My family and I caught up on movie new releases, last week.
We watched, Brave Town with Josh Duhamel. It definitely was a movie that went straight to DVD. It had lots of twists and turns. It ended kind of oddly. The movie follows Josh, a wild, teenage DJ who uses drugs and lives with his alcoholic, single mom in NYC. He overdoses and is sent to live with his estranged dad (actor, Tom Everett Scott) in a small town in the south. Josh struggles fitting in. His counselor is Josh Duhamel's character. Apparently, most of the town has suffered the death of a friend or family member in the war. That brings a lot of emotion and brokenness.
A nerdy, underclassmen befriends Josh (he's the same kid that played SJ in the Blind Side). Josh ends up helping the failing dance team, by mixing tracks for their performances. The dance team captain, is Josh's older sister, Mary. The team starts winning with Josh's help. They're now competing for State! Josh works through his demons and starts dating Mary.
See what you think...
Next, we watched The 100 Foot Journey. It's quite charming and a feel-good movie. It features the timeless Helen Mirren as the nemesis. It's about an Indian family who has a family restaurant in India. The mother taught her son to cook, focusing on the flavor of spices. In a time of political upheaval, their restaurant was burned to the ground and the mother dies in the fire. The family moves to England. Then they move to France. As they drive through the country, their brakes fail. The dad says the mother spoke to him and they should live there. They buy a big house with a restaurant. It happens to be 100 feet away from a Michelin 1-star, French restaurant owned by Helen Mirren's character, Madame Mallory. She tries to sabotage them, but they open and are eventually successful. The son/chef gets interested in french cooking and Madame Melanie hires him to work and learn at her restaurant. Soon he does and earns her another star. Bigger restaurants start calling and he's off to Paris. There he becomes a star and his work envelops his life. Along the way, he finds love and where he belongs. Check it out!
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