Week #4 in summary...! Miley Cyrus isn't my favourite person at the moment...

This has been a mixed bag week with no particular stand outs. But there was one film which kinda stood out...in a bad way. Find out which one it was, and the other films I watched this week, here:

• Sex and the City: The Movie (2008) The big screen version of the small screen phenomenon. And the Godmother of Chick Flicks. This is a film for the ladies. Stay tune for the review of the second film (did. we. really. need. one?) in the future. 6/10


• Green Zone (2010) One of my rare unreviewable movies...I can't say I was captivated by this guns ablazing Iraq tale starring Matt Damon. 4/10


• Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) The most charming family film, just not as magical as the first installment. But oh, the loveliness of Maggie Gyllenhaal. 6/10


• The Last Song (2010) One of the worst movies I have ever seen. Mainly because it has two of my most hated things in there: Miley Cyrus and it's a Nicholas Sparks adaption. If Greg Kinnear wasn't in there I probably wouldn't have survived. 2/10


• The Bounty Hunter (2010) Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler...actors on a downward spiral. They seemed to prove that in this movie there is no way they are going to reach the top ever again. 4/10


• Inglourious Basterds (2009) Probably the only truely great movie I have watched all week. And that was a rewatch. I forgot how much I loved Quentin Tarantino as I have been distracted by Christopher Nolan. 10/10


• The Notebook (2004) The most romantic of all movies. I don't particularly like romantic movies. This is my first and probably only conversational review, too...

I know what the worst movie is...The Last Song. However, I'd say Inglourious Basterds is my best movie of the week, but if we weren't talking rewatches, then it would have to be Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang.

Highlight of the week: Figuring out what I was going to do for my birthday...go see Inception again! And also waitressing (or eating all the food) at the local Ladies Night.

Lowlight of the week: School. Over it.

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (Nanny McPhee Returns)

I really enjoyed the first Nanny McPhee (which happens to be one of the first movies I ever rated on IMDB), and I was pretty surprised when I found out about Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang. But, as I thought it would be, the second installment is just as fun as the first, but unfortunately lacks the magic that the other one had.

Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) comes to the aid of a harried young mother, Mrs. Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Her husband is away fighting at war and she has just received couple of rich kids from the city to look after, in addition to her family. The house seems in a shambles, but with Nanny McPhee's help, everything may just go back to normal...for a little while.

This movie comes as a breath of fresh air. We are stuck in a rut where all the family movies have to be about talking animals so they don't put anything to over the top of little kids heads. Yes, this film does have some animals doing some abnormal stuff, but it isn't stupid. Aside from being extremely entertaining, it has some heart as well. Which is pretty rare, come to think of it. However, I just didn't find it as magical as the first film. I think that is because we know what Nanny is all about, so her character offers no surprises as she did before. That kinda took the great factor out of it.

I think it was pretty good that the sequel was made, and I won't go hating on it. Because I really do enjoy these types of films which remind me of my childhood. Compared to the CGI animal garbage that seems to be in every single family film coming out. And it has a great performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal, who serves as most of the films heart.

A charming movie, just not a patch on the first.

6/10