a fantabulous 3-movie day!

TRANSAMERICA
it was so great to see a true acting performance worthy of an award this year! felicity huffman was amazing as a transgendered woman who is forced to re-connect with a son she never knew she had who doesn't know that SHE used to be her FATHER! such a refreshingly different and yet real film. it was also really good to see kevin zegers (on whom i've had a huge crush for YEARS!) in something other than the tv show episodes and made for tv or direct to video stuff he's been doing lately. although i have to admit, i've always love the Air Bud films! :) 5 out of 5 stars.

NANNY McPHEE
basically an updated version of mary poppins for the spongebob brood that are around now, but VERY well executed! i loved emma thompson in a role that she wrote specifically for herself and none of the kids fell into that terrible trap of "look i'm a kid. and i'm A-C-T-I-N-G... badly" which was one of my concerns going in. i love the nurse matilda books and the movie stays relatively true to the original vibe of those books if not in script, however, it's a movie that you go to for pure entertainment and if nothing else it gives you that in multitudes... also great for kids as it actually teaches them important life lessons but doesn't dumb them down so the adults actually enjoy them (and maybe learn a little something themselves). also, how can you not love a movie in which angela lansbury plays a half-blind evil aunt! :) good stuff! 5 out of 5 stars!

CURIOUS GEORGE
i LOVE animation (as many of you probably already know) so i was really looking forward to this movie. i was NOT disappointed. will ferrell was NOT overly "crazy will", curious george was NOT CGI nor did he "talk" (thank god!), the animation was beautiful and pleasing to the eye, the story was good (explaining how the man in the yellow hat and george meet, how george comes to america, some good shenanigans and also plausible villians). it's sad that this may be one of the last 2D animated films to come to theatres for a really long time. i really do wish the world could hold on to this dying art form instead of sacrificing it for all CGI animation. overall, 4 out of 5 stars.