Few days ago I watched "Confessions of a Shopaholic". I really loved the movie. What's more, my adoration stems from a moment in the movie which you wouldn't expect to like so much or to be so impressed by. Isla Fisher, who did such a great job in "Definitely, Maybe," once again shows her acting chops.

The film itself is a wonderful comedy and adds to the volume of positive, good, quality films such as "Legally Blonde" (with Reese Witherspoon), "Good Advice" (with Charlie Sheen and Angie Harmon) and "The Devil Wears Prada" (with Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep).

As for the financial side, in my opinion this movie could have and should have earned much more over the opening weekend. Although $17.8 million isn't all that bad.

 
Enjoy :)

I've been to the movies 97 times during 2008. This is my new personal record. Some movies I've seen several times, so total number of movies I've watched in theatres is less then 97. Anyway, I will be talking about my personal movie awards now. Some thing like "Best Drama, Best Animated Picture and, of course, Best Movie":) By the way, movies that I've seen not in theatres aren't nominated in any category; the list below contains movies I've watched only on the "big screen".

So, let's start with comedies of the Year.

Best Comedy
Winner: Tropic Thunder
Nominees:
Superhero Movie, Fool's Gold, What Happens in Vegas, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Tropic Thunder

Best Romance
Winner: Definitely, Maybe
Nominees: Definitely, Maybe, 27 Dresses, Keinohrhasen, The House Bunny, Four Christmases

Best Horror Movie
Winner: Saw V
Nominees: Mirrors, The Strangers, Saw V

Best Thriller
Winner: Max Payne
Nominees: Deception, Untraceable, Eagle Eye, Max Payne, The Dark Knight

Best Action Movie
Winner: Transporter 3
Nominees: Vantage Point, Iron Man, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Death Race, Transporter 3

Best Adventure
Winner: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Nominees: National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Best Drama
Winner: Love in the Time of Cholera
Nominees: I Am Legend, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Bucket List, 21, Body of Lies

Best Animated Feature Film
Winner: WALL·E
Nominees: Kung Fu Panda, WALL·E, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Bolt
 
Best Picture
Winner: The Dark Knight
Nominees: Definitely, Maybe, Deception, Iron Man, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight

So, the United States of America has a new President now. A few days have passed since the inauguration of Barack Obama. I watched that bright ceremony on CNN and seeing it reminded me of another inauguration, the inauguration of President Viktor Yushchenko who became President of Ukraine in 2005 after the Orange Revolution. A lot of good and not so good things have happened in Ukraine since. A lot of people have become disappointed since that time, while others haven’t. But I think we definitely had good times then. And I hope that your President is really good and you will not regret your choice like a lot of Americans did after Bush was elected.

 

Inauguration of Barack Obama.

 

Inauguration of Viktor Yushchenko. Kyiv, Ukraine. 2005