Search

Search only in certain items:

The Sound Of Music  by Julie Andrews
The Sound Of Music by Julie Andrews
1965 | Pop
Full of powerful music and characters (0 more)
wonderful film
A great film for its time Julie Andrews was amazing.
  
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Poppins (1964)
1964 | Classics, Comedy, Family
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke (0 more)
One of my childhood favorites that has withstood the test of time. This film captures the magic of childhood and is so much fun to experience. Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke do an incredible job with these characters and are mesmerizing performers. While the film and book are completely different, the movie is a delight and still one of my all-time favorites.
  
40x40

Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Julie's Greenroom in TV

Oct 18, 2017  
Video

Julie's Greenroom | Official Trailer | Netflix

The legendary Julie Andrews together with special guests stars teaches her new students, the greenies, all about the performing arts in her new show Julie's Greenroom.

  
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Sound of Music (1965)
1965 | Classics, Drama, Family

"What was the other one I always watch when it’s on? Oh, this is dorky… This says everything about who I am: The Sound of Music. It’s just my favorite movie musical, and, I mean, it’s the reason I wanted to become a singer and an actress, was because of Julie Andrews and the Von Trapps. That kind of pretty much explains who I am, which is one big fat dichotomy."

Source
  
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
2018 | Family
Feel good musical in the spirit of the original (0 more)
Can't think of anything! (0 more)
Mary Poppins Returns (with a bang!)
Went with my husband and (nearly 20 year old) daughter, the main draw for her was Lin-Manuel Miranda (she is a big "Hamilton" fan), but the original with Julie Andrews was also a favourite growing up. What can I say? It was lively, engaging, amusing and had clever graphics and spectacular musical numbers in the spirit of the original film. Would definitely watch this again, Emily Blunt was really good. And it had Julie Walters. And Meryl Streep!! What more can you ask for?
  
The Princess Diaries (2001)
The Princess Diaries (2001)
2001 | Comedy, Drama, Family
Good cast (0 more)
You shall go to the ball
An old film I never got round to watching. Anne Hathaway's first major film role. It's a fairly simple tale along the lines of Cinderella, and class change. From the director of @Pretty Woman (1990) it's also similar to @Miss Congeniality (2000) released the year before. A shy nerdy girl discovers she is a Princess and is schooled by Disney Royalty Julie Andrews. Ok for a family film if not that original.
  
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Poppins (1964)
1964 | Classics, Comedy, Family
A timeless classic!
I hate to admit I had never seen the original Mary Poppins until today. I really loved it.

While not made for a 47-year-old man, I found plenty to enjoy including some songs I already knew and some new ones I had never seen before. I like musicals, but am still sort of a novice at them having not seen some of the classics.

The story is a simple one; however, that does not mean it is not entertaining. I really liked it a lot.

Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke were amazing.

  
40x40

Amy Curtis (49 KP) Dec 31, 2018

Have you seen the new one yet Andy? I've not got around to going to the cinema as of yet...

40x40

Andy K (10821 KP) Dec 31, 2018

Hi @Amy Curtis ! No I haven't. I don't get to the theatre too much and the reviews were just mediocre so I'll probably wait and watch at home.

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
2018 | Family
It's arguable that Disney take a big risk in making a sequel to one of their most beloved movies (and the one that Walt Disney himself saw as their pinnacle), decades after the original, and with a different actor (Emily Blunt) taking on the role most associated with Julie Andrews.

And, while it's enjoyable enough, this doesn't really hold a candle to that original, despite Emily Blunt giving it her all (and, from what I remember, portraying a somewhat 'softer' Mary Poppins).

The structure is pretty similar to the first film, complete with a last-minute rush to the bank, with the film again focusing on the Banks family: the 2 children from the original now grown up, with worries and a family of their own providing the McGuffin that gets Mary Poppins to return.
  
40x40

Megan Mullally recommended Mary Poppins (1964) in Movies (curated)

 
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Poppins (1964)
1964 | Classics, Comedy, Family

"I’m gonna have to say Mary Poppins. I’m really gonna say it. If it was on right now, I would hang up on you and start watching it. There’s no way I could ever not watch it if it was on, so I think that’s a sign of it being one of your top five. It’s so… merry. You can’t watch that and not feel good, and I love Glynis Johns, the woman who plays the mother, and I love Julie Andrews. I mean, when it was windy in Oklahoma City when I was a kid, I used to get my umbrella and go out and try to fly. I think I actually did a few times, but don’t tell anybody. Just the magic of it all. I love it."

Source
  
40x40

Lucy Liu recommended The Godfather (1972) in Movies (curated)

 
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
1972 | Crime, Drama

"Then I have, well, I have two movies: Godfather one and two. An incredibly absorbing story that unravels and captures a time that really existed in New York. It just draws you in and just keeps you. There are moments in that that you can’t believe. You watch it and you go, “Oh, right” and then you hear the dialogue and then you realize that this is an incredibly famous quote. [Laughs] It’s all-time, basically. A side one that I love, just ’cause I grew up watching it, and it happened to air around my birthday in December, was The Sound of Music. It reminds me very much of my childhood, that kind of hopeful, contagious optimism that Julie Andrews had — and also set in the backdrop of war. But that’s more of a childhood thing. Then there’s Drunken Master, but for different reasons, and different entertainment values, you know? It’s hard. There’s a list a mile long. In very small font. But asked to narrow it down, I will narrow it down to those movies right now. [Laughs]"

Source