Movie Review: Nina Forever

There are some movies that come along and leave you wondering what on earth you just watched. This was one of those movies. I'll warn people upfront: this is not a movie for everyone. It's a bit dark. There's some nudity and explicit scenes in here. (Side note: Never watch a review movie in public at a coffee shop without being 100% sure about the content. LOL. I had to make sure my screen was not visible at all when I got to a certain scene.)

None of this is to say it was a bad movie. On the contrary, I thought it was an interesting concept. Basically, the male protagonist's (Rob) girlfriend dies in a car accident and he went through a period of being suicidal. Eventually, he and another character (Holly) become attracted to each other and begin a relationship and his dead ex takes exception to it and actually appears in his room at very, shall we say, inconvenient times. Rob and Holly then have to figure out a way to make things work. 

The actors are great, owning the quirky humor as well as the serious moments. I really, really love the dark humor in here. Especially the scene with Holly in CPR class. It seriously made me crack up, and I had to struggle to keep quiet since I was out in public. There's also some great scenes between the three leads that I really enjoyed. 

If you're into quirky, dark material and don't have a problem with adult content, give this one a try. An interesting note for any Whovians out there: Nina's father is played by David Troughton, son of the second doctor, Patrick Troughton. 

  

DVD Review: Virtuous

Product was received for free in exchange for an honest review.

When a young woman, Simone Burner (singer/songwriter, Brandy Allison), is accused of murdering the man who assaulted her, she seeks out the helps of attorney Jack Evans (Erik Estrada, TV’s CHiPs) to prove her innocence. A ruthless and corrupt prosecutor engages her in a trial that brings the past she’s longed to escape to the forefront of her defense. “Virtuous” will inspire and ignite you to live the principles of Proverbs 31 –faith, integrity, wisdom and honor.

My thoughts;

A movie that follows women that have overcome some horrible things in their lives, but had the strength they found through their faith in god.

The main story starts when a young woman Simone is accused of murder.  Her lawyer is Jack Evans, who is played by Erick Estrada.  He has always been one of my favorite actors, and he played a great role in this movie.

The other women in this movie are a judge who is retiring that lives with her verbally abusive husband.  A Soldier who was tortured by the Taliban after captured her, a woman whose past involved drugs and abandonment, a news reporter and a cop.

I enjoyed watching this movie, but would not suggest that is a movie for younger audiences. 

  

Movie Review: The Father's Love

My thoughts:

I found this to be a spiritual movie.  

For Sarah, all she wants is to find love and fill the void of her father leaving her and her mother when she was a young girl.  Although she has letters that she leaves unopened and piled that her father has sent her.

She meets Reese and falls head over heals in love with him. But it isn't all that it seems to be on his part.  And she is shattered by what she finds out about him.  She starts to go to church and puts her faith and love into the lord. And although Reese comes back to her, will she go back to him?

UNFREEDOM - Opening in Theaters May 29, 2015

UNFREEDOM juxtaposes two powerful and unflinching contemporary stories about religious fundamentalism and intolerance. Shifting between New York and New Delhi, one tale follows a Muslim terrorist who kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar in order to silence him, while the other charts the travails of a young woman whose devout father tries to force her into an arranged marriage, which she resists because she is secretly in love with another woman. The four characters come face to face with gruesome acts of violence in battles of identity, sexuality, religion, love, and family.

My Thoughts:

First this movie is not to be watched with underage children.  It has acts of violence and shows some sexual scenes.  

I found this to be very sad that a young woman, Lala had to hide from her family that was a lesbian and was in love with another woman, Sucky Taylor.  Lala was to be married in an arranged marriage.  She left her home and a video of herself to her father that she was not going to marry the man he had arranged her to marry and she was gay.  She ran to her lover, Sucky.  But Sucky was not happy to see Lala after a year of not seeing her and tells her she is dating a man.  Well, Lala was not going to let Sucky do this and what she does is shocking.  





Shifting to New York, I found it very hard to watch what the Muslim terrorist does to the Liberal Muslim and his family after he kidnaps him.  Very sad.  

I did watch this movie from start to finish.  I don't know if I could watch it again, due to the sadness and violence throughout, but it was not a bad movie.


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