I know this is going to be hard for most of you to believe, especially after my confession in the 27 Dresses film review, but I kind of hated Evening.  I know!  It seems ludicrous that I would even think to utter such a statement.  It’s practically the very embodiment of a “chick flick,” but it just wasn’t convincing enough for me.

Toni Collette and Natasha Richardson play sisters who come home to say good bye to their terminally ill mother, played by Vanessa Redgrave, who is actually Richardson’s mother.  Redgrave’s character, Ann, begins talking what Connie (Richardson’s character) thinks is feverish nonsense about “Harris.”  The younger sister, Nina, played by Toni Collette, is intrigued to think that her mother had an alternate life that she never even hinted at with her daughters. Continue Reading

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In spite of my evolved and liberated nature as a woman of the 21st century, I L-O-V-E LOVE the proverbial "chick flick."  Love them! Can't stay away from 'em.  Even when I tell myself that a logical, rational and well-established woman of my status shouldn't waste her time on such drivel, I still find myself smiling like the village idiot at some silly love story that could never happen in real life.  Or could it?  I think that's what keeps me going.  The naïve, childish hope that the "fairy tale" really is possible.

So naturally, I was drawn to 27 Dresses for the storyline alone, but then they had to go and put Katherine Heigl in it as Jane, who takes the adage, "Three times a bridesmaid, never a bride," to an all new level.  I L-O-V-E LOVE Katherine Heigl too.  Most of my friends who adore Grey's Anatomy as much as I do love Meredith or Cristina, but I just can't get enough of Izzie; so I was thrilled to see that she was going to be in this. Continue Reading

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