Cows On the Couch

We just finished watching this movie – which is a sequel of Why Did I Get Married? from a few years ago.  The spouse said all Tyler Perry’s movie are like that – haha!  Janet Jackson was in the movie and so were the rest of the original cast.  This movie showed a bitter sweet reunion of the cast but a sad ending – to me anyways – but at the end of the movie – “The Rock” played a small part.

Tyler Perry played the house husband – the wife is a lawyer (sharon Leal ) – who came to a close call of cheating on her husband – just because the other guy made her feel good – a lawyer from another firm. The girl who played loud mouth Angela was Tasha Smith – and if i had a wife like that – i rather be a monk – hahah! the spouse said!   She was someone who suspected her husband was cheating and just because she thinks it – it is the truth according to her other best friend – played by Jill Scott (Sheila).  Janet Jackson was the psychologist who wrote a book about marriage but was the first to break down and got a divorce – her divorce ended nasty – because husband wanted half of her takings for the book and she refused to give in.  Sheila’s ex-husband Mike showed up at the Bahamas where they all went for a vacation and turned everyone into a bad mood.   I didn’t like the ending and some parts were pretty violent – so i suggest no kids watching it – otherwise – this show tucked my heart a lot.

We had a charity drive in this town a few weeks ago – and the town put up a big movie screen and had a old movie played.  So the boys – the big ones i meant – took this opportunity to have a boys’ night out and do some good – so the spouse said.  They brought their beer, junk food and of course – not forgetting their cigars with them for the movie.  So off they went – even the father-in-law went with them all because of the cigars .  You see the mother-in-law doesn’t like the smell at home – so he rarely smoke it at home – even when we bought some cigars for him during Christmas – the mother-in-law wasn’t too impressed.  But it was Christmas right?  and the man is like 70 years old – he’s gotta get some enjoyment in life no?   I wanted to go too – but the children needed watching – so I had stayed home – I wished they had more charity drive like this in the future – that way the boys can also have some good fun.

Definitely a family show – it was hilarious! After all it had Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in it – plus lots of powered actor and actresses.  The story is about Adam Sandler (Lenny Feder) hunting porcine and hollering all the measure, shines as Lenny Feder.  I read some not so nice reviews about this movie – but we loved it – and so did our children.  The kids were funny too and the breast feeding was a bit disturbing but still – it was pretty good – if i may say.  So if it comes out on DVD – you have to get a copy and watch it – we are definitely getting it.

If you have watched Sex and the City 2 – one of the highlight of the show is Liza Minneli singing in the wedding of the two gay guys getting married.  And boy! was she hot!  I’m half her age and don’t look as good – nor do i move that well !  she put me to shame!  look at those legs!!!   I absolutely love that part of that show – and only found out today that Liza Minneli is Judy Garland’s daughter -!!!  And I grew up watchign Judy Garland with my mom.  I adore Judy Garland – what about you?  watch the clip below and tell me if she looked anywhere like 64?  amazing eh!

Definitely a must watch movie – if you haven’t seen it in the theaters yet – so watch out for it when it comes out on DVD.   I went with some of my friends to the movies for this – and it was really good.  Angelina Jolie was in it – and I think that was the draw for me – for this movie.

The story is about a CIA agent – Angelina Jolie who had to run from her own people – because a Russian defector claimed that she was the double agent sent to kill the Russian President.  Her boss – Ted Winters turned out to be someone – not what we had expected and the saddest part of this show – was the killing of her husband – whom she was really in love with.  Apparently, Evelyn Salt was a child trained Russian – put in United States for a bigger purpose when they are older – she is not the only child trained and put into different parts of United States.   So what happened in the end?  watch it and you will know – i don’t want to tell you the entire story eh.

I didn’t get to see Sex and the City II in the movies although I had swear that I would.  Kids were sick that week – so I gave it a miss.  What about you?  did you watch it?  If you haven’t like myself – you can check out this link I found.  Pretty good quality and a quick sneak peek wouldn’t be of any harm eh.

I’m surprised that I didn’t write about this show for I watched it like a month ago.  A girlfriend recommended it because she went for the opening in the local theatre here and received all sorts of  promotional tote bags from the show – so i heard.   I wished I could keep up with stuff like that – love promotional items – don’t you?  anything free is good eh.  But i especially love tote bags!!!  can’t get enough of them – so useful I find them.

Anyhow – the joke about Cooking With Stella is Canada’s answer to Julie and Julia – is just too funny – because the show is NOTHING like Julie and Julia. Nevertheless, it was a pretty good movie – but doesn’t portray India very nicely i must say.  Housekeeper/cook of the Canadian High Comm in New Delhi – Stella played by Seema Biswas (relatively unknown) to us, although cooks well – but in my honest opinion steals from her very simple minded or too trusting employers.  New posted couple Michael and Maya arrived treating Stella like one of their own but instead Stella ganged up with new nanny – Tannu who needed money – to fake her own kidnapped.   I have mixed feelings about the show – because it sure doesn’t teach good values – and i came out of the show – feeling kinda disgusted by how dishonest people can be.  So watch it if you must but the moral is just wrong.

We rented this movie because of the youngest – he is still very young – so if we wanted to watch a movie with him – it had to be a kid – kid movie. Grey Heffley played by cute little Zachary Gordon – who is just starting middle school expects the worst but trying to be the most like and popular kid in school.  He also has a brother – who is nothing but horrid to him.    The more Greg tries to fit in, the more he became an outcast.  My kid like the sketches during the school most – from the diary that Greg kept to survive his middle school ordeal.  And of course, I recognized Chloe Moretz from Kick Ass although she looked a lot more taller in this show.   So yes – do watch it – with your kids – it was fun for the entire family.

I’ve seen the cover of this movie for a long time now and only got to rent and watch it today.   At first I thought it was some heroic cop show – like most – but this cop show definitely had a twist.  While we all thought that cops in the states are well paid and have huge houses – this show portrayed a different light to Brooklyn’s cops.  The setting was old and dirty and even the lockers of the cops were pathetic.  And according to this show – the cops starts only with $20K a year with some  Medicare plan and insurance of $100K if you die in the line of duty.  Now how do one survive with only $20K a year?  Lucky for us here – I know the cops gets a lot more in medicare – because their entire family are covered by some sort of health benefit – from your parents to your wife and kids. And I know the cops here gets paid a lot more with housing benefits too.

Anyhow – with Richard Gere in this show i just had to watch it.  So Richard Gere plays the bitter and retire mode veteran cop in Brooklyn.  And another detective by the name of Sal (Ethan Hawke)- whose wife is pregnant – and already has a few kids try to steal drug money because the need to move to a better house for his wife and children’s health condition.  And then Tango played by Don Cheadle – excellent performance here – is an undercover detective going crazy fighting with his good guy and bad guy conscience.

Eddie played by Richard Gere is a non action cop waiting to retire and wouldn’t do nothing but the day he handed over his badge – went on a lone ranger suicide mission with one bullet in his gun – crazy!  to rescue a missing girl kidnapped by sex traffickers.  The same night Sal – went on his own to bust a drug den to get money for the deposit of his house and Tango’s mission was to kill those who killed bad ass Caz (Wesley Snipes) because he once saved his life.  All 3 cops pretty screwed up if you asked me and of course – the police department is also corrupted – not the money sense but trying to save face in front of the public.  Pretty heavy stuff if you asked me.  Anyhow – lots of blood and a pretty violent movie and nudity involved.  Not suitable for kids under 16 please!

So I wasn’t too keen on this show – but the kids went on and on – saying “pleaseeee mom! pleaseeeeee mom!” so i gave in like a sucker of course.   Jude Law and Forest Whitaker the guy with the pug look is in it – so you see why I wasn’t too, too keen.  Nothing against him – mind you ! the for the life of me – can’t understand how he became so famous.  Turned out wasn’t too bad a show – but definitely grossed and makes no sense that people get killed because they can’t make payment.  Not a very nice show for the younger kids though – and in the end – well, kinda disappointed that Jude wasn’t able to destroy “The Union” but all a dream.   Watch it if you must – but i would hate to think that our future might be this way.

In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called “The Union”. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don’t pay your bill, “The Union” sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property… with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company’s top-of-the-line heart-replacement… as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart’s no longer in the job. When he can’t make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy’s former partner Jake, to track him down.