FILM: The Wedding Date // The Other Boleyn Girl //Julie and Julia

So as you know, I promised to write about the TOP 10 Chick Flicks as voted by you and my facebook friends. There's a lack in response at the moment so I decided to postpone the list until later - just like the Glee Finale.

So I decided to review three other movies in stead...


The Wedding Date starring: Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney and Amy Adams with Peter Egan and Holland Taylor.

Kat (Messing) never thought she would ever need an excuse to ever dial a number of an escort, but 7 messages and $6000 later, Nick Mercer (Mulroney) was sitting right next to her on a plane to London for her sister's wedding.

Amy (Adams) is ecstatic! In a few days she going to be Mrs. Edward Fletcher-Wooten. Everything was perfect! - that is until a dark secret is unlocked a few days before the wedding. Tying past with the present and seemingly into the future - it seems as though Nick is not being payed enough for what he bargained for.


I don't really know what to think about this movie. I don't think I liked it very much, it's not that I didn't get it, I just didn't appreciate it as much as I though I would. But a shout-out to my friend Nardine who suggested it. I don't know about this one really.

It was an alright movie, just not my thing I think. LOL.

sL star rating: 3 stars

(Notice Natalie Portman's necklace is the same necklace America Ferrera wears for Ugly Betty.)

The Other Boleyn Girl starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlette Johansson and Eric Bana

Henry VIII (Bana) is renowned for his track record as a King who has the power to have any woman he wants and dispose of her in any matter. But this movie, based on Philippa Gregory's novel, relates a story on the possible rise of the famous, Anne Boleyne (Portman).

If you've got brothers and sisters you know what sibling rivalry feels like. In the Boleyn home, the Boleyn girls have been raised to prepare themselves for marriage. And with true historical fashion, they are raised to believe in the possibility of marrying above their ranks, therefore, the best sister must be placed forward - in the case of Henry VIII, Anne is the only eligible daughter due to Mary's (Johanssen) recent marriage to William Carey (Benedic Cumberbatch).

But in the turn of the events, the King takes a liking to the the younger Boleyn girl. Forced to enter the King's courts, Mary find herself also entering his personal chambers when ever he pleases. Loathing her sister even further, Anne is exiled due to unladylike conduct. In her return Anne has learnt the art of manipulation. But is her craft enough to win the heart of the King and the people?


Though based on a novel, their are true historical figures that most people know about in British History. Figures such as Ann Boleyn, Henry VIII and Katherine the Great. But this movie was really good in the way that the events are almost believable. I love the different portrayal of Anne Boleyn. Often she portrayed as just another figure in history. But this film shows her as a feisty and ambitious woman.

Along with that, I think Natalie Portman delivers a strong performance. Eric Bana played the role of Henry VIII very well, although I couldn't take him seriously in Henry VIII's signatured over-sized coat. Scarlette Johansson does her character justice in her timidness and her gentleness.

What annoyed me was May was the one who gave him a son and he still didn't marry her. I mean think about it, he just executed Anne - who bore him a daughter - it's a win-win situation. England gets an heir and a queen. LOL...but that's not the point of the story is it?


sL star rating: 4 stars


Julie and Julia starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci and Chris Messina.

Ever felt like your life was going no where? Ever felt like you have no control of anything in your life? Welcome to the lives of Julia Childe and Julie Powell. Two women from different eras with a common interest, cooking.

Julia is in France and his trying her best to be more than what she was, so she decides to go to cooking school and work her way up the ranks. Julie on the other hand just wants a little bit more meaning in her life, so she decides to challenge herself.

With cooking school done, Julia's next endeavor is to get herself published as a cook. But it seems as though all she seems to receive are rejections. As life takes a toll on her goal to finish Julia Childe's cookbook in a year, Julie is almost convinced to give up.

So how does both story end?


This is a movie to see with your mum, although when I told my mum about it, she didn't seem interested. LOL. But it was so nice how well written it was. How the parallel worlds, though never once colliding, met because of similar encounters of life. It was a really good winter watch. Plus it inspired my to want to cook something, but I didn't. LOL.

I recommend it for the days to just want to feel warm and fussy. :D

sL star rating: 4 stars.


Next on sL: SWAC: Falling for the Falls - Part 2 and Starstruck, girls, we're going to have a Sterling Knight fest! Woohoo!!!