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Alice admires 'The Age of Adaline'

The Age of Adaline stars Blake Lively as a woman stuck in her youth after an accident.
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This week on Movie Picks, Alice reviews The Age of Adaline, starring the stylish Blake Lively, The Water Diviner, the first directing credit for Russell Crowe, and True Story, an odd movie loosely based on fact.

The Age of Adaline is classic meets sci-fi, and centers around a young widow who remains forever young after a car accident in the 1940's. Alice says the characters are all so real, despite the fantasy elements of the story. It stars Blake Lively as the title character,Michiel Huisman as her present-day love-interest, Harrison Ford, and Ellen Burstyn.

The Water Diviner is actor Russell Crowe's first venture into directing for a full-length feature. It follows an Australian farmer, played by Crowe, on a search for his sons who were lost 4 years before in the Battle of Gallipolli in Turkey. Alice said the movie was powerful, and not just because of the massive sets and amounts of extras needed for the battle recreation scenes.

True Story stars James Franco and Jonah Hill. It is loosely based on a true story. Hill plays recently-fired New York Times reporter Michael Finkel, and Franco plays Christian Longo, the accused murderer who has taken on Finkel's identity. Alice felt like Hill was miscast, but that Franco was believable. She can recommend it mostly because it's so odd a movie.

You can check out Movie Picks with Alice Reese every Friday afternoon at 4:50 and 5:50 during All Things Considered.

Alice Reese is the movie reviewer for the Greenville Herald-Banner, the Rockwall Herald-Banner, and for us at KETR.
Caitlin is from Paris, TX, and found her love of music and radio in her car rides with her dad. She has been a host on the student-run show, Lions After Dark, as well as a producer and engineer for weekend programming and sports on KETR. Currently, Caitlin is the local host of All Things Considered, and can be heard chatting with Alice Reese on the weekly "Movie Picks" program each Friday afternoon.
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