Country Strong:
Just got home from watching Country Strong with my honey. First let me say, the we both enjoyed the movie. Gwenyth Paltrow and Tim Mcgraw do an excellent job in the lead roles, her as Kelly Cantor, a country singing star and him as James Cantor, her husband and manager. Tim Mcgraw coming of a great supporting role in The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock did an outstanding job playing a part I'm sure he was familiar with from his career as a country superstar. Gwenyth looked great and played her role wonderfully as a top performing country singer who is dealing with multiple life issues. The supporting cast of Garrett Hedlund, who plays Beau Hutton, an up and coming singer/song writer who is tied up in the life of Kelly and Leighton Meester, who plays Chiles Stanton a young beauty queen, looking for a career in country music. The soundtrack is great in this movie, the story line is complicated as a life of a celebrity. The ups and downs this movie takes will have you wishing you had brought more kleenex. It's will make you cry, make you smile and have you singing along. One piece of advice, go see this movie with someone you love that you can hold hands with while you are watching. Go see Country Strong, you'll be glad you did. If I was giving stars, this one would be a 4 out of 5The Season of the Witch:
The setting is the middle ages, the crusades are in full swing, fighting and killing in the name of God are being directed by the church. Nicholas Cage plays a knight, a veteran of the crusading wars. His side kick Ron Perlman, of Hellboy and Sons of Anarchy fame among other movies, does a good job of playing the straight man for Cage's characters lines. The battle between good and evil rages on as the church and the country are besieged by a disfiguring plague blamed on a young woman, played by Claire Foy. I really wanted to enjoy this movie more than I actually did. When I walked out, I wasn't too disappointed, because I had gone in with little or no expectations at all. There were many slow parts and the action was all chopped up and hard to follow. I don't go into a movie looking for a socially redeeming message and the battle between good and evil is usually enough for me. I tend to lean toward liking Nicholas Cage and his various roles, I was looking forward to this movie on many different levels, unfortunately, it didn't deliver on but a few. if you're looking to burn a couple of hours and enjoy Nicholas Cage, you might want to rentGone in 60 seconds at least Angelina Jolie as a blonde gives you something to look forward to. Save your money and wait for it to be released at Red Box, its worth the $1. Stars on this one is only 2 of 5.
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