For this week I thought I’d let you know the last 7 movies I’ve seen. Since 2004, we’ve subscribed to Netflix and we love it! It’s a great price and we just keep adding movies we want to watch, it keeps a list and sends us the next one on the list! We hardly see movies in the theater so I always save movies that are out in the theaters on my list so they appear once they are out on DVD.

September 2009 was our best month for movie watching. We had 9 DVDs shipped to us during last month…

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Away We Go (2009) – This movie was amazing! Maya Rudolph and John Krasinsky are the stars in this movie and I love them both! It’s hands down the best movie I’ve seen this year. It’s about a couple, Verona and Burt, who find themselves pregnant and in search of the best place to raise their child. They embark on a trip to visit family and friends all over the country. I won’t give away much more but it was such a sweet story. And I really loved the very last line in the movie. There’s also a great scene with Maggie Ghyllenhaal (holy cow, I spelled it right the first time!) that made me laugh so hard I almost hacked up my lung! This is one movie I may have to purchase!

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17 Again (2009) – Yes, the Zac Effron movie! Overall it was cute. Honestly I didn’t pay close attention when I was watching – I was folding laundry and straightening up the living room while it was playing so it wasn’t that exciting. Though there was one scene with Zac Effron where he walks through the school all confident and with the dark sunglasses and that held my attention (I can say that because he’s 21 right?) And don’t find me gross but that night I dreamt I had a makeout sesh with him! Oy!

Moving on!

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Sunshine Cleaning (2008) – I was excited to see this because I love Amy Adams and can tolerate Emily Blunt (ok, who am I kidding, she’s a great actress. I can get over the fact that she broke Michael Buble’s heart and is now engaged to my John K.) Also, I had heard great things about this movie.  It’s about two sisters who try to make a living off of cleaning up crime scenes. Don’t worry, it never got super gross (thankfully smellevision hasn’t been invented yet).  Alan Arkin plays the dad and I always love his dry sense of humor.  This movie was pretty good – but a little depressing.

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I Love You, Man (2009) -  I love you, Paul Rudd and Jason Segel! This was funny but also one of those movies where the best scenes are in the trailer. That always bums me out. I used to think Rashida Jones was a good actress but she was so flat in this movie (and in Parks & Rec too). Though my husband still uses the phrase “crop dusting” to this day….

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Mad Men (season 2) -  Obviously not a movie but a TV show! We spent the second half of the summer catching up on this gem of a show and are finally caught up with season 3 on AMC. Love love love this show! Initially I was on the fence upon seeing the first episode mostly because I couldn’t stand the way the women were treated. Yes, I know that’s how things were in the 60’s but it still chapped my behind to see that play out. But I got over that and I love Joan and Don Draper is swoon-worthy even if he’s mostly a douche. I seem to like that character on TV (see: House), don’t know why and it probably says something about me. At any rate, check this show out – it’s really great and I look forward to it every week. And secretly I hope for liquid lunches and those awesome dresses of the time to come back

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Brothers & Sisters (season 3) – Another TV show. I’m still on season 3 because I was full of hope that season 3 would be released soon after it ended it’s run on TV like most shows, but it was released in early September so I’m SOL. I’ll always be a season behind and accidentally find out plotlines because my mom watches it or I’ll be spoiled online. This is a great show about family dynamics. It’s a show I curl up with by myself because hubby won’t watch but it’s me time and I love it. I get sucked into their one episode feuds

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I thought I would have 7 but I don’t.  I’ll be sure to do this at the end of October too because I’m hoping to beat September’s record. That’s not lame right? What’s lame about a fire in the fire place and cozying up to hubs with a good movie??