As an NFL writer for the past ten years, Michael Oher’s remarkable story is not new to me. I was introduced via Michael Lewis’ 2006 book The Blind Side. It was a fascinating account of how the position of left tackle in the National Football League has evolved into one of its most important and highest-paying jobs. After all, the left tackle’s role is to protect the “blind side” of the highest-paid player on the team—the quarterback. The focus of the book is offensive line prodigy Michael Oher, a big, homeless ghetto kid from Memphis, taken in by a rich …read more

Sandra Bullock is playing a desperate crazy woman again.  What a surprise!  In the film, Bullock is Mary, a hardworking crossword puzzle writer who never has time for romance and ends up on a blind date with a cable news cameraman.  Of course, when she comes face-to-face with Steve (Bradley Cooper) she’s surprised about how attractive he is.
For Mary, it’s love at first sight but Steve doesn’t feel the same way so he’s more than happy when he has to take off to cover a hurricane off the coast of Texas.  He tells her that he wishes she could come …read more

Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds have paired up in The Proposal which actually looks like it could be a great romantic comedy.  She definitely has a good track record for making these types of films and we know that Reynolds can bring humor to almost any movie.  When I first heard about the casting, though, I thought she might seem too old for him (in real life, there is a 12-year difference) but it actually works.
In the movie, Bullock plays Margaret Tate, the executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company.  From the trailers, she looks like the boss from hell …read more