7 halloween movies you need to watch in the next 7 days ...

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Halloween is in just 7 days! This means you only have one week left to cram in all of the best halloween movies before the Halloween season is over! I am huge supporter of Halloween. I love carving pumpkins,eating candy corn, and of course I love dressing up for halloween some of my favorite costumes from the past are a bunny, a cat, an artist , the little mermaid, belle, rainbow bright, and this year I am being Kate Middleton. Here is a list of 7 movies that are a must see this Halloween Season!


7.Casper ( 1995) :This lovely Halloween classic stars Christina Ricci. Ricci's Character Kat is a teenager who moves into an old spooky house with her paranormal expert father.  At this house Kat meets a friendly ghost named Casper and his two not so friendly brothers.It is up to Casper and Kat to protect the house and the ghosts who live there.
*Ps- Can I just say how cute Casper is as a young boy? didn't we all have a crush on him? I mean seriously.

6.Ghostbusters (1984):  Three unemployed parapsychology professors create a bussiness called "Ghostbusters."These three men tackle some of the worlds most dangerous ghosts on the streets of New York City. The ghost busters (Murry, Aykroyd and Ramis ) are hired by a woman(weaver) to get rid of a ghost at her home, however this ghost is no regular ghost it is a demon! The Ghostbusters have to figure out a way to destroy the demon , before the demon destroys the city.
This movie stars Bill Murry, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Sigourney Weaver. 

5. Beetle Juice (1988) :Under the direction of Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton (as Beetle Juice), Geena Davis (As Barbra Maitland) , Alec Baldwin (Adam Maitland) and Winnoa Ryder (as Lydia Deetz) is the story of Beetle Juice. Barbra and Adam are a newly deceased couple who consult a "bio exorcist" Called Beetle Juice to get rid of the Lydia and her family, who have moved into the Maitland's home. 
*Remember never say Beetle Juice more than three times!

4. Halloweentown(1998): A Disney Channel Original Movie starring Debbie Reynolds as Aggie Cromwell. The movie begins on all Hallow's Eve , Aggie visits her grand children in the mortal world. Aggie wants her Daughter, Gwen (Judith Hoag) to tell her children they are witches and help her fight the evil back in Halloweentown. Gwen refuses, she wants her children to be normal. However Marnie ( Kimberly J. Brown) hears her grandmother and mother's conversation and follows her grandmother onto a bus (along with her sister Sophie and brother Dillion.) to Halloweentown! Join the whole Cromwell clan on adventure of good vs. evil!
*some would argue that is not a classic, they are obvisouly mistaken.

3. It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
From the talented writer Charles Schulz is another adventure of Charlie Brown and whole peanuts gang. It is Halloween night and Linus decides instead of trick or treatings to wait in the pumpkin patch for the "Great Pumpkin."
*I wish I had faith in things like Linus does! He is a very committed person.

2. Practical Magic(1998):This Whimsical movie stars Oscar winners Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.Sally (Bullock) and Gillian (Kidman) Owens aren't just sisters, they are witches. The sisters are raised by their Aunts; Frances (Stockard Channing) & Bridget (Dianne Wiest) after their parents death.  The Owen woman come from a powerful bloodline of witches and inheriatted more than just magical powers. The Owen woman are cursed, every man who falls in love with an Owen woman is doomed to an untimley death. Sally and Gillian must use all their wits and powers to fight not only the family curse but the supernatural forces that threaten their lives.
 *This is one of my all time favorite movies , that teaches you to be proud of where you came, never be afraid to be who you are, be pratical with your craft and fall in love whenever you can.

1. Hocus Pocus(1993 ): If you only have time for one Halloween movie, I strongly encourage watching this enchanting film!  After 300 hundred years the three Sanderson sisters are resurrected on Halloween night in Salem Massachusetts after Max Denison lights the black flame candle. The Three Sisters Winifred (Bette Midler ), Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Mary(Kathy Najimy) try to take over Salem by luwering children to their home and sucking the life out of them. It is up to Max, his little sister Dani (Thora Birch), his crush Allison and an immortal talking cat name Binx to fight off the three sisters before it's too late.
  *"Come little children, I'll take thee away into land of Enchantment."

Happy All Hallow's Eve everyone!

oxox
-Kimmy

Ps- Of course there are many other wonderful Halloween films that did not make my lists. Here are other classics!

*Other Favorites : 
Family :
The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tower of Terror,Corspe Bride, Young Frankenstien & The Adams Family.

Horror
Scream, Psycho, Halloween, The Shinning, The Birds&Poltergiest.

Mind Boggling Thought: Time Flies

Just looked back a bunch of posts. I started thinking about time. This is about to be very epic and mind boggling, so I hope you are prepared:

Personally, I feel like this year has flown right on by. I felt the same about last year, but this one seemed even faster! My mom always used to tell me that for a child, a year seems to last forever, but they start to feel quicker as you get older. I am not sure why it has taken me so long to figure this out, but the years feel shorter because the are shorter. They are not shorter in the number of months, weeks, or days (forget about leap years for the sake of simplifying this example), but they are smaller in proportion to the person's life. For example, on my 1st birthday one year was 100% of the time I had been alive. That year, was the longest amount of time I had ever experienced. On my 2nd birthday, one year was only 50% of my life. It felt shorter, but was still a very large percentage. It only takes simple math to realize that the years will begin to be smaller percentages of my current lifespan as the birthdays roll on. That being said, on 9/23/11, my 21st birthday, the past year was only about 4.8% of my life. Its no wonder the years start to go so quickly. My dad just had his 50th birthday, and he said he felt like he had just turned 49. Probably because that past year was only 2% of his entire life!

Your mind has officially been boggled. Now go ahead and forget that I ever traumatized you with this thought.

Hannah

A to Z Movies: A Lot Like Love

I know we've been slacking lately. This fall has proven to be extraordinarily busy! Especially considering I am not in school anymore... at least Kimmy has classes to blame for her crazy schedule! I really want to get back in the grove of semi-regular blog posts, so here is a lovely recommendation for the film A Lot Like Love.

About 5 years ago I was walking through Blockbuster (a place where people used to go for movie rentals before all of this "on demand"/"netflix" business) looking for a way to fill my lonely evening with something wonderful. I came across the cover for A Lot Like Love. It was Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet just being adorable. I had never heard of it, but I had to rent it!

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The movie tells the story of the relationship between Oliver (Ashton Kutcher) and Emily (Amanda Peet). They meet on an airplane ride from LA to New York and spend some time together goofing around in the big apple. After their NY fun, they go their separate ways. They could've forgotten about each other. For a while, in fact, they did, but a mix of serendipity, attraction, and curiosity brought them together time and time again over a period of seven years.

I love so much about this film. The characters are so loveable and real. Their humanity is portrayed very well through the movie through some amazing writing. This is truly my favorite type of movie to watch, because the writer (Colin Patrick Lynch) entices me with a storyline that makes it seem that  people could be out in the world living this film as their reality. I am so in love with the aesthetics of the film, as well. Every scene has visually stimulating angles, colors, and objects, making it impossible to turn away from the screen.

Five years ago, while I watched A Lot Like Love, I cracked up and I teared up. I was completely satisfied with my impromptu choice. I was hoping to watch a movie that made me feel a little bit of everything, and that is exactly what I got. Go buy it right now! I promise its worth it.