The Kids Stole the Show

I was reluctant to watch Orphan, firstly I'm not really a fan of horror/scary shows, but I can't help being intrigued by the idea of closing my eyes just as the figure appears behind you in the mirror.. Well, thankfully for me Orphan was not that scary, but it really does grip you in a weird way.

Isabelle Fuhrman who plays the evil Esther is so convincing as the evil/angel character. Her expressions were spot on and you will end up rooting for her to fail in all her evil plots. It's like watching a football or a basketball game where you are cheering when she fails and grunts when she succeeds. Anwyay, the other show stopper was Aryana Engineer who plays Max, the deaf daughter of Vera Farmiga and Peter Saarsgaard's characters. Max is so cute and adorable that you just pray that evil Esther won't harm her.

The story revolves around Kate (Farmiga) who is trying to move on after the birth of her stillborn baby. She turned to alcohol as a vice but after cleaning up her act she felt that it's time to adopt. That's when the story unravels, when they set their sights on Esther, a Russian orphan. It's just an average movie overall but the 2 girls, Isabelle Fuhrman (Esther) and Max (Arayana Enginner) really stole the show.

It Rocked My Boat!

The Boat That Rocked is funny and it really makes you realize how important radio stations and deejays are in our lives.. But above all it's the love for music. I cannot imagine how dull it will be just listening to classical songs on the radio, especially if you are stuck in a jam. Well that was exactly how things were back then.

Then came the Pirate Radio. Well this movie is based in the 1960s where this group of rouge DJs, on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law all for the love of music. The songs they played united and defined an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. Well basically Rock n Roll was so meaningful that they even stood up against the British government who did everything in their power to shut them down.

Great show with an even greater soundtrack!