Love or hate them, musicals are making somewhat of a comeback in the movies.  I’ve always been a huge fan of musicals, from The Sound of Music to Grease to Chicago to Moulin Rouge. If there’s singing and dancing in a movie, chances are I’ll like it (mainly because I imagine myself in the lead role, singing like an angel with attitude, dancing and making it all look so easy, all the while looking fantastic…)

I heard about Nine some time back and what really got my attention was a promotional poster for it. What caught my eye was Penelope Cruz and Nicole Kidman among others, smiling, laughing together and what have you.  Let’s recall relations between these two ladies not a million years ago – Nicole married to Tom Cruise, Tom leaves Nicole and shacks up with Penelope. Fast forward a few years, Nicole’s moved on, married and has a beautiful baby with hubbie Keith Urban; Penelope seems happy with her lot, and why wouldn’t she be with her beau Javier Bardem; and then there’s Tom… But that’s a whole other post.

‘Nine’ is the story of famous film director Guido Contini and his struggle to find harmony in his professional and personal life, and the dramatic relationships he engages in with nine women, among them his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.  The movie is directed by Rob Marshall, the man who brought us the stomping musical ‘Chicago‘.

The movie is released in the UK on St Stephen’s day so it’s on my list of movies to see in the new year.  I’ve already been reliably informed by himself that he won’t be going…

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Director: Steven Soderbergh

Starring: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Melanie Lynskey, Tom Wilson, Eddie Jemison, Tom Papa, Rick Overton and Joel McHale.

Duration: 108 minutes

Mark Whitacre has worked for lysine developing company ADM for many years and has even found his way into upper management. But nothing has prepared him for the job he is about to undertake – being a spy for the FBI. Unwillingly pressured into working as an informant against the illegal price-fixing activities of his company, Whitacre gradually adopts the idea that he’s a true secret agent. But as his incessant lies keep piling up, his world begins crashing down around him

Well dont take our word for it , but no one we spotted over at the reviewing Q at IMDB had a good word to say..

Worst film of the year goes to… Bad acting mixed with over the top. People would not act that way even if they had to tell the truth. There were a few funny moments but overall it was just terrible. The trailer made this film look one way when it went another. Anti religion was theme no matter how you put it. I heard maybe one or two laughs from the audience. The film wasn’t about people not being able to lie, as it was about people thinking out loud. There is a scene in the movie where a woman standing outside of her work place tells him she doesn’t want to go in today. He didn’t ask her, she is just randomly thinking aloud. This movie could have just been a 3 min segment for a bad comedy television show.

In fact it looks all the worse when they have 10 stars instead of 5… 1 out of 10 is fairly dismal…