The latest in kids flicks

I took Kennedy to both the Bee Movie and Enchanted.

The Bee Movie is a great kids flicks. No parents are killed violently, no one is an orphan, it's just good clean adventursome fun (ala Toy Story or A Bugs Life). Seriously, if someone could please explain the benefits to me of showing a mother getting killed in a cartoon movie (ala Finding Nemo), I would love to hear it!! It's so hard to find movies that do not have that.

So this one is good and it's got some cute lines in it for the parents too!

We also saw Enchanted. This is the princess movie with Patrick Dempsey in it. Ok, whoever created this one KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. Make a princess movie for the little girls and put a gorgeous 40-something guy in it so that all the moms will be glad to take their daughters to see it 5 times. BRILLIANT!! And it was just plain fun, well done and original, if you can believe that!

American Gangster

Nathan and I actually found time to go to this one together (amazing, happens once a year!). But I knew he would love it. And we both did.

It's great for many reasons...it has two fabulous actors in the gritty roles they do best. It's a true story that is amazing. It's well written and produced. It's not gory and bloody like The Departed. The story is about the thin and often blurry line between good and bad. It's like the Sopranos, how you start to like Tony and forget that he's a killer.

The only thing I was disappointed by was that Denzel and Russell didn't have more onscreen scenes together (not that I would change the movie, I just love seeing them act together). The entire movie is about their lives working toward each other. It's only in the end that they are onscreen together and it is amazing. The dialogue and interaction just sizzles. They just look like they're having fun and you want to be there!

Great flick! Make sure you see it!

Dan In Real Life

This is a really wonderful movie. The title says it all...it's about real life and how messy it can be but yet how great it can be. I laughed and I cried, but it was a good cry.

The characters are so human, they could be (and probably are) your friends, relatives, neighbors.

Steve Carrell is so funny and sweet. Juliette Binoche is naturally beautiful and smart.

I won't give you a synopsis, you can find that on Moviefone.com. I'll just say that this is not the usual Steve Carrell dorky comedy. It's a beautifully written family drama/comedy that is perfect for the holiday season!