Monday Movie Meme - The Ladykillers

Amila Terzimehic stars in Relativity Media´s November Man. © 2014 No Spies, LLC. All Rights Reserved.The theme for this week’s Monday Movie Meme is focused on the most dangerous women in film: The Ladykillers.  

Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring female characters who are cold blooded murderers. These women take no prisoners regardless of whether their targets are the result of personal vendettas or professional duties.

Here are my selections for this week’s The Ladykillers

The November Man 

A female assassin goes after the sole witness to war crimes committed by a Russian president-elect; killing anyone involved or associated with the target including CIA operatives, in this spy thriller starring Amila Terzimehic and Pierce Brosnan.

Hanna

A ruthless female intelligence agents pulls out all the stops in her quest to eliminate a sixteen year-old girl, to keep some horrific secrets hidden, in this action thriller starring Cate Blanchett.

Belly 

If you’ve seen this crime drama starring Nas, DMX, then chances are you already know that the machete chick with the wild hair who swooped down out of thin air to kill a drug kingpin is the reason why I added it to my list of ladykillers.

Colombiana

Working as an assassin provides one woman with the skills to carry out a grudge against her most sought after target – the mobster who killed her parents. Actress Zoe Saldana stars in this crime drama that also made a previous Monday Movie Meme list for our Sniper on the Roof theme.

What movies have YOU watched featuring female assassins?

Monday Movie Meme – The Bug Out Stash for National Preparedness Month

A military couple load their emergency kit on their patio. FEMA/Zachary KittrieAs you may know, September is National Preparedness Month and the perfect time to take inventory of our readiness skills for dealing with emergencies. Do you have an evacuation plan? Have you practiced the plan to test its level of effectiveness? How about a 72-hour emergency kit – did you build one yet? That’s what the theme for this week’s Monday Movie Meme is all about: Bugging out.

A Bug out Bag contains all of the essentials you need, plus some additional supplies, to survive for a minimum of three days if you are forced to leave your location. So this week I invite you to join me in highlighting some film characters who packed gear that was crucial to their survival during one or more scenes. Share on your blog, or in the comments section, movies featuring people who pack survival items in their travel bags.

Here are my selections of films that fit this mold, based on the Graywolf’s sixteen plus categories of contents essential to your surviving an emergency situation.

Most Essential Survival Contents

Sam packed a bag of bread (or are they crackers? Whatever it is, the item sure makes a lot of crumbs!) for his and Frodo’s trip in "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King." This takes care of the nurishment needs for these two hobbits...until Gollum sabotages their food supply, turning best friends against each other, or rather, making Frodo get all monstrous on Sam. Case in point: Hungry people tend to get volatile quickly.

Next Most Essential Survival Contents

Danny has the weapons/security thing down when sneaking into a military tent to pack a go bag, or sorts, for his and Solomon’s trek through a war torn area in "Blood Diamond."

Additional Survival Equipment

We could argue that Aaron Ralston’s video camera was a useful and much needed comfort item in "127 Hours," yes? After all, it helped address the issue of boredom while also lifting his morale, even if only briefly, while he was trapped under that boulder in the canyon. I am sure there are better, more important types of electronics and comfort items that also weigh much less than a camera to pack in one’s Bug out Bag. However, given that this is one of the few movies that came to mind when thinking of backpacks and survival gear, “127 Hours” makes my list for the purpose of this week’s Monday Movie Meme.

What movies featuring people who packed essential survival gear would YOU add to this list?

In the last six months, how much priority did YOU place on taking steps to become better prepared for when an emergency or disaster strikes?

Monday Movie Meme – Sunflowers for Tina #LifeisGood

“Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.” - Maori Proverb

Today, the A-to-Z Team is hosting Sunflowers for Tina, a tribute of sunflowers posted in memory of our late Co-Host Tina Downey at Life is Good.

To honor her love of sunflowers, we are splashing the blogging community with photos of a sunflower that we’ve either purchased or planted to remember the woman who, in many ways, embodied the true meaning of what it means to be a great friend.

This week’s Monday Movie Meme is also centered on this tribute: Sunflowers for Tina. Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring scenes where someone offers flowers to another person.

My selections for this week’s theme are pretty slim as only a few come to mind such as the scene where Carrie smashed her bridal bouquet of roses and gardenia during a heated confrontation with Big in “Sex and the City: The Movie,” the scene where Marisa puts a bundle of lavender on Caroline’s bed in “Maid in Manhattan” and of course, the famous scene where a businessman brings roses to his, um, lady friend while professing his love for her in “Pretty Woman.” That’s all I have at the moment.

Today is the day that bloggers around the world are joining us as we brighten the internet with sunflowers the way Tina brightened the lives of so many people. You are welcome to participate by sharing this post on your social media channels or posting a photo of a sunflower on your blog or Instagram page with the hashtag #LifeisGood – right now!

What movies have YOU watched featuring people offering flowers to one another?

Besides flowers, what reminders in YOUR life convey the message that Life is Good?

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