We Bought a Zoo (2011)

A friend and I have this Dinner-Movie deal going. We try and meet at least once a week and do some cooking together and then ending the evening with a movie.. the deal is somewhat that I come up with some food (uh magical food) and he often chooses the movie.. I don't mind because it forces me out of my comfort zone and often I end up seeing a great movie in good company..

Tonight the choice was on We Brought a Zoo, a fairly new movie since it hasn't really had premiere in DK yet (ups?) anywho the movie is about Benjamin, an adventure junkie, who has recently lost his wife. He is desperately trying to make the everyday life with the 2 kids work. Benjamin's brother encourage him to start over but for some reason I don't think the turn of events was what the brother was thinking about. After Benjamin's son Dylan gets expelled Benjamin decides to look for a new home. He finds the perfect home but it comes with strings attached. You see the house is part of a zoo that needs a lot of maintenance so that it can open in the summer. He has his doubts until he sees his extremely adorable daughter feed a flock of peacocks. So now the house is bought it's time for the fun to begin...

This movie is soooooo cute. I might not have chosen to see this one right away if I had been on my own... don't get me wrong I love watching family's but this isn't one I've seen to much about at least not yet.. but it is simply adorable. It has it deeps and stuff... it has to after all we are talking about a family who just lost the mom... It is about a family finding a way to survive even though it's a rather strange way they go to do so.

the movie is packed with some big actors and it works really well.. i have to admit that the little Maggie Elizabeth Jones simply won my heart... she is so cute and maybe we will be lucky to see a lot more of her in the future. But she is not alone on this cast and even actors and actresses i don't normally like all to much is just fitting in this movie in a way that makes me wanna see it over and over again..

We brought a zoo!!!

so the conclusion is gonna be of the hip.. if you like sweet movies or just family's you should see this one. It's fun and different and I think any little girl will love it.. it has its cliches but lets face it how many movies are without some of those these days... 

The Good Wife (2009 -?)

The Good Wife is a lawyer series about a woman named Alicia Florrick, who starts in a lawfirm after 13 years of the market due to her being a stay home mom for her 2 kids that she has with the former state attorney. Alicia goes back to working after her husband has been imprisoned for a corruption scandal in order for her family to stay afloat. Besides Alicia you also get to follow Peter Florricks political fight, Diane Lockhart and Will Gardner, the owners of the firm, Alicia's competitor Cary Argos and the investigator Kalinda Sharma who Alicia becomes friends with. See more about that in the "trailer" below...

So nothing like a little bit of drama. This series has a lot to show for in that apartment. It's intriguing and actually manged to get my mind of the season break in Castle. That's a big thing for any series to do. And i'm even sad that this is yet another series i have to wait for the next episode in. I like want it now.. work my minions work...

so to no surprise to any of my friends my favorite character in this series is Kalinda. Archie Panjabi is just awesome in that role.. total kick-ass in leather jackets and miniskirts... Yummi!... and i for one just love peeling of layers.. Seeing who she is beneath all that attitude...

this is just such a cool promo i had to put it on... love cartoon style!

Of cause i fell in love with the series during a box showing on TV (they are awesome when fighting a small hangover just so you know) and started in the middle of the series before getting my act together and take it from the top.. making me read between the lines of something i wasn't supposed to know yet. Which is why i can warmly recommend seeing it more than once because so much more makes sense when you have the later knowledge.

And now i'm back to the waiting game... but yeah if anyone ask this one is definitively going in my collection

one sunburned girl out looking for a new series later ppl