Mirror Mirror

 Released Year: 2012

Directed by Tarsem Singh

Casted by:

Julia Roberts as Queen Clementianna

Lily Collins as Snow White

Armie Hammer as Prince Andrew Alcott

Nathan Lane as Brighton
Sean Bean as The King

 Story:

 The film opens with the Evil Queen telling the story of Snow White. Snow White's mother died after giving birth to her. Her father, the King, then raised Snow White so that she could rule the kingdom one day but after a while married again. One day, he left for the forest leaving Snow White his favorite dagger and never came back. 

The now 18-year-old Snow White is shown on the day of her birthday. The Queen does not care for her but Snow White is still loved by the staff. Snow White then goes outside to visit the town. Along the way, she meets Prince Alcott and his servant who have been robbed by bandits (the seven dwarfs). She and the Prince are then drawn to each other. She then goes to the town to see it cold and barren due to the Queen. She then decides to help the kingdom. The Queen meets the Prince and tries to get him to marry her so she can solve her financial problems. She then hosts a ball in honor of the Prince. Snow White, who is dressed as a swan, meets the Prince, who is dressed as a rabbit. The Prince while dancing Snow White makes sure that he stays by her side which the Queen notices. When the Queen finds out the Prince's partner is Snow White, she orders her manservant, Brighton to take Snow White into the forest and kill her and bring back proof. Brighton takes Snow White to the forest but is unable to kill her. 

Meanwhile, the Queen goes to her Magic Mirror, which is actually a portal to a house that contains the actual Mirror who is revealed to be a reflection of the Queen. The Queen then requests for a love potion so she can make the Prince fall for her. Back in the forest, Snow White wakes up to find herself to be surrounded by the 7 dwarfs (Grimm, Butcher, Wolf, Napoleon, Half Pint, Grub, Chuckles). They agree to her request to let her stay for one more night. The dwarfs then go out and rob Brighton, who was sent to collect taxes for the Queen. When Snow White finds out they stole the people's money, she goes to return it. The townspeople are overjoyed to have their money back and Snow White lets the dwarfs take credit for it. After that, they teach Snow White how to become one of them. 

Meanwhile, Brighton has convinced the Queen that Snow White is dead. When the Prince finds out that the bandits have robbed Brighton, he goes after them only to discover that the bandits' leader is Snow White. When the Queen finds out about this, she asks the mirror to turn Brighton into a cockroach as punishment for lying to her. She also uses a potion to make the Prince fall in love with her with humorous results (she actually used a potion called Puppy Love which causes the Prince to act like a devoted puppy dog). Although the effects of the potion were wrong, the Prince still agrees to marry her. When Snow White finds out about the wedding, she is heartbroken. Elsewhere, the Mirror uses puppets to try and kill Snow White and the dwarfs. Although Snow White is able to cut the strings of the puppets, she decides to run away. The next morning, the dwarfs find her gone and discover a note she left them telling them she loves them all. They then go outside and find that Snow White is still there. The dwarfs are able to cheer her up and they decide to crash the wedding of the Queen and the Prince. When the Queen arrives, she finds the Prince gone and the guests in their underwear. They then inform the Queen that Snow White has captured the Prince. The Prince (still under the spell) wishes to be with the Queen. The dwarfs and Snow White deduce he is under a spell. They try to break it through various yet humorous ways. They then finally come to the conclusion that to break the spell, they have to use true love's kiss. Napoleon then helps Snow White get ready to kiss him. When she does, the spell is broken. 

Later, the Queen finds Snow White and reveals that she can control the Beast (the one that plagues the forest). Snow White fights the Beast, with help from the dwarfs and the Prince. She later sees a necklace with a moon charm on it (similar to the one the Queen wears). She removes it from the Beast which causes the Queen to age (the price she has to pay for using magic which is her beauty). The Beast turns out to be Snow White's father who is reunited with her. He then conducts the marriage of Snow White and Prince Alcott. After which, she becomes the ruler of the kingdom. During the celebration, a hooded figure shows up and gives Snow White an apple. It is actually the Queen. Snow White then cuts a piece for her and remarks it's time to accept the fact that she lost. 

After that, the Magic Mirror says "It was Snow White's story after all" after which the Mirror and its home is destroyed. The film ends with Snow White singing "I Believe in Love" in Bollywood style.

 L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:

 Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? This is the most favorites sentence in Snow White animation. Now Tarsem singh is using this Mirror Mirror as the title of this movie. Similar with "Enchanted", which copying the sleeping beauty, Mirror mirror twist the story of the Snow White. But sad to say that, its not special enough and not really that funny.

Of course Julia Roberts is undeniably gorgeous and nice, but the rest is so call "ok" for me only. But all of their clothing/gowns are fabulously incredible, maybe winning a "Best Costume" for this movie is not a problem. But others, i don;t think so~

Larry Crowne

Released Year: 2011
Directed by Tom Hanks

Casted by:
Tom Hanks as Larry Crowne
Julia Roberts as Mercedes Tainot
Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Talia
Wilmer Valderrama as Dell Gordo
Cedric the Entertainer as Lamar
Taraji P. Henson as B'Ella
Story:

The middle-aged Navy veteran Larry Crowne is fired from his job at a big-box store, despite his seniority and satisfactory work, because the company has decided that his lack of a college education impedes any chance of advancement.

Larry, who is divorced and lives alone, cannot find a job and he almost loses his house. A neighbor advises him to enroll in the local community college and get an education in order to get better opportunities in the future.

At the college, Larry makes friends quickly with his younger classmates, purchases a scooter, studies economics and begins to work at a diner kitchen, having been a Navy cook. Larry also falls in love with an unhappily married teacher, Mercedes.

Beside this, Larry also met Talia & Dell who is the scooter gang. Larry feel young again when he join the groups. He is having his good youth life back. While Mercedes divorced with her husband and started to fall for Larry too. As Larry graduated, he was happy with his life and with Mercedes as well.

L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

I think this is the first ever movie that Hanks & Roberts work together which directed by Hanks. Its not really an exciting movie but good enough for you to enjoy with your love one. Its been a while i have not watch any Julia Roberts' movie, so this is a refreshing one for me :)

And and and, Wilmer Valdarrama is kinda hot :P

Valentine's Day

Released Year: 2010
Directed by Gary Marshall
Casted by:
Ashton Kutcher as Reed Bennett
Jennifer Garner as Julia Fitzpatrick
Anne Hathaway as Liz Corynn
Topher Grace as Jason Morris
Jessica Biel as Kara Monahan
Jamie Foxx as Kelvin Moore
Julia Roberts as Cpt. Kate Hazeltine
Bradley Cooper as Holden Bristow
Emma Roberts as Grace Smart
Carter Jenkins as Alex Franklin
Taylor Lautner as Willy Harrington
Taylor Swift as Felicia Miller
Hector Elizondo as Edgar Paddington
Shirley MacLaine as Estelle Paddington
Jessica Alba as Morley Clarkson
George Lopez as Alphonso Rodriguez
Eric Dane as Sean Jackson
Queen Latifah as Paula Thomas
Bryce Robinson as Edison Hazeltine
Patrick Dempsey as Dr. Harrison Copeland
Katherine LaNasa as Pamela Copeland
Kathy Bates as Susan Moralez
Story:

In Los Angeles, florist Reed Bennett proposes to his girlfriend Morley who accepts, much to the surprise of Reed’s closest friends Alphonso and Julia Fitzpatrick. Morley changes her mind and leaves Reed later in the day. Alphonso tells Reed he and Julia knew it would never work out between him and Morley, and Reed wishes they had told him. On an airplane to Los Angeles, Kate Hazeltine, a captain in the U.S. Army on a one-day leave, befriends newly single Holden Bristow. Kate and Holden chat, play a backgammon, and tell jokes. When the plane lands, and Kate has to wait hours for the taxi, Holden offers his limousine, which Kate accepts, as she only has one day to spend with her family before she has to come back into the army.

Julia, an elementary school teacher has fallen in love with Dr. Harrison Copeland, but does not know that he is married to his wife Pamela. Reed finds out when Harrison orders flowers for his wife and girlfriend (Julia). Harrison tells her that he needs to go to San Francisco for a business trip. Wanting to surprise him and following Reed's advice from earlier on in the day, Julia buys a plane ticket to San Francisco. Reed quickly comes to the airport and warns Julia, and she refuses to believe it and gets on the plane. She goes to the hospital where he said he would be, and inquires after him. The nurses at the counter reveal to her that he is married and tell her the name of the restaurant where he and his wife will be dining that evening. As she teaches the owner's son, the owner allows her to dress as a waitress. Julia makes a scene at the restaurant, and gives back the toy Harrison gave her that morning. Harrison's wife, Pamela, becomes suspicious when Julia makes a comment referring to Harrison's ability to juggle, and Harrison is seen eating pizza alone in a condo later on that evening, implying that Pamela has left him right after Julia's scene. One of Julia’s students, Edison, orders flowers from Reed, to be sent to his teacher. There is a delay in the delivery of flowers, but Edison insists that Reed delivers the flowers the same day. They are for Julia; however, she suggests to Edison to give the flowers to a lonely girl in the class who also has a crush on him, which he does.

Edison's babysitter Grace is planning to lose her virginity with her boyfriend Alex. The planned encounter goes awry when Grace's mom discovers a naked Alex in Grace's room rehearsing a song he wrote for Grace on his guitar. Meanwhile Edison’s grandparents, Edgar and Estelle are facing the troubles of a long marriage. Grace explains to them that she wants to have sex with Alex, and says, "It's not like I am going to sleep with one person for the rest of my life." This upsets Estelle and leads to her telling Edgar about an affair she had with one of his business partners. The affair was while he was away, and it didn't last long. Although she is deeply sorry for what she did, Edgar is deeply upset. Grace’s high-school friends, Willy and Felicia , are experiencing the freshness of new love, and have agreed to wait to have sex. On Valentine's Day, Willy gives Felicia a large white bear that she carries around with her everywhere and Felicia gets him a gray running t-shirt (which was his) and ironed the number 13 on the back for "good luck". They are interviewed on the news and advertise their love and support for each other.

Sean Jackson, a closeted gay professional football player, is contemplating the end of his career together with his publicist Kara and his agent Paula. Kara, a close friend of Julia’s, is organizing her annual ‘I Hate Valentine’s Day’ party, but is becoming interested in sports reporter Kelvin Moore who has been sent out by his producer Susan to cover Valentine’s Day because of a lack of sports news, and they share their mutual hatred of Valentine's Day. Paula has hired a new receptionist named Liz who has started dating mailroom clerk Jason. Jason is first shocked when Liz turns out to be moonlighting as a phone sex operator. Liz only does this because she has a student loan to pay off, has no insurance, and is completely broke. Jason decides that her job is too much for him to handle, but eventually comes back to the relationship after seeing Edgar forgive his wife, Estelle.

Sean comes out on national television, and Holden (who is Sean's lover) goes back to him. Kate goes home to greet her son Edison. Willy drops Felicia off at home after a date and they kiss goodnight. Kelvin and Kara hang out at Kelvin's news station where they later kiss, Alphonso dines with his wife, Grace and Alex agree to wait to have sex, Edgar and Estelle retell each other their marriage vows and kiss in the theater, Jason goes back to Liz and they decide to keep a bond together but to also "keep it simple", Morley is shown walking her Border collie while trying to call Reed and the movie closes with Julia and Reed beginning a relationship.

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:

First of all, its such a waste i did not went to cinema for this movie. Its kinda complicated, the characters flow and connected one and another in this film just like CRASH. But this is more on romance part of course, love Anne Hathaway in her "phone sex" service, i really have a good laugh on it.

Well, Cooper is hot, Foxx is stunning, and 2 young studs Lautner & Jenkins are definitely hot especially Jenkins naked playing guitar. Alba does not appear much so not much comments on her. Garner is good, but i kinda prefer this character to be played by Jennifer Aniston or Jennifer Connelly. Lol, though 3 of them are Jennifer(s), but Garner really didn't give me the feeling in this film.