Movie review - extremely loud and incredibly close

Whenever there is something on television that has to do with 9/11, I just have to watch it.
I automatically put down the remote and start watching. Some documentaries I have seen more than once, but it seems like I still don't understand what I'm seeing or hearing about the horrifying events of that day.

So I had to see Extremely loud and incredibly close

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

A young boy (played by Thomas Horn) on a quest to find belongings of his father. A mother (played by Sandra Bullock) who grieves over the death of her husband, the boy's father (played by Tom Hanks)

Throughout the movie flashbacks show how family life was before 9/11. They also reveal bit by bit what happened to the boy's father on that terrible day.

Tissue Rating:

5 packs: Uncontrollable blubbering

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Entertaining Men - Harry Shum JR and Chord Overstreet

The start of a new GLEE season is fast approaching! (September 13th in US)

To get in the Glee-mood I would like to share the most entertaining men from that show with you.
(I couldn't choose, so this is a post about two men)

Harry Shum JR

I am so jealous of people who can sing and dance. It would be my dream to be on a stage singing those songs like Rachel Berry does. Unfortunately my voice isn't up for that task.
So I was very pleased to see a cast member who also couldn't sing! (I forgot about the minor dancing thing he is OK-ish in ;-) Mike Chang aka "Other Asian".

Hopefully we will see him dance on the new season!

Chord Overstreet

Isn't he the cutest?
Sam Evans aka Big Mouth (or my favorite nickname Lisa Rinna, sorry Lisa) joins the club in season 2. He sings and makes the heart of many girls beat faster.

I think he looks a bit like the Dutch radio host Coen Swijnenberg

Funny interview with the Entertaining Men for this week!

Check them out on Twitter: @iharryshum  and @chordoverstreet

Who is you favorite GLEE man (or men)?



click here, here and here to read my other posts in the Entertaining Men-series

#1 - What's it called?

Don't you hate it when you can't remember the name of a book or movie?
It literally can keep me out of my sleep :-(

Right now I can't remember the name of a book a read as a teenager.
It is about a girl in a very small USA town who is diagnosed with HIV. Because of her disease she and her family are bullied and she leaves town to live with an uncle and aunt (or at least I think so)
There she makes new friends and she is happy.

Does this sounds familiar to anyone?

I read it somewhere in the nineties ;-)

Movie review - The Grey

In Alaska, a team of oil workers board a flight home; however, they cross a storm and the airplane crashes. Only seven workers survive in the wilderness and John Ottway, who is a huntsman that kills wolves to protect the workers, assumes leadership of the group. Shortly after they learn that they are surrounded by a pack of wolves and Ottway advises that they should seek protection in the woods. But while they walk through the heavy snow, they are chased and attacked by the carnivorous mammals.

Let's talk about bad luck. That is what the men in this movie have.
And sadly for them the bad luck isn't over after their plane crashes. Far from it to say the least.

This movie has some very scary moments (yep even Husband freaked out more than once) and a very non-Hollywood like ending. (make sure to watch the entire movie because there will be a surprise after the ending credits!)

Great acting done by Liam Neeson in a beautiful surrounding.

Although critics say this movie is horrible because of the unrealistic story line I thought it was highly entertaining. OK a bit depressing at times.

Tissue rating:
1 pack - tear up

Facts

• Did you know Liam Neeson is already 60 years old!
• The Alaskan Wolf: Wolves howl to greet one another, to indicate their location, to define their territorial boundaries, and to call the pack together.