Posts Tagged ‘actor’
Short: Just A Little Heart Attack
February is known for love and roses but it’s also Heart Health Month. Heart disease and your heart’s health is nothing to take lightly. Every year 715,000 Americans have heart attack (Imagine how many people in other countries). Out of that number 600,000 people die from heart disease. I never really took a second to even think about all of this until April of last year. My mother suffered a stroke. I’m glad I was able to reach her within minutes and rushed to the Emergency Room. As it draws closer to a year since it happened she is still not 100% but she has made tons of progress. Since then I’ve done tons of reading on the subject and have asked lots of questions. One day that I took her to a doctors appointment I saw this short film in the waiting room and I thought it was fantastic. Elizabeth Banks created this film to educate women on the subject and she did it in a way that has so much humor but with the main message still coming across awesomely. Don’t ignore the signs!
Friends with Kids: Review
Written, Directed and Starring Jennifer Westfeldt and sporting an All-Star cast with the likes of Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Adam Scott among many others. This movie tells the story of two best friends (Westfeldt and Scott) that decide to have a baby together without the confines of a marriage or relationship after seeing their mutual friends having to deal with the issues of maintaining a relationship and raising a family. This movie had my attention right away after seeing the list of actors involved, a lot of whom are comedic geniuses in my opinion. When it started I was expecting to see a movie about a fumbling relationship with hilarity ensuing afterwards but it wasn’t that at all. Don’t get me wrong, this movie was funny but it also had a great love story in it as well. The progression of the platonic “Hey, we’re BFF’s!” to the more complicated “So, how did your date go?” and eventual “I’m in love with my best friend” was a little predictable but was done with heart and mixed with the perfect balance of humor and seriousness. I have a certain amount of respect for Writer/Director/Actors and I feel Westfeldt really hit the mark with this one. I hope to see more of her work soon.
See Friends With Kids available in theaters March 9th from Lionsgate!
