Letters to Juliet, Release Date 5/14 Diva Screen Date 5/16

Letters to Juliet was very expected, not as much due to the name of the movie as the previews. This is one of those movies that has been previewed on the big screen for months. It's been featured on the Sprint movie commercial for several months and in spite of it all, it was a great movie! Romantic and sweet, predictable yet fun.

You could see from a mile away exactly what was going to happen, but that's OK. It was a romantic film in the midst of many action adventures and sci-fi flicks.

You can't help but like the sweet Amanda Seyfried, with her big watery eyes and little girl smile. She has come a very long way since Mean Girls!

Movie Diva recommends this to any girls wanting to see a movie without a significant other! (be glad I didn't drag you to this one Dave!).

Robin Hood, Release Date 5/14 Diva Screen Date 5/15

This version was a little different than what we were expecting...more like a cross between Braveheart and the beginning of Gladiator, a bit confusing but good. I look forward to seeing this movie again on DVD.

There were a few too many actors who looked alike...the sheriff of Nottingham and the King of France, I couldn't tell them apart!

Cate Blanchett as "Lady" Marion in this go-around is fantastic, strong-willed and beyond what you'd expect from this lady.

Russell Crowe was great as Robin, just as he is great in all of the period pieces that he has done.

This is more of a "before he stole from the rich and gave to the poor", it will leave you longing for the sequel.

The Losers, Release Date 4/23, Diva Screen Date 5/2

It's a slow weekend for movies if you aren't into Freddy Krueger, which I'm not.

I've wanted to see The Losers, so with Dave at a golf tournament, I went this afternoon. Based on a comic this is a fun, far-fetched action adventure movie.

The storyline is a group of operatives who are left for dead and battle their way back seeking out the person who betrayed them. Not an overly original plot, but told a little differently than you regular fare.

There is a great fight sequence between Aisha (Zoe Saldana) and Clay (Jeffery Dean Morgan), normally I'd be against seeing a girl get her butt kicked by a guy, but she doesn't, she kicks butt right back so I'll condone it this time.

This had a good story and I liked all of the actors, there was a bit more flipping between countries than you could keep up with and a few too many slo-mo walking or shoot'em up scenes. But overall the Movie Diva gives it a thumbs up. I'll be waiting for the sequel...

Kick Ass, Release Date 4/16, Diva Screen Date 4/18

This was a very interesting and unexpected movie. It was almost a little like a Tarantino film, but I actually liked it!

Chloe Moretz kicks butt like the ladies in Kill Bill, not what you'd expect from an eleven year old. She is great in this movie and it makes me hope for a spin-off or sequel to see her kick some more ass.

Superhero-wannabe "Kick Ass" was the kid that you hope most teens have buried (deep) inside them, just a nice person wanting to help others and see the world be a little bit better place.

The narration by Kick Ass brings up a good point right off the back...aren't you surprised that no one has actually tried to put on a super hero suit and fight crime??

Death at a Funeral, Release Date 4/16, Diva Screen Date 4/17

We'd been anticipating this movie for a while...it started out a little slower than expected but picked up as it went along. There were some parts that were so funny, I thought I'd have to help Dave off the floor after he laughed himself out of his chair.

This entire movie happens in the course of a few hours at a family funeral. Typical family chaos and dysfunction abound keep the plot moving from one story to the next and back again. Usually I can't handle throw-up scenes, in this there is a poop scene that rivals any projectile vomiting I've ever seen. James Marsden, who I didn't even realize was in this movie, stole every scene he was in. Danny Glover was great as the cantankerous elder relative that makes everyone miserable. The only thing I didn't understand was why and how Tracy Morgan related to the rest and other than making the poop scene possible, the movie could have done without him (and Luke Wilson for that matter).

This was very funny and I look forward to seeing it on DVD!

Date Night, Release Date 4/9, Diva Screen Date 4/10

We went to the Tina Fey, Steve Carell movie Date Night this weekend. In a matter of minutes I could tell that Dave wasn't into it and didn't think it was funny...but in the second half he came around.

I'll admit, it did start out a bit slow while they built the story. A mistaken identity comedy and Marky Mark with no shirt on isn't too bad of a mix (ha ha Dave, had to put that in there just to irritate you!). As the date progressed, there was a car chase that was so funny I think I laughed for about 3 minutes straight.

This movie actually made me glad that we aren't the kind of people who have to have a standing requirement date night, but also continues to further solidify my already-cemented beliefs in not having kids!

This was a very funny movie, Tina Fey is great and it was one of very few where I actually enjoyed Steve Carell.

Alice in Wonderland, Release Date 3/5, Diva Screen Date 4/4

As you can see by the pictures, Alice has had a lot of looks over the years, and somehow through all of those looks I've yet to read the story or see anyversion of the movie.

Until now.

I can't say I'm always a Tim Burton fan, or even a Johnny Depp fan, however this movie may have changed my mind! I am actually feeling a bit inspired to go and read the original Lewis Carroll book and see what, exactly, I've been missing all this time.

A clever story, and apparently a new take with Alice "going back" to Wonderland as a young woman. As the story goes, she was actually a child when she was in Wonderland the first time.

I saw this in 3D and it was pretty amazing. There were times when it felt like items were coming at you out of the screen and others when it felt as if things were moving toward the screen from behind. Colors and characters were both amazing.

I am glad that I wasn't taking a kid to this movie, I think it would have been a bit too dark and scary. It was rated PG for (in the words of IMDB.com) "fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar."

My question is, just what exactly was that caterpillar smoking??

I really liked this movie, and when i talked to my mom today, she said she really liked this movie. It was fun and different and made for adults. Loved it. Go see it!