Day/12:01/Sliding Doors(this is more of a multiverse thing)/ If Only and so much more.  Even the animation series of Disney Channel, Totally Spies, has a version of this theme. Even if the theme is not new, I like the way it was told.  Every actor was convincing.  It had cheesy parts, but there were lots of exciting parts too. In a way, I envied Samantha.  She was given a chance to redo things over and over again, but I wouldn't want ...