Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Some Recommendations for You

Avenue Montaigne - charming French comedy

Enchanted April - it enchanted me

William and Mary - what happens when an undertaker falls in love with a midwife? watch this BBC series and see

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - adapted from a Anne Bronte novel

Mostly Martha - every foodie should see this one

Falling for a Dancer - set in remote Ireland

Her Majesty - delightful coming of age story

Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring - another set of French movies...very good

The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas - startling

The Chorus - first time teacher teaches delinquent boys to sing like angels

Arranged - two arranged marriages...one Muslim and one Jewish

Big Night - fantastic cast, fun movie

Bread and Tulips - unappreciated housewife makes a new life for herself

Lost in Austen - fun for all Jane Austenophiles

Miss Austen Regrets - based on her life and letters

Cranford - wonderful English period piece

Ladies #1 Detective Agency - you'll love it

Must see movies that I give 4 and 5 stars for being either heartwarming, thought provoking or just plain entertaining.

18 comments:

  1. I agree as I've seen many on your list! Fun new suggestions too - thanks!

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  2. The only two on your list that I can recall seeing are "Arranged" and "Her Majesty" - both were delightful. I'll have to work my way through the rest of the list. I do think I saw "Manon of the Spring" many years ago so will have to see it again.

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  3. Oh this list makes me look forward to cozy winter movie nights. Thanks!

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  4. oh, I see some favorites and some new!! great recommendations.

    thanks!

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  5. Wonderful! Except for "Big Night", I have not seen one single one of these. And they all seem to be "my kind" of movies as well.;)
    xo

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  6. At first glance I thought this post was about fashion. The woman in the first picture looks like she could of stepped out of an Anthropologie catalog. I am going to have to watch a few of these. Winter is coming which means bad, bad weather! Must be prepared with lots of good movies!
    denise

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  7. Wow, a treasure trove! I've only seen 2 so far.

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  8. Big Night is a fav

    Ladies #1 .. which BTW is an excellent series of books

    You would like Love, Actually.

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  9. We need to start a movie night! Cold, dark evenings are perfect for that!

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  10. Thank you for these. I thought of Protege immediately as I read down the list.. this is so her! :)

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  11. Ooooo, I am writing these down! LOVE to watch movies recommended by others!

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  12. I've seen most of these, but Avenue Montaigne and The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas are going on my Netflix queue right now! Thanks, Stevie.

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  13. Cranford is so wonderful...I could watch Judi Dench read the phone book, but with this delightful production, I don't have to!

    William and Mary looks very good. I'll have to check that out.

    Thank you for the list.

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  14. I've seen a few of these and enjoyed them, but I really appreciate your list as my Netflix queue was getting low! Thanks!

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  15. I've missed some of these and they look great!..Off to Netflix to remedy that:-)

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  16. I know you'll forgive me steviewren when I call attention to your typo, "The Boy in STRIPPED Pajamas" That's an entirely different sort of film!

    Love Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources, Mostly Martha, Bread and Tulips and Enchanted April. I'll have to look out for the others.

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  17. Funny, I just bought "First Night" to give to my sister and brother-in-law over Thanksgiving. They are in the process of opening a butcher shop in the Berkshires and this particular movie seemed inspiring.

    Thanks for your list, I have a feeling my gift list for Christmas will look a lot like it now.

    Pleasure stumbling upon your blog.

    Cheers!

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  18. I found your blog today and read your list of must see movies. I just finished watching Enchanted April; the movie was absolutely beautiful.

    Thank you so much :-)

    Amber Misk

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