Review - Julie and Julia

Staff Writer: Samuntha Mackenzie

4 out of 5 shovels
Ever wanted to leave your life? Julie did. She felt her life was empty. She had no direction. Her life's dream to become a writer was gone.

With help from her husband and feline, Julie began cooking her way through Julia Child's cookbook. For one year, Julie blogged about her experiences cooking, shopping, and living. She lived through writing and cooking.

Through the ups and downs, Julie and Julia fulfilled their inner desires for love, accomplishment, and completion.

With a wonderful supporting cast this film embarks on telling two stories and succeeds. Julie and Julia's lives were not so different even though each took place decades apart. Two women searching for themselves . . .

Auto Animated Poe

Staff Writer: Grave Digger

Reading through articles and synopses, I discovered a Poe biopic. I was excited. The casting was good, but the character names were odd. Watch out: Poe's been animated.

According to the IMDB plot guide: "This is an animated biography of Edgar Allan Poe which includes four of his tales and four of his poems. All of the material relates to Poe's life story. The tales included are MS IN A BOTTLE, MURDER IN THE RUE MORGUE, THE PREMATURE BURIAL and THE BLACK CAT."

For more information, or to read Poe's works, please visit the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore.

Attached thus far is: Dianne Wiest, Aflred Molina, Joanna Scanlan, and Mark Somen.

The feature is set for release sometime in 2011.

Source: IMDB