March 18, 2010

Julie & Julia



Louis: ***, Angela *** 1/2

The story of Julia Child's start in the cooking profession intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all of Child's recipes from her first book "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".

I apparently fell in love with Julia Child after countless childhood sick days, forced to choose between soap opera's, stock prices or a crazy lady cooking food on PBS. We both fell in love with Meryl Streep through all her wonderful films. Put them together and how can you go wrong?

Nothing too serious here. It was interesting to learn more about Julia Child's personal life and inspiring to hear her story as well as the story of Julie Powell's cooking challenge.

March 12, 2010

Tyson


Louis: ***, Angela : ***
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A fascinating, emotional, and frank confessional from Iron Mike that sheds a sympathetic light on one of boxing's most controversial icons. We were both surprised by this film - it wasn't quite what we were expecting. We felt it was interesting to hear his life story in his own words.