Lipstick Jungle

I came across Lipstick Jungle on LoveFilm Instant and after seeing it was similar to Sex and the City (it's form the same writer) and that Kim Raver from Grey's Anatomy was one of the leads, I decided to give it ago. And while it took a while to build, and is still completely unrealistic, I can't help but find some girly guilty pleasure in it am now on season 2 (the final season). 

Not only does the gorgeous Kim Raver (middle) star, but so does Robert Buckley from One Tree Hill. And so it is rather odd flipping from Grey's, to OTH to Lipstick Jungle as the actors crossover: I often get confused who is who!

Lipstick Jungle will certainly not be everybody's cup of tea but I enjoy the female empowerment message. All three of the women are very successful in their own right and that's a great message to put out there. I also love that Wendy (Left) is an executive producer at a movie studio as that is very similar to the path I want to go down. It's a little bit of my dream on screen and it's so addictive to watch!

Perfect Sense

UK Release: 7th October 2011

Watched on Recorded TV: Wednesday 23rd January 2013

Rating: 15

Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 1hr 32mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: An odd epidemic appears across the globe: people suddenly lose one of their senses. At first, it's an outbreak of loss of smell. It's often presaged by a destructive temper tantrum. In this mix are a scientist and a chef - she's Susan, one of a team trying to understand the epidemic; he's Michael, charming and engaging. Susan and Michael begin a relationship in the middle of increasing chaos, as the loss of other senses plagues more people and as civil authorities try to maintain order. Susan's voice-over reflections provide insight. Is love possible in such a changed world? Can anything make perfect sense?

The Town

UK Release: 24th September 2010

Watched on LoveFilm Instant: Wednesday 27th March 2013

Rating: 15

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 2hrs 5mins

Plot Synopsis: The Charlestown neighbourhood of Boston is renowned for churning out a high number of armed robbers, generation after generation.  Such robbers include friends Doug MacRay (Affleck), James Coughlin (Renner) who treat each other like family since Doug's mother ran off and Doug's father, Stephen MacRay, was sent to prison. 

With no real attachments, Doug has never had to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang's latest job, when they briefly took bank manager Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall) hostage, before releasing her unharmed.

Claire is nervously aware that the robbers know her name... and where she lives. But she lets her guard down when she meets an unassuming and rather charming man named Doug... not realising that he is the same man who only days earlier had terrorised her. The instant attraction between them gradually turns into a passionate romance that threatens to take them both down a dangerous, and potentially deadly, path.

The Kids Are All Right

UK Release: 29th October 2010

Watched on LoveFilm Instant: Sunday 13th January 2013

Rating: 15

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 1hr 46mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their father into their family life.

Taylor Swift - 22

TUNE OF THE DAY #82

I've really got into Taylor Swift's stuff recently and while I loved Trouble, 22 is one heck of a fun, up-beat song that's been putting a smile on my face! It's just a simple, fun pop song and definitely been a guilty pleasure this week!

Analyze This

UK Release: 24th September 1999

Watched on DVD: Wednesday 9th January 2013

Rating: 15

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Runtime: 1hr 43mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number one-patient is an insecure mob boss.

Across The Universe

UK Release: 28th September 2007

Watched on LoveFilm Instant: Sunday 6th January 2013

Rating: 12

Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance

Runtime: 2hrs 13mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.

Life as We Know It

UK Release: 8th October 2010

Watched on DVD: Friday 4th January 2013

Rating: 12A

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Runtime: 1hr 54mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: Holly and Eric were set up on a blind date by their friends, Peter and Allison who are married. After Peter and Allison are killed in an accident, they learn that they have been named as the guardians to Peter and Allison's daughter, Sophie. So they move into their house and try their best to honor their friends' wishes. But raising a child puts a crimp on their style and they don't exactly get along...

The Woman In Black

UK Release: 10th February 2012

Watched on DVD: Thursday 3rd January 2013

Rating: 12A

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Runtime: 1hr 35mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorising the locals.

It's a Boy Girl Thing

UK Release: 26th December 2006

Watched on LoveFilm Instant: Wednesday 2nd January 2013

Rating: 12A

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Runtime: 1hr 35mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: The next door neighbors Nell Bedworth and Woody Deane have opposite behaviours and hate each other: the virgin geek Nell is polite, sensitive and well-prepared to go to Yale, while Woody is rude and his greatest expectation is to join a mediocre university due to his abilities playing football. When Nell and Woody are assigned to visit a museum together, they argue in front of a statue of an Aztec god. During the night, their souls swap bodies, bringing difficult situations to them. They first try to damage each others reputation in high school, but soon they discover that their dream of joining college can only happen with mutual respect and support.

Disturbing Behaviour

UK Release: 13th August 1999

Watched on DVD: Tuesday 1st January 2013

Rating: 15

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 1hr 24mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: The new kid in town stumbles across something sinister about the town's method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens.

Me Without You

UK Release: 23rd November 2001

Watched on DVD: Tuesday 1st January 2013

Rating: 15

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 1hr 47mins 

IMDb Plot Synopsis: Growing up in the 1970s on the Isle of Wight, Holly and Marina make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For the troubled, unpredictable Marina, with her seemingly glamorous father and her Valium-addicted mother, Holly stays the only constant in a life of divorcing parents, experimental drugs and fashionable self-destruction. Meanwhile, Holly buries herself in books out of feelings of frustration with her over-protective mother and a nagging insecurity around her beautiful and possessive best friend. She holds just one secret from Marina, her increasing passion for Marina's brother Nat. As the years roll by, the girls experience everything life has to offer, sex, love, loss and rock 'n roll. But eventually for Holly, a friendship which has never been equal gradually begins to feel like a trap.

50/50

UK Release: 25th November 2011

Watched on DVD: Monday 31st December 2012

Rating: 15

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 1hr 40mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: Adam is a 27 year old writer of radio programs and is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. With the help of his best friend, his mother, and a young therapist at the cancer center, Adam learns what and who the most important things in his life are.

Life of Pi

Watched in the Cinema: Sunday 10th March 2013

Rating: PG

Genre: Adventure, Drama

Runtime: 2hrs 7mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Damsels in Distress

UK Release: 27th April 2012

Watched on LoveFilm Instant: Sunday 23rd December 2012

Rating: 15

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Runtime: 1hr 39mins

IMDb Plot Synopsis: Violet and her two cohorts attempt to help their "less-fortunate" students at Seven Oaks College - primarily by running a Suicide Prevention Centre and offering their off-beat advice whenever they get a chance. Violet's newest rescue is transfer student, Lily, and Violet wants to teach her how to talk and dress properly, and how to select appropriate men to be interested in. Along their way in helping everybody at the college, the damsels teach the fraternity doofi to hit the books, they get their hearts broken, but then attempt to start an international dance craze.

Magic Mike

UK Release: 11th July 2012

Watched on DVD: Wednesday 26th December 2012

Rating: 15

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 1hr 50mins

January/February 2013: Top 20 (Part 2)

I've got into a lot of rap music at the moment so there's a lot of that in my top 10 as well as some what of a guilty pleasure at number 2 which I've had on repeat blasting in my car! I've never really liked Taylor Swift until recently and this song is definitely one of her catchiest! See you next month...

10. Frank Ocean - Super Rich Kids

too many joy rides in daddy's jaguar, too many white lies and white lines

January/February 2013: Top 20 (Part 1)

Welcome back to Top 20, the first of 2013! I had been taking a break from new music for a while and instead was looking back or catching up on artists such as M.I.A. who I have recently fallen in love with! So this top 20 is a little different than normal as it is a kind of a compilation of the soundtrack of my life for the past couple of months...

20. Rihanna (feat. Mikky Ekko) - Stay

not really sure how to feel about it, something in the way you move

The Fray - You Found Me

TUNE OF THE DAY # 81

I'm not sure if I've mentioned it here on Enthralled but for the past few months I've been addicted to lots of new TV shows, most prominent of which is One Tree Hill. I'm currently on season 6 and it's definitely become one of my all-time favourites - I can't get enough of it! Today's Tune of the Day is of a song featured on the show that has reminded me how much I loved it back in the day! It's definitely one of those ballads you can't help but belt along with! 
Enjoy...