Away We Go review

I saw the preview of ‘Away We Go’ recently with a friend. ‘Away We Go’, directed by Sam Mendes, is a lovely, simple movie following new parents-to-be Burt (John Krasinski from The Office US) and Verona (the very pretty Maya Rudolph). Burt and Verona live in a horrible, rundown little house near to Burts parents. The same day that they announce they are expecting a baby, Burts parents announce that they are moving away for two years and suddenly the parents to be are thrown into turmoil. With Veronas parents dead and Burts parents gone away, they have no family for the baby outside of themselves. While Verona is still pregnant they undertake a huge trip around the country visiting various friends and family members scattered as far apart as Miami and Montreal, trying to find somewhere to put down roots and bring up baby with some sort of support … There’s more

Darren’s Movie News 12/05/09

What a wonderful weekend. I am oh! so very relaxed today. The weather, the swimming pool, the excellent company and the copious amounts of alcohol - wunderbar. And so, this morning I played catch up - I’ve missed so many trailers over the past few days, and some small tidbits of news. So here goes… In strange news, they’re making a film version of American Gladiators. It can only be bad. Inglourious Basterds has not even gone on release yet and Tarantino has announced that he has the sequel half written. Interesting! Speaking of half written scripts, The Preacher is nearing a final draft. Sam Mendes will be bringing the comic book creation to the big screen. Universal, I love you. The studio is bringing a bunch of classics back to the big screen, such as Spartacus, The Blues Brothers, Scarface, The Thing and Animal House. Is there any movie … There’s more