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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...

Jo and Katie ( source ) It's hard to decide which one I like better.  The book has more details and I like the way Katie and Alex fell in love and how Katie loved Alex's children. I like the movie too.  How Kevin's search for Erin interspersed with Erin finding a SAFE HAVEN and the present situation. The scenes in the movie are exciting, but I must admit, Julianne Hough was not who I had in mind playing Katie, but she's gorgeous and she played her part well.  Josh Duhamel as Alex, at least for me, is perfect. Cobie Smulders as Jo? Yes.  I think she's a perfect fit. I love the novel.  I love the movie.  Well, Lasse Hallström directed it and he's one of the best. Sigh. I'll read the book again and again.  I've already read it, since the movie, five times. I'll watch it again and again. Another sigh. No, this is not my favorite movie of all time, but I like it very much.  It truly deserves...

When Marion Dougherty , CSA, chose Julia Roberts and Kyra Sedgwick to be sisters, she knew what she was doing.  If they weren't known actors and I saw them walking together, let's say at the mall, I would probably think they're flesh and blood.  The similarities are just too strong.  Callie Khouri's love for her family and her versatility help her create beautiful endearing stories that touch the hearts of movie goers and couch potatoes.   SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT is the second best story that she weaved(the best is THELMA AND LOUISE, in my opinion). If I didn't know better, I would think that Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands are really husband and wife. It's a good thing I wasn't the one who cast this film.  I would never imagine pairing Dennis Quaid with Julia Roberts, but Ms. Dougherty saw something  that clicked. Their onscreen partnership worked and since I'm watching this movie again and again, I must say, it still ...