Kiwi’s Top Movies of 2009
MY TOP 13 MOVIES OF 2009
Bright Star
District 9
Up
Paper Heart
Star Trek
Invictus (minus the first 30 minutes, which are quite dull)
Zombieland
Coco Before Chanel
The Fantastic Mr Fox
Valentino: The Last Emperor
The September Issue
Whip It
Taking Woodstock
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
State of Play
The Young Victoria
It’s Complicated
The Multi-Hyphenate
Kiwi made a new video. You can see it on funnyordie.com…
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/78f42728cf/the-multi-hyphenate
THE SPLEENECTOMY
http://www.hulu.com/watch/70846/reel-moments-the-spleenectomy
THE UGLY TRUTH
THE UGLY TRUTH is going to be in a theater near you on July 24th. Here’s a link to the official website, go there and get a little sneak peak of the movie.
http://www.theuglytruth-movie.com/
EXTRA, EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT HER!
Kiwi was in the press quite a bit last year. Actually, she was in the press a lot. It was an exciting, busy year for her. When I say a lot, I mean A LOT. If you have a few hours to spare you can read/watch all the exciting things that happened to her last year right here:
Kiwi Interviewed in the New York Post…
http://blogs.nypost.com/popwrap/archives/2008/12/house_bunny_int.html#more
http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEyhkzBAygGaBF
Kiwi’s Latest Project with Anna Faris…
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia94437f59a5754cac8a1cd62fca70830
“Acted By” Interview…
http://www.actedby.com/2008/10/kicking-it-with-kiwi/
Another of Kiwi’s Producing Projects Takes Flight…
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=print_story&articleid=VR1117995267&categoryid=13
Saturday Night Magazine…
http://www.snmag.com/MAGAZINE/Destination-Success/Screenwriters-Karen-Lutz-Kirsten-Smith.html
THE HOUSE BUNNY NOW ON DVD!!
THE HOUSE BUNNY is now available on DVD. I highly suggest that you buy it. For those of you that have been living under a rock, here is the plot:
When Shelly, a Playboy bunny, is tossed out of the mansion, she has nowhere to go until she falls in with the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. The members of the sorority - who also have got to be the seven most socially clueless women on the planet - are about to lose their house. They need a dose of what only the eternally bubbly Shelley can provide… but they will each learn on their own to stop pretending to be what others want them to be and start being themselves.
Just to make things easier on you, I’m adding the link so you can purchase this gem right now.
I’m Back.
Happy New Year!
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any new news on Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith, but that’s coming to an end. I’m going to go all Sarah Palin on this blog (no, not Christian Fundamentalist) — I’m going to go rogue and get all mavericky in here.
Here’s what normally happens: Kiwi sends the updates of what she wants posted, then I do it, then she edits what I’ve done. But it’s a new year and a new Hope, so I’ll post how I want to.
WARNING: I are not always a good speler and my grammar don’t always be correct. So, enjoy the typos and the Kiwi updates.
xo
Hope
** Okay, I had Kiwi approve this blog before I posted it – She may be small and cute, but she has the ability to be quite terrifying when she wants to be.
Kiwi’s Favorite Movies of 2008.
Sex & the City
A movie about women who blame men for ruining their relationships,
only to realize that they’re responsible for their own fuck ups. A great story about dressing
up and owning up.
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Balls out funny, with a road-movie structure that never gets boring.
Hats off to screenwriters Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg for making a
kick-ass directorial debut.
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mike Leigh may be the greatest chick-flick auteur ever. He’s built a movie around a heroine that’s annoying, heroic, passionate, empathetic, curious, and not like any girl in any other movie I’ve ever seen.
The Reader
Dude! If you’re into forbidden love and subsequent heartbreak, this is it. Bring the mop, ’cause your face is gonna get soggy.
Elegy & Vicki Christina Barcelona
It’s Penelope Cruz’s year. We just live in it.
Roman de Gere
Aspiring screenwriters, take note: Claude Le Louche can spin a yarn like nobody’s business.
Australia
Maybe it’s just me, but I find watching beautiful, romantic, old-school epics with lovely performances and dazzling scope to be a somewhat pleasurable experience. Call me crazy.
Twilight - the first 35 minutes
One of my favorite depictions of teen “I love you, I hate you” courtship committed to celluloid.
In Bruges
Can Colin Farrell please make more comedies? He’s hilarious!
Definitely Maybe
Four dazzling performances by Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Banks,
Rachel Weisz and that tiny goddess called Abigail Breslin.
Stepbrothers
Not as good as Night at the Roxbury, but almost…
My Best Friend’s Girlfriend
This may be a case of rock-bottom expectations being a movie’s best friend, but this movie was kind of good! It’s a pretty bracing look at human fallacy, and boasts more conflict than any rom-com of the last few years.
The Last Mistress
Asia Argento is a dirty old whore and we love her for it!
Ghost Town
Okay, it’s not perfect, but it’s got charm. Oodles of it. Scads.
Rachel Getting Married
The first fifteen minutes made me gag, but once it dared to just settle in and just be what it is — a devastating and gorgeous home movie love letter to familial dysfuntion — I was hooked.
Frost/Nixon
I have quite a few criticisms, but all in all, I relished the
Kiwi on Vakay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW9b5a0m_Ik