Right up my alley

Crazy Heart is a really great movie and Jeff Bridges is so real and so good in it. I grew up on this kind of music, thanks to my old man. I know I don't have to tell you how much I love character driven movies like this. What I'm not a fan of is a 57 year old man and a much younger woman, but other than that....

Here's a song from the movie. I think it is right up there with Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" (and totally beats "Be Italian").

The Hurt Locker

I know this movie was released a while ago--in fact, I think it was technically 2008. But I finally got around to seeing it this week. I usually go to war movies or boxing movies (like Million Dollar Baby) and, five minutes into it, think, "Why did I think I would enjoy this?" So this time, I thought about that before the fact and didn't go for a long time. But since there has been talk of it being Oscar worthy, I finally went ahead and saw it. I did have to watch it with one hand over my face the whole time, and sometimes both hands and one time my scarf, but I have to agree that it is a really amazing movie. In addition to covering my eyes, I was on the edge of my seat. The actors were all so great and I hope to see more of these guys in the future.

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Crossing titles off the list

A Serious Man. As usual, I don't really get why this is getting so much buzz and I definitely don't get why the Cohen brothers movies are always so highly praised. However, I did like a lot of things about this movie and it's more my speed than most of their movies. Except the ending. Was there an ending?

Invictus. An interesting story. Of course I know something about Nelson Mandela but nothing really specific (other than the time he spent in prison) so it was interesting to find out more. I am not on board with all the praise for the performances, though. I thought Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, usually fantastic, were just okay.

Nine. Sitting through this movie, I couldn't get over how beautiful Italy was/is, and couldn't stop thinking that last year at the exact same time, I was there. The people and costumes were really beautiful, too. For me to like a musical, I have to like the music and I didn't really like the music in this movie. The song "Be Italian" that is in the trailers was the best one by far.

Again, no rave reviews....

Sticking to my Resolutions

snow day

We woke up to snow on New Year's eve, although it didn't make it through lunch.

A new trend

This fall, there have been FOUR new TV shows with a character with my name.

The Beautiful Life (already cancelled), with Mischa Barton playing Sonja Stone.

Then The Good Wife had a character that was only in the first episode and she maybe didn't have any lines, so she doesn't actually show up in the IMDB list, but believe me, she was there. (she was the secretary that Alicia and the shady guy shared until they could hire one.)

Mercy has a nurse named Sonia.

And the new show Men of a Certain Age starring Ray Romano and Penelope Ann Miller, as Ray's wife Sonia!



I know, this is probably filed under "who cares" but it's a big change for me. Before this, all I had was the mother from the "Momma" cartoon.