What I'm Watching

We know Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Drover, and even aristocrtatic Leopold in Kate and Leopold. But how about Hugh playing a trucker turned romance writer? What can I say? Yum!
This was Hugh’s first movie lead role as Jack, a CW music loving trucker who drives a road train (huge truck with several trailers) across the Australian Outback with only his dog for company.
And now Jack has written and sold a romantic novel. But not under his own name, but used the name of his best friend Ruby Vale. And now big city agent Ziggy is in the tiny Outback town to see her latest author. Jack begs Ruby to pretend to be the actual author. Ruby only agrees to do the rounds of publicity in Sydney if Ziggy will arrange and pay for her wedding to local vet Hamish. The question is will Ruby and Jack realize they were meant to be? And nice guy Hamish will go off into the Aussie sunset?
This is such a fun movie! I got the DVD some years ago and it’s a must see for anyone who adores Hugh and adores romantic movies.
Linda

What I've Been Watching

I’m a movie slut and proud of it.

With so many reruns on now, I’ve been keeping Netflix busy while watching classic TV series and movies I’ve either missed at the theater or ones that moved straight to DVD.

My latest viewing was a cute quirky romantic comedy titled Carolina staring Julia Stiles – who I loved in 10 Things I Hate About You – and Shirley MacLaine.

The blurb reads “In this romantic comedy featuring Shirley MacLaine, a wacky Grandma Millicent Mirabeau, Southern girl Carolina Julia Stiles envisions an entirely different existence for herself, far from the maddening mix that is her family. But her efforts are soon wasted when she finds herself torn between two men. Who will win her heart?”

Carolina’s neighbor is Albert, a total cutie who’s a romance author who hires women to portray him at signings. In the beginning you’ll even catch a glimpse of Barbara Eden who still looks really good. And there’s no doubt he’s in love with Carolina, but sadly, she sees him as her best friend.

She works on a TV dating show and no thanks to a disaster as in Grandma calling her at work about her crazy sister, Carolina’s fired, but she meets this very sexy British guy named Heath who’s very interested in her.

Carolina sees him as her chance for a sane life. She’s got a dad who wanders the country and only came back home to drop a baby off with his mother and each girl was named after the state she was born in. An aunt, played by the wonderful Jennifer Coolidge, who’s a madame and brings her “girls” to the family holiday dinners. But it’s Shirley MacLaine, as the wonderful wacky Grandma who truly holds the family together.

Carolina wants a normal life, but is that what she needs?

You’d have to watch the movie to find out and I highly suggest this film for laughs, sighs, and a few tears.

Linda