New movie from Australia- Broken Hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyMBmqYvgfg

Audience Alliance is a company committed to making good movies that can be seen by the whole family. I saw this last week and I thought it was very good. Here is a review that was in the Salt Lake Tribune:

5-minute movie reviews: 'Broken Hill,'

The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 09/10/2009 06:08:36 PM MDT


Broken Hill

Opens Friday at area theaters; rated PG for thematic elements and some language; 98 minutes.

There's not a second of this Australian underdog drama that you can't see coming from across the Outback, but some charms emerge in the telling. Teen Tommy (played by newcomer Luke Arnold) dreams of being a classical composer, so when he and a cute American student (Alexa Vega, all grown up from "Spy Kids") get in trouble, he gets them an assignment training a prison choir and band -- all while keeping the secret from his sheepherder dad (Timothy Hutton, rocking a hard Aussie accent). Writer-director Dagen Merrill (son of legendary Utah filmmaker Kieth Merrill) artfully captures the Australian settings and Luke's flights of musical inspiration, and he finds a new heartthrob in Arnold. By the movie's musical finale, which cribs liberally from the ending scenes of "August Rush" or "Mr. Holland's Opus," it's hard not to be rooting for this heartwarming movie.

A great tv series from the UK is finally showing here in the U.S!

Click on this link for more information:
http://www.kued.org/?area=programs&action=seriesDetails&id=19045

I have watched this on youtube and I really love it. If you liked the Cranford series you will love this. Why can't they make tv programs like this here in the U.S? The series will be on Sundays at 10 p.m. on Channel 7 here in Utah. Check your PBS station to see if and when it is playing in your area. I love it!

Here is a great show that I can heartily recommend....

I have loved reading these books by Alexander McCall Smith and this tv series brings the country, settings and characters to life! I especially love the three main characters. I would love to hear what you think of it. If you don't get HBO, you could try watching it on youtube.

Forever Strong the movie

Kevin and I saw this at the dollar movie but it was so good that I wish I had paid full price at the regular theater. We just don't go to movies that often! But these are the kind of movies I like to support. We took our kids the next day and they all loved it too. It is a great movie for teenagers to see. It's always hard to find something for them that is good but also cool! This makes being good cool and it is very inspirational. I will definitely buy the DVD when it comes out and I will probably buy a few extras to give for presents. Go see this and tell me what you think. You might have to wait until the DVD comes out now.

The movie Valkyrie

I went to this movie with Mom, Bob, and Shelli. This is a true story that I was not aware of. I was very moved by the courage of these people.



For more information on this movie, here are a couple links:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985699/

My Youtube channel link

So, here is a collection of some of my favorite videos on Youtube:
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More Persuasion....

Years ago I started reading Jane Austen sequels and was really put off by the ones I read. Since then, I think they have improved. I just recently read Captain Wentworth's Diary by Amanda Grange and I found it delightful. Amanda Grange also has written Mr. Darcy's Diary and I enjoyed that too. I started Mr. Knightley's Diary, but I guess I wasn't in the mood or something, because I couldn't get into it. I will have to try that one again. Besides the Amanda Grange books, I would also recommend the Pamela Aidan series, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman. This is a trilogy. The book names are: An Assembly Such As This (my personal favorite), Duty and Desire (my least favorite- you can skip it and move to the last one),and These Three Remain.