Movie Notes: Sunshine Cleaning

August 26th, 2010

Sunshine Cleaning

Synopsis

Sisters Rose (Amy Adams) and Norah (Emily Blunt) start a crime-scene clean-up service, with mixed results.

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Movie Notes: Doubt

April 9th, 2010

Doubt

Synopsis

Set in 1965, sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep) suspects the worst about Father Flynn’s (Philip Seymour Hoffman) relationship to a young student at a Bronx Catholic high school.

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Movie Notes: Julie & Julia

August 22nd, 2009

Julie & Julia

Synopsis

Bored with her day job, Julie Powell (Amy Adams) starts a blog (which still exists) documenting her experience cooking every recipe in Julia Child’s cook book Mastering The Art Of French Cooking. The film also shows how Julia Child (Meryl Streep) began writing said cookbook while living in Paris.

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Movie Notes: The Wedding Date

June 10th, 2009

The Wedding Date

Synopsis

Single Kat Ellis (Debra Messing) hires male escort Nick Mercer (Dermot Mulroney) to be her date for her step-sister Amy’s (Amy Adams) wedding in London. Hilarity ensues.

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Movie Notes: Enchanted

October 19th, 2008

Enchanted

Synopsis

Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) is about to marry Prince Edward (James Marsden) when she’s abruptly booted from the cartoon world to real-world New York City. Unromantic divorce lawyer Robert (Patrick Dempsey) winds up befriending her. Hilartiy ensues.

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