Mothers Are To Be Appreciated And Celebrated Without Wallets Being Emptied.

A true indication that the upcoming Mother’s Day holiday is imminent, is evident through daily reminders from the many sidewalk vendors selling real and fake flowers, stuffed animals, posters inscribed with overly sentimental poems, and all types of baubles along with an array of assorted tacky cheap trinkets; all which serve as a reminder that the pending day is nearing.  

Question is,  how many people are actually prepared for one of the biggest and most widely celebrated days of the year,  a day designated to show gratitude for the  most important woman in an individual's life, the women who bore them - their mother. In fact the occasion calls for indulging all women who have loved and cared for you like a mother,  including your grandmother, mother-in-law, aunt, and sister.   Ready or not,  Mother’s Day May 9, 2010 is fast approaching. 

Rather you’re planning to cruise to an exotic resort, take a weekend trip to Virginia Beach, spend the day at a spa,  take in a movie, have dinner at the finest restaurant, or just Bar-B-Queuing in the backyard;  rest assured, regardless of your plans for Mothers Day, they can be enhanced — thanks largely to www.1800Flowers.com offering  an assortment of perfect gifts to bring a satisfaction of utopia  to the special mother in your life.   Truth be told most Mothers aren’t expecting elaborate expensive over-the-top extravaganzas;  their enthusiasm stems from the anticipation of time spent with family and friends; but should a spectacular mothers day celebration or recognition come their way, they’re all the grateful for it.   Still not certain if the day will be memorable for the mom in your life?…

Well,  wonderful dear loving offspring, you’re in luck because  it doesn’t matter if you chose to celebrate at home, or away … The day will be memorable as long as you spend time with your mother.   Remember, if you want to put an additional smile on Mom’s face and enhance her day, www.1800Flowers.com, has a great selection of deals that are sure to please.   And for your convenience you can pre-order your Mothers Day flowers online - for Mom this May 9th!

Death at a Funeral Delightfully Generates Laughter

Surprisingly, Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence were relatively the straight-men in this 2010 adaptation of the 2007 British film of the same name.  So don’t look to them to bring their usual stand-up brand of humor to this film, instead look to these two comic giants to graciously tip their comedian hats to an ensemble cast that mesh extremely well together; not to mention,  Director Neil LaBute smoothly orchestrates the flow of screwball action. 

This adaptation is almost a scene-by-scene remake of a 2007 British movie with the same title, and the mysterious guest Frank is played by the same actor, Peter Dinklage , and he's even funnier this time around.  

What was meant to be a respectful solemn service quickly turns into a fiasco,  when dysfunctional kinfolks reunite to mourn the death of Aaron (Rock) and Ryan (Martin Lawrence) beloved father.  While mourners gather at the family home, the descendant’s sons find out that their father had been living on the down-low, and to add insult to injury, their father’s 4-foot tall gay lover shows up, expecting them to pay him generously to keep silent about the affair the sons have a hard time believing ever occurred.

One of the back-stories that makes this comedy stand-out stems from Cousin Elaine (Zoe Saldana) not knowing that a bottle labeled "Valium" contained a next generation hallucinogen concocted by her brother (Columbus Short) when she gives one of the pills to her boyfriend, Oscar (James Marsden).  Marsden takes an old gag of his character, Oscar accidentally freaked out on drugs to bizarre heights, and has the audience doubled over in their seats with laughter.

The widow, Loretta Devine comedic timing is flawless as she seems to acquaint her husband’s death with the absence of a grandchild, a child Aaron’s wife, Michelle (Regina Hall) is so desperate to have, and attempts to get her husband to fertilize her during the midst of absolute chaos.   And as for Danny Glover he is over the top as crabby Uncle Russell, who could easily make a saint want to push him down a flight of stairs, wheel chair and all.   There is so much more to say about this film but time and space do not permit,  just know that Death at a Funeral is delightfully amazing and generates belly-roll laughter.

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Why Did I Get Married Too, Is Worth Seeing Too

Although Tyler Perry's latest couple's retreat theory adaptation was not screened for critics, who knows why the heck not, perhaps because his movies are critic-proof; but regardless of critics and certain audience members not giving this movie the chance it deserves along side the others, it is an entertaining positive portrait of upper-middle-class life, and to top that off, despite critics and nay-sayers, it still earned over $30.1M at the box office during its opening weekend.

Tyler Perry has ascended to the status of media mogul on the strength of his combination of Christian morality, slapstick comedy, and soap-operatic melodrama. In 2005, his play DIARY OF A MAD BLACK...Tyler Perry displays his strength as a media mogul while using a combination of comedy and Christian morality, in this sequel to his 2007 “Why Did I Get Married” Perry continues to provide his audience with positive portrayals of (African-American) characters and family-friendly-subject matter, this film can actually appeal to a broad audience if given a chance beyond the color structure, because the subject matter is universal, and features an engaging cast.

The synopsis of the movie is that, four Atlanta couples who have been friends since college take their (second) annual one-week therapeutic retreat getaway, this time to the Bahamas, to evaluate their marriages and improve their relationships. Terry (Tyler Perry) and Dianne (Sharon Leal) are blissfully happy – but are they really, with two little kids at home. Angela (Tasha Smith) and Marcus (Michael Jai White) fight constantly, probably because she suspects that he's a serial cheater and she's clearly a belligerent lush – but is there something that lays beneath the surface that isn’t known to the other or both. Patricia (Janet Jackson), the bestselling self-help author, and her husband, Gavin (Malik Yoba), appear to be happy but are obviously concealing something, other than the fact that they don’t have the picturesque marriage she portrays they neither have nor the one he claims he wants them to have. And Sheila (Jill Scott) is there with her new husband, Troy (Lamman Rucker), a decent man who's a welcome replacement for her ex loathsome Mike (Richard T. Jones), but Troy appears to be concealing a secret he doesn’t want his spouse to share with the others. And speaking of the ex, Mike, he has the nerve to show up unexpectedly and unwelcomed. But the real melodrama begins when the couples get back to Atlanta, as Mike has an even more shocking and more disturbing secret to share with Sheila and the others. Which almost pales in comparison to the dramatic conclusion of events surrounding the other couple(s), including and especially… Ooops! lets not give this away to those who’ve not had the opportunity to see this entertaining movie.

The movie is enjoyable, it was not as predictable as part 1 or as so many other sequels and movies are, there are indeed some twist and turns not anticipated in this one. Although audiences will doubled over with laughter, they will indeed appreciate the dramatic intensity from the characters & storyline as well.