Sugar Editorial Picks
May 05, 2009 -
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below, you can also check out Incendiary, Jon & Kate Plus Ei8ht: Season 4, and the second season of Lipstick Jungle on DVD.
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May 01, 2009 -
May is one of the entertainment year's blockbuster months: Big movies swoop into theaters again, TV shows have their season finales, record labels start delivering albums that will be our Summer soundtrack, and networks start getting us excited for the shows that will fill the TV schedule come Fall. So with that in mind, I tried to pick some gems for this month's Must Haves list that could easily get lost in the shuffle without a little extra attention.
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Jan 19, 2009 -
Last Chance Harvey tells a basic, simple story of a burgeoning love and one that, in a rare instance, isn't about hard-bodied youngsters. Not so much a May-December romance as, say, October-December, it features two of cinema's most esteemed living actors in a narrative that is all the more lovable for its straightforwardness and simplicity. Simple, basic, straightforward .
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Jan 09, 2009 -
Last Chance Harvey is a wonderfully cute movie for a variety of reasons (more on that later) and during a particularly fun scene, Harvey (Dustin Hoffman) and Kate (Emma Thompson) stop to enjoy a band playing on the street in London. The young lead singer's throaty, impassioned vocals and the toe-tapping bluesy/country sounds of the band stuck with me and I just had to look them up. Turns out it's British family band Kitty, Daisy & Lewis.
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Oct 26, 2008 -
It can be a little obnoxious when the few movies featuring middle-aged folks finding love are melodramatic and poorly done, a la Nights and Rodanthe, which came complete with horses galloping on the beach. I am thankful when Hollywood pays attention to this age group at all, but I feel like there's room for improvement.
So it's a wonderfully pleasant surprise to see a romantic movie starring Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman that looks sweet, plausible, and quirky.
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