Thor

Holy Marvel Comics Batman! The Marvel Universe is blowing up on screen! Enter the Thor movie! It will be directed by Kenneth Branagh (remember him from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing?) This should be interesting. I, however, am totally down with this kind of movie fare, so you know I’ll be watching it! Even the Norse gods want a piece of Hollywood!

~P.S~ Batman is not in the Marvel Universe. He is in the DC Universe. I bet you guys didn’t know I knew that!

~P.P.S.~ I think Alexander Skarsgard would have rocked in this role.

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth is set to play the title role. I’ll give him a chance. Look how much we love Andy Whitfield as Spartacus. Andy Whitfield is Spartacus. Maybe Chris Hemsworth will go down in Pop Culture history as the Thor. Who knows? What do you think about casting fresh faces in big lead roles? (Ok, maybe Chris Hemsworth is familiar. He did play James T. Kirk’s dad in last year’s Star Trek afterall. And do you notice all these severely fresh actors from Australia all of a sudden? I don’t know about you, but I’m definitely diggin’ it! Love that accent!)

I Recommend It!

This week it’s a double whammy! The Youngling recommends How To Train Your Dragon the movie and the books! She really liked them both. The movie was really engaging, funny and heartwarming. It really captured my Youngling’s imagination. Ever since she saw the movie, she can’t stop drawing, painting and pretending to be a “baby” dragon. Her favorite dragon was of course Toothless, the Night Fury.

The I Can Read series of books from Harper are great for kids. My Youngling was very eager to get the book after seeing the movie.

She gives both the big thumbs up!

The Tale of Despereaux_Amazon.com

There is more Universal movie magic coming your way for the holiday season. The Tale of Despereaux is out in theaters tomorrow,featuring the talented vocal stylings of Emma Watson of Harry Potter fame, and the low pro Mr. Parker himself, Matthew Broderick ( we love him in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ). This is a classic, well loved children’s story come to life, just another example of literature leaping to the silver screen. I wonder if it will be great? Will you take your youngling to see it? I probably will.