Sideways: a movie review

Wow, everyone said this was going to be the greatest movie...except for my mom and my aunt Em. It reminded me of the movie Lost In Translation. Both are about how love and marriage are all messed up. I found both movies depressing! Sideways held my attention the whole time which to me is the key element of a good movie. Because of this, I give it a thumbs up. I identified with the main character, a shlub who worries about everything and takes pills for his woes. The movie took place in California wine country, a pleasing environment for a big screen picture.

Wife Swap

I TIVO all episodes of Wife Swap and video the best ones, and tonight's swap was a gem, even though an Evangelical Republican wife was swapped for a butch husband instead of a femme wife. Thus the butch and the millionairre Republican man ended up together, and the Christian woman and the femme ended up sharing a house. No matter! It was still a workable swap.

The butch was described by the male overvoice as "the one who wears the pants" (this included: doing the hard yard work, wearing a short hairstyle, and being daddy to the femme's little girl). The first half of the show involves the families (each with a swapped spouse) behaving the same way as if the new person isn't there. Then the swapped wife or butch gets to take over. When the butch took over, hy had the kids stop making their beds, arranged a way-fun slumber party, and instead of setting out silver, pizza on paper plates was served. When it was the Rebublican woman's turn to take over, she also gave the BF couple's girl a fun day because she is a stay-at-home mom. So the girl had a "princess" day where she gets cooked for and gets to play with "Mom" with no cares in the world for either of them.

What I find so darn touching about all the Wife Swap episodes is that everybody learns something useful for their respective families. The gays learned to take time away from their busy working-class lives to give the girl a special day, and the Christian kids learned that it's okay to do art and express yourself...and, most importantly, that having a butch daddy is loads of fun :-)

Jennifer, NYC Femme BBW...who is happy to host a Wife Swap marathan (the t.v. show, that is!) anytime

Movie Review: Hide and Seek (Genre: Horror)

Those who don't like horror movies are an enigma to me. As far as I'm concerned, there is no decent excuse for not liking horror movies, except for PTSD (i.e. some history of abuse that makes horror movies too upsetting).

First, let me assure you that I will not give anything away in this movie review. Now, let's get down to business. This movie stars Dakota Fanning, the adorable little girl child star with an enchanting toothy smile and giggle. Her name in the movie is "Emily" and she's startling similar to the character, "Emily the Strange." She does an excellent acting job, as does her co-star, Robert De Niro, who plays her father, "David." The movie has all the elements of a good horror flick and uses them well:

1) a move from New York City to a house in the country, including a suspicious realtor
2) a wicked local sheriff
3) creepy neighbors who bring over a pie
4) an inexplicable ability for the starring family to live in a mansion without working
5) a psychiatric hospital
6) creepy children's drawings
7) an imaginary friend
8) writing in blood on a shower curtain
9) dolls
10) a twist ending that got me

This movie might not be one to watch over and over, but it flowed perfectly and was very suspenseful. Best line from the movie: "Some things are beyond therapy, David."