Reel Babies
Perhaps in the place you call home there is something similar. Here in our little piece of Canada, Empire Theatres, offers a program driven to new moms called Reel Babies. A fabulous concept really; a first run movie shown to an audience of new moms and teary-eyed babies, during daylight hours. It comes complete with changing tables, bottle warmers, and floor toys. What a bang up idea for moms who love movies, don’t you think?
Reel Babies has been offered here in Halifax for a couple of years now, and is becoming rather popular. Perspective movie-going moms subscribe their email address to Empire and a week before the bi-monthly movie date, they are offered three titles to vote for as the upcoming film choice.
The one negative… even after the couple of years that this program has been in existance, is that every time the wee one and I have gone to see a movie, the volume is never adjusted and every baby in the place bawls until one of the moms goes out and asks the tools running the movie to turn the freakin’ volume down! Holy frustrating Batman. Seriously, how many times does this have to happen before you catch on and turn the volume down BEFORE you flick the switch and roll the tape?!
End Rant.
Heather Mills gives it back - Who cares?
A newspaper that I read on a regular basis reported that Heather Mills has removed all of Paul McCartney’s songs from her ipod. Seriously. Did they really find it so important that they had to print this in their newspaper? Are newspapers that starved for entertainment news or was it someone who REALLY likes Heather Mills making a point that she is giving it back to Sir Paul McCartney by removing his music from her ipod. I must have missed the ‘You Go, Girl‘ at the end of the article.
I know I am probably giving the article more visibility but it is not about the article. Its about what certain ‘content managers’ find important to throw into a publication. I know I will not have as much respect for the paper I used to have before I read that article. Even if it is circulated for free 
What’s your Bacon Number?
I heard about this game many years back and I always thought how amazing it was, that one statement turned into a phenomenon called the Bacon Number!
Kevin Bacon, in a 1994 Premiere interview for the film The River Wild, while talking about his fame and career, comments that he’s worked with everybody in Hollywood or someone who’s worked with them.
It was then, that 3 students got together and created a game called “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”. According to this game, Kevin Bacon was at the “center of the universe” and the “Bacon number” of an actor or actress is the number of degrees of separation they have from Bacon, as defined by the game. The higher the Bacon number, the farther away from Kevin Bacon the actor is.
Did you know that Pope John Paul II had a “Bacon Number” of 3?
Step 1 - Pope John Paul II was in Padre Pio — Tra cielo e terra (2000) with Giovanni Lombardo Radice.
Step 2 - Giovanni Lombardo Radice was in The Omen (2006) with Vee Vimolmal
Step 3 - Vee Vimolmal was in Where the Truth Lies (2005) with Kevin Bacon.
So what’s your Bacon Number?
Unforgettable Bad Guys in Movies
We were watching Last King Of Scotland on television 2 nights back and it reminded me of what a great job Forest Whitaker has done in that movie. His portrayal of Idi Amin is so believable and does appear fearful.
It got me thinking about other great performances by actors portraying bad guys and how they actually injected fear into your head during and after the movie. Some of the ones I could think of were:
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs,
Jonathan Scott-Taylor as Damien Thorn - Omen 2
David Prowse James Earl Jones (voice) - Star Wars 4,5,6
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Terminator 1
Robert Patrick - Terminator 2
Alan Rickman - Robin Hood and Die Hard
Denzel Washington - Training Day
Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men
Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator
John Travolta - Broken Arrow
John Malkovich - Con Air
Gary Oldman - Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Michael Douglas - Wall Street
Arnold Vosloo - The Mummy / The Mummy Returns
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Ian McKellan - X-Men
Michael Madsen - Reservoir Dogs
Wesley Snipes - Demolition Man
I am sure I have left out some other great performances, let me know if you think there are other good performances to mention.
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Indiana Jones (4) and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Review
Rewiewed by Reel Ninja’s Wife (RNW)
As I am surely one of the few movie goers of my generation (in North America at least) who has not seen the first three installments of the Indiana Jones films, I can only judge this movie on it’s own merits, therefore lacking any comparisons.
Harrison Ford in my opinion, did as he always does, ‘a decent job’. He’s not particularly a favourite of mine, but I suppose he does have a certain Cinderella fit for this role.
Shia LeBeouf on the other hand, was god awful from my perspective. Perhaps a little more time spent screening some ‘greasers’ from the fifties might have lent him a bit more depth to his arsenal for this performance. I just didn’t buy it, plain and simple.
Cate Blanchett - I love this woman! I often describe her as the quintessential movie chameleon. She is just fantastic in her work, and especially creepy in this role. The way that woman’s face speaks without any need for words is delightful to watch.
The storyline is imaginative and interesting enough to keep one entertained over a two hour period, even without the prior series background knowledgebase. To quote The Reel Ninja, “the special effects were f^#&ing amazing!”. I have to concur, the special effects were spectacular minus the scene with the ants, which was disgusting. I cringe even now 
I give this movie 7 ‘Mayan temples’ out of 10.
Blindness at Cannes
Opening at the 61st annual Cannes Film Festival tonight will be a film by Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles. Blindess, is an apocalyptic thriller about a plague of blindness that sweeps the world, save a doctor’s wife in a small town. Doesn’t that sound terribly fascinating?? I am chomping at the bit after reading that little tidbit of information… I can’t wait to get an opportunity to see this little beauty.
Blindness stars, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo. Meirelles is known for his direction of The Constant Gardener in 2005.
What Will We Do When We’re Left With Lindsay Lohan and Ashton Kutcher?
I just noticed the birthday box on the left… how can Harvey Keitel be 69 and Bea Arthur be 86?? Doesn’t that somehow seem excessive, or is it just me?
It dawned on me that at some point in the not so distant future, we will be subject to losing some greats due to age. Look out lifetime achievement awards. Judi Dench, Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery, Ian McKellan… these guys aren’t getting any younger are they? I’m not suggesting that they’re all going to just drop dead, but I imagine they aren’t going to go on acting forever.
Gosh, those were just the first few I thought of… the next ten years can expect some big hits I’m thinking.
Without falling too deeply into morbidity, who am I forgetting?
8 Trivial Things About Reel Ninja’s Wife
After reading how interesting Jaden is, I thought it would be fun to show how plain-jane I am
* I married the best man I know three times, without any separations, divorces or shotguns thrown into the mix.
* I once passed and made eye contact with Richard Dreyfess in the airport in Toronto. Being a true Maritimer, I simply smiled and kept on my way. I did the same thing to the elderly woman I passed after him.
* I manned the telephones following the 1999 Swiss Air Flight 111 crash for one day. The calls we took were just too devastating from family members desperate for information and I couldn’t get through a call without tearing up. I decided I would be better put to use by organizing the paper trail end of things.
* It is eerie how easily I am able to recall phone numbers and trivial details. This comes in handy in arguements, as my loved ones will testify to with contempt.
* I have watched the movie Top Gun 43 times to date. I blame this on being a child of the eighties and Tom Cruise’s bent nose and overlapping tooth… I love the flaws in a man.
* My friends have criticized me for years for enjoying “B” movies. This turned out to be one of the things my husband and I have in common and attracted him to me. Thank god for fighting conformity!
* I am best friends with that guy from the Subway commercials, Jared. Ok, not really, but I am best friends with his doppleganger… honest!
* I have survived a university campus shooting. The shooter, armed with a shotgun, fired at someone else 6 feet away from me.
Made of Honor Review
Otherwise known as My Best Friend’s Wedding, starring Julia Roberts and Dylan McDermott.
Yes, it’s true, this movie has been recycled, but that’s the way of the future, isn’t it? A sign of the times as they say. How many new, original concepts can they create anyways? I figure in another 20-30 years everything will be either a remake, something about sex with robots/aliens or about genetic mutations. Otherwise, it’s all ‘been there, done that’.
This movie offered some chuckles, as it was funny to see the stiletto on the other foot, but not worth venturing out to the theatre and spending cash on, not in my opinion at least.
The movie had such a limited impact on me that I am struggling to remember the name of the female lead… this rarely happens. Patrick Dempsey however, is a bit tougher to forget, given his killer smile and ‘oh my god’ eyes.
The supporting cast was rather bland, aside from the role of Colin, played by Kevin McKidd, who has also starred in the series Rome and is rumoured to be coming up in Bunraku with Demi Moore.
I give this movie 4 trail mixes/potpourri dishes out of 10. If they had have called it My Best Friend’s Wedding Part 2 it would have scored higher.
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