September 12

Betty, Julie and Allison "It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices." Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.   Carol Frank gets a mention as she guessed Harry Potter without the exact movie.

Try this one:

"We can stay up all night swapping manly stories and in the morning, I'm making waffles!"

In Theaters:

In A World... - This indie film stars and is written by comedian Lake Bell.   It takes you into the world of voice overs specifically trailers.  The characters are quirky and story is sweet.  It received great reviews.  Is it great, not according to me, but good. It got better as the story progressed.   I would save it for my DVD list or streaming.  

On Netflix:

Admissions:  This Tina Fey, Paul Rudd comedy is a nice light weight romantic comedy about an admissions officer at Princeton and the head of an alternative school trying to get his student in.  There are a bit of twists which I will not divulge, but it is a fun movie.  Lily Tomlin playing Fey's mother, is a hoot.  For a feel good, mindless movie, put this on your list.  

Liberal Arts - Did you ever see a movie and after watching it did not know if you liked it or not; well this is one for me.  It tells the story of a thirty something who is called back to his university to give a tribute speech to his former professor and falls in love with the place again.  Relationships are examined with a young coed, an older professor and a troubled student.  It was fine, not great not bad. Although I did not know the lead, Josh Radnor,  Elizabeth Olsen, the younger Olsen sister, starred as well.  She is lovely and a good actress.  Richard Jenkins is the professor and Allison Janney, Zac Efron and Kate Burton have minor roles.  See it and decide for yourself.  

An Uplifting Read:

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor - What an incredible road this woman has taken to become Supreme Court justice.  Needless to say, she is brilliant and was able to overcome insurmountable odds to reach this position, but the human being comes across in this very readable memoir. After reading this, I wanted to be here friend.   Even if you don't like to read biographies, you won't be disappointed or bored while reading this one.  

DWTS:

It is that time of year when Dancing With The Stars reveals their cast roster.  Here it is.  We are in store for another interesting season.  Am though annoyed that there are some real dancers on the roster; Amber Riley from Glee dancing with Derek Hough (another fix in the making).  I think they put him with excellent dancers so that he remains on the show for a significant amount time since he is a draw.  And Corbin Bleu from High School Musical has dancing ability although hip hop.  Not sure about Elizabeth Berkley and Christina Milian.  Time will tell!

• Valerie Harper and Tristan MacManus
• "Saved By the Bell" and "Showgirls" star Elizabeth Berkley will dance with Valentin Chmerkovskiy
• Amber Riley with Derek Hough
• Footballer Keyshawn Johnson and Sharna Burgess
• "High School Musical" star Corbin Bleu and Karina Smirnoff
• Leah Remini and Tony Dovolani
• "The Voice's" Christina Milian is paired with Mark Ballas
• Bill Nye (yes, "The Science Guy") dancing with Tyne Stecklein
• "Pretty Little Liars" and "Army Wives" actor Brant Daugherty with Peta Murgatroyd
• Jack Osbourne with Cheryl Burke
• "Blue Collar Comedy's" Bill Engvall and Emma Slater
• Jersey Shore" star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi with Sasha Farber

To all my Jewish followers, I wish you all a very Happy New Year and an easy fast.

Roberta