In The Good Old Summer Time: So if you recall when I talked about Shop Around the Corner and You've Got Mail, this movie was based on the same story, only it's a musical. This was a nice movie and very funny, but somehow it didn't have the magic that the other two, it was a good movie but not wonderful; the story didn't quite gel together completely, some movies everything just clicks and they live on, an other movies don't quite make it there. Buster Keaton was responsible for a lot of the humor in this movie, his part didn't actually work so well but his comedic direction was wonderful. Van Johnson and Judy Garland played the main roles and they were all right but neither are actors that I really love. Enjoyable but I'll stick with the other two movies in the future.

Coco Avant Chanel/Coco Before Chanel: This was a very interesting movie about the life of Gabriel Chanel before she became the fashion icon we know today. I enjoyed this movie and came away with a new respect for this woman; I had no idea how much she liberated women by her styles which did away with corsets etc. Oh, and this movie was in French.

Jodhaa Akbar: I loved this movie, I really, really loved it. This movie tells about the marriage between Emperor Akbar (I'm sorry I don't remember his other names or how to spell them, the same goes for his wife) and Princess Jodhaa... He was the head of the Moughal(sp?) Empire and she was a Princess of a kingdom that he gained command of in part through marriage to her. Their marriage was pretty ground breaking because he was Muslim and she was Hindu(i) and he allowed her to keep her religion and traditions, this lead to religious freedom and respect/tolerance in his empire. I know very little about these cultures and so it was very interesting to see more. I really loved the respect and wisdom between the two; I don't know how accurately it's portrayed but this movie is based on real people. See it today! P.S. the movie's in Hindi.