War Horse

From director Steven Spielberg comes War Horse.  Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man's Land.

This was a really great, emotional ride of a movie. It sounds ridiculous to say this – but the horse (Joey) performed so well that you pretty much find yourself rooting and caring for him from beginning to end. Honestly, I cared more about the horse than the humans. There was a scene in here with the horse in such physical peril that I thought I was going to puke and could barely watch. Any animal lover will identify with this story and love it as much as I did. If you don’t – you have no heart!!!

I would definitely recommend people checking this out. I was beyond pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it from beginning to end.

We Bought A Zoo

Cameron Crowe directs this true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory.

This was a fun movie. Granted, it was the definition of heartstring pulling, but I expected that going in and was able to enjoy it. The dynamics between the dad and the two kids were very realistic and you find yourself caring about their journey enough to be okay with the purposeful emotional punches. 

I would recommend people checking this out. It’s actually a really good, non-animated family movie at the best time of year for something like that.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

This is not just another mission.  The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization's name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.

This was a very entertaining popcorn movie.  Lots of action.  Lots of build up.  Fun characters.  Cool technology.  There really isn't too much to go in to detail here.  The movie's goal was to entertain and I was pretty much entertained from beginning to end even though I find Tom Cruise pretty annoying.  Mission accomplished . . . . . . pun intended.

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.  Movies like this are why action movies were started.  Its just a fun ride.

The Darkest Hour

The Darkest Hour is the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack.

Holy giant turd!!!  This started out like a somewhat decent alien attack type movie with one cool effect.  I repeat - ONE - cool effect.  It was somewhat watchable.  However, about halfway through instead of just having the people get killed off one by one as they try to find an escape, they decided to add new characters as the movie went along.  Words do no justice to how more off the wall these people got.  First there was a Russian girl whose only point in the movie was to be angry when she was called a kid.  Then there was the mad scientist who somehow during the five days that had past since the alien invasion managed to turn his apartment into a farraday coge surrounding it with metal wiring and what not and created a microwave gun that looked a hell of a lot like the guns from Ghostbusters.  After those guys they ran in to the metal shielded army led by General Key Vest.  No joke - it was all keys.  This guy had a vest that was pretty much made of 7,000 keys.  That's like extreme janitoring.  The movie just downward spiralled in to a giant mess that the only source of enjoyment was making fun of how bad it was.

I wouldn't recommend even someone I hate seeing this.  It's absolutely horrible.  Unless you love the new Key Vest style from Russia.  Then it's awesome.

Alvin & The Chipmunks - Chipwrecked

The vacationing Chipmunks and Chipettes are turning a luxury cruise liner into their personal playground, until they become 'chipwrecked' on a remote island. As the 'Munks and Chipettes try various schemes to find their way home, they accidentally discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.

Not going to sugarcoat this.  It was pretty painful to sit through this movie.  At this point it's nothing more than a chipmunk voiced showing of Glee where the only goal is to sell soundtracks along with taking parents' money at the theater.  The only positive thing that I can say is that the movie is super short.  Outside of that - it was pretty much poop.  Don't get me wrong - littler kids will love it but not the adults stuck taking them.

If you have little kids - you really don't have a choice in the matter.  However, I really wouldn't recommend anyone bothering their time with this movie.

The Sitter

The irreverent comedy follows a college student, suspended for the semester and living back at home with his single mom, who has a night to remember when he gets talked into baby-sitting the eccentric kids next door -- two boys and a wild 8-year-old girl.

This movie is essentially Adventures In Babysitting with a guy babysitter.  The movie was super short and there were more than enough laughs to keep me entertained although I've never been a really big fan of Jonah Hill.  The silly thing with this movie is that they could have toned down or cut 1-2 scenes and this would have been a PG-13 movie and probably much more successful. 

I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this out.  It's not a must see but it is kind of funny.  And you don't feel like you are wasting your time because of the hour and 20 minute run time.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first film in Columbia Pictures' three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson's literary blockbuster "The Millennium Trilogy." Directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, the film is based on the first novel in the trilogy, which altogether have sold 50 million copies in 46 countries and become a worldwide phenomenon.

This was one of the movies I was looking forward to more than any other this year.  I read all three books and loved them.  As if that wasn't exciting enough - David Fincher was directing it.  Him and Christopher Nolan's are pretty much the two golden Gods of filmmaking right now.  This movie did not disappoint.  Fincher did a great job of translating the movie to the screen.  He managed to play out the investigative part of the movie in an intriguing fashion while still putting maximum effort in to developing one of the most tortured characters I've ever read or seen in film.  Lisbeth Salander is one of my favorite characters ever.  She is such a dysfunctional badass and it was just as painful watching her plight as it was reading it.  You can't help but root for her even though she is not the type of person that you would be rooting for on sight.  The story ultimately becomes all about her and this movie was tough at many points to watch because Fincher really didn't hold back too much. 

I loved this movie and would fully recommend it to everyone.  I also very much so recommend the books.  You don't have to read the books to be able to enjoy the movie because Fincher is amazing at what he does, but it definitely makes it more enjoyable.  Side note - this movie is a super strong R movie.  There are 3-4 scenes of intense uncomfortability.  Ye have been warned.

The Adventures Of TinTin

The Adventures of Tintin is directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish. Starring Jamie Bell as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig   as the nefarious Red Rackham.

This was an enjoyable movie but it was like an animated version of Indiana Jones on speed. There was so much ups and downs and the pacing was way too fast. If this were paced a little better with some more downtime it would have been much better. It's a shame because the animation and action were great but it was like a script with a.d.d.

I would lukewarmly recommend people seeing this. It's not a must see and could have been much better, but you could do worse.

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve  celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in the intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.

This was literally the same thing as the movie Valentine's Day from a couple years ago. Most of the cast is the same too. It's a bunch of seperate somewhat interesting stories that culminate together on the titled holiday.

I would lukewarmly recommend this movie. It's not great. It's not bad. It's just sort of there. Watchable but not a must see by any means.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) has always been the smartest man in the room... until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) and not only is he Holmes' intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead, the evidence, as construed by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), points to suicide. But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been the victim of murder, a murder that is only one piece of a larger and much more portentous puzzle, designed by Professor Moriarty. The cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead of Holmes as he spins a web of death and destruction, all part of a greater plan that, if he succeeds, will change the course of history.

I really enjoyed this movie. I think I liked it even more than the first one. Downey Jr was great again with all his silly quirks but then amazing fighting. Jude Law played perfectly off of him again. I thought the Dr Moriarity villain was great and the movie was perfectly paced.

I would definitely recommend everyone checking this out. It's a very fun and enjoyable ride that won't disappoint.

J. Edgar

J. Edgar explores the public and private life of one of the most powerful, controversial and enigmatic figures of the 20th century. As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover (DiCaprio) was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

The first thing I have to say is that the makeup job on older J Edgar and company is one of the worst I've ever seen. It looked so fake. Very lame. That being said, this was a pretty decent movie. Good performances by the whole cast and there was really good back and forth between past and present and through lots of historical cases. One thing I absolutely am not is a history buff so at no point was I wrapped up in the accuracy of any of it. I just enjoyed watching this very complex character work through his sexuality, obsessiveness and awkwardness.

I would recommend people checking this out. Again, I'm not sure how much history buffs might be bothered by its accuracy levels but I enjoyed it enough to watch the whole thing. 

Arthur Christmas

Set on Christmas  night, the story of Arthur Christmas at last reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' The answer: Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the heart of the film is a story with the ingredients of a Christmas classic - a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur, with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.

This movie decided to push the whole dysfunctional family bit using the Claus family this time.  Apparantly they are a bunch of selfish, thick headed men who are really the opposite of "Christmas spirit" except for the youngest son Arthur who is a textbook clutz.  All the grandfather cares about it showing the oldest son and heir apparant Steve that he is right.  Steve just wants to be named Santa because he knows everything and Santa is portrayed as a lazy one that just wants to sleep after not really doing anything.  It was all a little too much waa-waa for me.  The elves were cool and provided most of the funny lines, but that was really about it.

I wouldn't really recommend anyone rushing to see this.  It's not horrible.  It's somewhat watchable but there has to be better movies you could see or just pop in a much better Holiday movie.

Hugo

Hugo tells the story of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. With the help of an eccentric girl, he searches for the answer to a mystery linking the father he recently lost, the ill-tempered toy shop owner living below him and a heart shaped lock, seemingly without a key.

This is a tough one to review.  I felt myself wanting to like it throughout out because the movie was awesome visually with all the inner gear workings of the clocks, the cinematography was great and I really liked how they took us in to this train station and built a whole world of intriguing characters within its walls.  I stayed very intrigued to these characters for over an hour before I started wondering where this movie was going.  Then I played the game of checking to see how much longer there was and getting more and more disenchanted by how it wasn't really going anywhere and there was no actual storyline.  The movie was about 2 hours long - MUCH longer than it needed to be and it ended up being really artsy fartsy. 

I wouldn't recommed anyone bothering with this movie.  It started off really good and had a ton of potential but ultimately ended up going nowhere.

The Muppets

On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theatre and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate.

There is no movie that I was looking forward to this year more than this movie.  I have been a lifelong Muppets fan.  It was baffling to me how they have been just kind of back there on the backburner for so many years.  There have been a bazillion remakes, relaunches, etc over the last several years and I couldn't understand how this was left alone - especially with Disney having the rights to it.  God bless, Jason Segel for bringing them back to the forefront of entertainment where they belong.  All the spoof trailers and posters leading up to the movie were textbook Muppets and what I grew to love as a child.  The movie capitalized on that even more because they were mocking their loss of popularity throughout with an ending that explained the exact joyfulness that I - and any other true fan of them for the last 25-30 years will - felt watching this on the big screen again.  Hopefully they can get back to churning out movies or television specials again like they used to. 

I couldn't recommend this movie more if I tried.  Its an absolute joy for adults and children alike and is so long overdue.  I had super high expectations and the movie completely met them.  Get out there and welcome the Muppets back, people!

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

The new Harold & Kumar comedy picks up six years after the duo's last adventure. After years of growing apart, Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempt to redirect it to Harold's house ends with the "high grade" content and Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree going up in smoke. With his in-laws out of the house for the day, Harold decides to cover his tracks, rather than come clean. Reluctantly embarking on another ill-advised journey with Kumar through New York City, their search for the perfect replacement tree almost blows Christmas Eve sky high.

I tried.  I did.  I had zero interest in seeing this movie.  How is this a franchise at this point?  It was a couple of laughs one trick pony that got a sequel that was garbage.  Now there is a third one that on top of the one trick pony joke of getting high - it wants to be a spoof on 3D now too.  I made it literally 15 minutes in and just couldn't be bothered anymore.  There are so many other things I could do with my time. 

I wouldn't recommend anyone wasting their time with this.  Not even the 15 minutes I did.  This is just plain lame.

Breaking Dawn - Part 1

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.

They don't even bother giving these movies legit plot summaries anymore.  Basically, there isn't one.  This is literally a "you read the book so you are going to see the movie" franchise.  This one was really nothing more than a three scene set up for the second part.  They get married.  They go on a honeymoon.  She has a baby.  That's it.  Seriously.  I was pretty bored by this one.  Definitely more so than the previous three installments.  But none of that matters because if you love the story - you love the movie.  If you don't - then you don't.

Like I said - my recommendation really doesn't matter whatsoever.  You either live for this "story" or you have no interest whatsoever.  I felt like it was just a set up but Part 2 really won't make much sense without this three scened movie.

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two  returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica. Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son Erik is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven - a penguin who can fly!! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model. But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces. Erik learns of his father's 'guts and grit' as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures - from tiny Krill to giant Elephant Seals - to put things right.

I think I might have liked this more than the first one. The first one was enjoyable only because of the music. The cuteness factor fizzled out after a while. This one didn't rely on the cuteness as much. The story was good, the music was great and the traveling through all different characters was awesome. I think that was what made the movie more enjoyable. And the two krill recurring throughout like Scrat in the Ice Age movies were also very funny.

I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It has great music, big laughs and very entertaining for both kids and adults.

Jack And Jill

Jack and Jill is a comedy focusing on Jack Sadelstein (Adam Sandler), a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill (also Adam Sandler). Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down. Katie Holmes plays Erin, Jack's wife.

This was one of the most utterly pointless and stupid movies I've ever seen. It's basically just another Adam Sandler movie with all the usual stupidity and two Adams in it. The fact that Al Pacino was in this was beyond baffling. It's not that the movie didn't have laughs. There were a couple, but this is pretty much a big waste of time.

I wouldn't really recommend anyone wasting their time with this movie. There are much better options out there and this is definitely one of Sandler's lamer offerings.

Like Crazy

 A love story is both a physical and emotional tale, one that can be deeply personal and heartbreaking for an audience to experience. Like Crazy illustrates how your first real love is as thrilling and blissful as it is devastating. When a British college student (Felicity Jones) falls for her American classmate (Anton Yelchin) they embark on a passionate and life-changing journey only to be separated when she violates the terms of her visa. Like Crazy explores how a couple faces the real challenges of being together and of being apart.

Another artsy snoozefest.  This one is one of those "raw emotion" movies about longing lovers.  I didn't care about the characters whatsoever.  Didn't care what ended up happening to them.  I could see artsy fartsy fans loving the range of emotions on the characters.  I didn't. 

I obviously wouldn't recommend people checking this one out.  Again - my level of boredom might not be shared by all so if you were interested in seeing this - perhaps you should not heed my review here.  It was a giant nap though.

A Dangerous Method

On the eve of World War I, Zurich and Vienna are the setting for a dark tale of sexual and intellectual discovery. Drawn from true-life events, A Dangerous Method takes a glimpse into the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein, the troubled but beautiful young woman who comes between them. Into the mix comes Otto Gross, a debauched patient who is determined to push the boundaries. In this exploration of sensuality, ambition and deceit set the scene for the pivotal moment when Jung, Freud and Sabina come together and split apart, forever changing the face of modern thought.

This is another one of those artsy character pieces.  I get that Kiera Knightley was technically putting forth a great performance with her psychosis and what not, but it annoyed the living hell out of me and I could barely watch.  And even though I'm becoming a huge Michael Fassbender fan - this movie was just too boring and annoying to finish.  Pulled the plug about halfway through.

I obviously wouldn't recommend the movie because I was too annoyed/bored.  I do realize that they were actually pretty good performances and my level of boredom and annoyance might not be shared by all.  If you are into autobiographical movies like this - you will probably enjoy this a lot more than I did.

Immortals

The brutal and bloodthirsty King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) and his murderous Heraklion army are rampaging across Greece in search of the long lost Bow of Epirus. With the invincible Bow, the king will be able to overthrow the Gods of Olympus and become the undisputed master of his world. With ruthless efficiency, Hyperion and his legions destroy everything in their wake, and it seems nothing will stop the evil king's mission. As village after village is obliterated, a stonemason named Theseus (Henry Cavill) vows to avenge the death of his mother in one of Hyperion's raids. When Theseus meets the Sybelline Oracle, Phaedra (Freida Pinto), her disturbing visions of the young man's future convince her that he is the key to stopping the destruction. With her help, Theseus assembles a small band of followers and embraces his destiny in a final desperate battle for the future of humanity.

This is another one of those wannabe 300 movies.  It had that same visual flair as 300 and the other attempts at something like it.  This one is probably the closest to 300 because it actually had a story not just a bunch of buff dudes running around and lots of gore.  I was one of the people that thought 300 was amazing visually but not as totally awesome as many others did.  I feel pretty much the same way about this one.  I guess I'm just not in to the whole Greek Gods thing enough to really get in to the story. 

I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this out.  But that is based on my lessened level of interest in the subject matter.  I have no doubt that those of you that liked 300 will be sure to like Immortals as well.

Tower Heist

Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead an all-star cast in "Tower Heist," a comedy caper about working stiffs who seek revenge on the Wall Street swindler who stiffed them. After the workers at a luxury Central Park condominium discover the penthouse billionaire has stolen their retirement, they plot the ultimate revenge: a heist to reclaim what he took from them.

This is another one of those you see the trailer - you see the movie type deals.  There were no great laughs or scenes that were you didn't see already.  There was no real big twists that you didn't see already or weren't telegraphed long in advance.  The movie wasn't horrible.  It was somewhat watchable but really ended up just kind of being there.

I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this out.  It's not really worth the time or money and you might be better just waiting to watch this one at home.

11-11-11

• After the tragic death of his wife and child, famed American author Joseph Crone travels from the United States to Barcelona, Spain to reunite with his enstranged brother Samuel and dying father, Richard. However, fate has a different plan for Joseph as his life becomes plagued with strange happenings, and the constant sightings of the number 11. Curiosity quickly turns to obsession, and Joseph soon realizes that this number holds a horrific meaning not only to himself but possibly to all of religion. Isolated in a foreign country with only the support of his companion, Sadie, Joseph soon realizes that 11/11/11 is more than just a date, it's a WARNING!


• This movie didn't really have any legitamite actors in it. The only guys I recognized played a cop in Final Destination 2. I'm not sure if this is going to be one of those same release in theaters and at home or not but it felt like one of those. Regardless, the movie was surprisingly good for a while. Lots of cheesy scary movie jumps. No excessive gore or anything like that and they kept you pretty interested in how it was progressing. I don't want to say that the ending ruined it but it did get a little over the top with the "spirits/creatures" and I was felt like they kind of lost me although the twist ending brought me back somewhat.


• I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this out. Its not a must see by any means but it was short enough and watchable enough for me.

The Rum Diary

• Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp). Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, The San Juan Star, run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins). Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancée of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy. When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmen's financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down.


• This was an up and down movie and honestly if it wasn't for Johnny Depp, I probably would have pulled the plug due to total loss of interest. The movie would drag for a while and then pick up in both laughs and tempo and then go back to blah. It did this like 3 or 4 times and it wasn't nearly as trippy (a la Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas) as I had expected. Regardless, I will pretty much watch anything with Johnny Depp and his facial expressions/delivery. That held up this movie for me but I was honestly kind of disappointed.


• I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this one out. It's not a must see and those just wanting to see Depp will be bored by the story while those who are going for the story will probably leave having expected more.

In Time

• In a future where time is literally money, and aging stops at 25, the only way to stay alive is to earn, steal, or inherit more time. Will Salas lives life a minute at a time, until a windfall of time gives him access to the world of the wealthy, where he teams up with a beautiful young heiress to destroy the corrupt system.


• Rules of a great sci-fi movie . . . . . 1 - Make believe that the alternate world could be true. Check. 2 - Have a philosophical theme that could be applied to our actual world. Check. 3 - Have characters that are developed enough that I care about them and/or root for them. Check. I loved this movie because of the above three factors. It was a great ride. It was a smart ride. And even though it was a sci-fi movie the underlying philosophy of the rich being more important than the expendable poor was a great kick to the face of those of us watching whether you be rich or poor. And I really hate to admit this but I guess that I now like Justin Timberlake. I really didn't want to. Damn him. But he plays a great "hero" in this movie about hope and living each day like it's your last.


• I strongly recommend everyone checking this out. It's a fun, fast, sci-fi movie and one of my favorites of the year.

Puss In Boots

• Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss In Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots.


• This movie was decent. It was definitely watchable but it also could have been better. You can kind of tell that this was intended as a direct to DVD movie that was tweeked a little for a big screen release. There were some good laughs (especially the Oooooooooh cat in the background 3 or 4 times) but not enough of the humor that was in the Shrek movies that I was kind of hoping for. Can you sense yet how middle of the road I am on this movie?


• I would lukewarmly recommend checking this movie out. It's not a must see by any means but there are enough laughs to make it watchable and you could do much worse.

Paranormal Activity 3

• The third film is being envisioned as an origin story set in the 1980s that will detail how the "activity" began.


• I'm a huge fan of these movies. The first two scared the hell out of me and I was shocked at how good the continuity was from the first to the second and that it wasn't just another ghost story but instead an evolving story. Now comes this third one that is a prequel of what happened to the sister from 1 and the sister from 2 when they were kids that led to those two movies. This movie was not as creepy and psychological as the first two. The first two legitimately made me lose sleep. This one was by far the scariest of the three though. There were a LOT more scenes that make you jump. As opposed to the first two where it was just tension build up to the last holy $hit 10-15 minutes, this one had moments like that throughout and then the crazy holy $hit last 15 minutes. The use of a rotating camera by hooking it up to an oscillating fan made those scenes beyond unnerving to watch. And once again the overall story evolving was great.


• I loved this movie. I have loved all three of them. I am extremely grateful though that this one had more of a less psychological fear installation because I was able to sleep last night. Scary as hell but not as scarring.

The Son Of No One

• A young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.


• This will probably go down in history as one of the strangest cast lists of all time. You have no talent (Channing Tatum/Katie Holmes), comedic talent only (Tracy Morgan), artsy talent only (Juliette Binoche) and major actors (Ray Liotta and Al Pacino). It was just downright strange watching all of them on screen together. And the really unfortunate thing is that the lack of legit actors throughout the cast kind of held the movie back. The story was great and there was a good back and forth between past and present thoughout the movie. However, Channing Tatum and Katie Holmes as the "emotional" leads were just as painful as you would expect. And I will be the first to admit that there are single parts of movies that can annoy the living hell out of me and I can't let go of them. Ray Liotta plays Channing Tatum's police captain. He also places threatening calls to Tatum and Holmes and they don't know who it is in the movie. The voice is blatantly Ray Liotta's voice on the phone. No effort to cover it up at all. I could not stop ranting about this the whole movie.


• I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this out. Again, it's a decent/short story but the acting kind of poo poos all over it.

Margin Call

• Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, Margin Call is a thriller entangling the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When entry-level analyst Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.


• This was one hell of a cast for a limited release/simultaneous medium release (the movie hit theaters/dvd/home cable at the same time). Every time a new actor would come in, I was like whaaaaaaaaaat? The movie takes place overnight in some kind of an analytical firm with a bunch of people talking about what to do about this major issue that was found. They all talk around what the thing actually is. Honestly, the movie is a whole lot of nothing but talking. Normally that would annoy the hell out of me but with this cast, I was intrigued enough to keep watching.


• I would lukewarmly reccommend people checking this out. It's not a must see and it's a whole lot of talky talky. The star power does make it watchable though.

Trespass

• In a private, wealthy community, priority is placed on security and no exception is made for the Miller family's estate. Behind their pristine walls and manicured gardens, Kyle (Nicolas Cage), a fast-talking businessman, has entrusted the mansion's renovation to his stunning wife, Sarah (Nicole Kidman). But between making those big decisions and keeping tabs on their defiant teenage daughter (Liana Liberato), Sarah often finds herself distracted by a young, handsome worker (Cam Gigandet) at their home. Nothing is what it seems, and it will take a group of cold-blooded criminals led by Elias (Ben Mendelsohn), who have been planning a vicious home invasion for months, to bring the Miller family together. When they storm the manor, everyone is tangled up in betrayal, deception, temptation and scheming. Kyle, Sarah and Avery will take the ultimate risk to make it out with their lives – and their family – intact.


• This is another one of those in theaters and at home movie releases. Unlike Margin Call, this one has stars in it but is total poop. Nicolas Cage is just as horrible as he has alwasy been and how far has Nicole Kidman's screen credibility fallen!?! This movie is basically a 10-15 minute scene dragged out for 90 minutes. The home invasion happens like 15 minutes in to the movie and then it's just a bunch of back and forth yelling between the criminals and the homeowners. I didn't even bother watching how it turned out because there were so many other things I could be doing.


• I wouldn't recommend anyone watching this. Not at theaters. Not at home. Not with a fox. Not in box. Not in a house. Not with a house. You would definitely be better off watching them with Green Eggs and Ham. Where did that just come from?

The Thing

• Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up.When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.


• I still am not sure if I liked this or didn't. It was just kind of there. Crazy gore and creepy sci-fi alien effects throughout but I didn't care at all about the characters or where the story was going. It was basically like a serial killer movie but it was an alien.


• I guess I wouldn't really recommend this movie to anyone outside of fanboys of Fangoria magazine. That's really all it ended up being - gore effects.

Footloose

• Writer/director Craig Brewer delivers a new take of the beloved 1984 classic film, Footloose. Ren MacCormack (played by newcomer Kenny Wormald) is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out and Bomont's local councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) responded by implementing ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister's troubled daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough) in the process.


• This movie is criminal. CRIMINAL! To take something as classic as Footloose and remake it like this should be punishable by law. Not that the original wasn't corny. It's a movie about fighting for your right to dance in a small hick town. But back in the 80s - this was great. And the soundtrack was one of the best of all time. Fast forward to now and here is what we got:


• 1 - Bus derby instead of the tractor scene


• 2- Ren McCormack (no first names only please because clearly there are several Rens in the town of Bomont) having a Boston accent that comes and goes.


• 3 - A small hick town that knows how to get krunk, stomp the yard and step up.


• 4. The worst possible rendition of the dancing out your anger warehouse scene.


• 5. The worst concerned dad acting ever by Dennis Quaid.


• The only good part of the movie was Willard. He was the only one that did a good job of filling the role from the original. This is easily one of the worst movies of the year. Now, all of that being said, this was one of the most hysterical movie going experiences ever because of the group of friends I watched it with. All eight of us realized the movie for the giant turd that it was and were riffing on the movie throughout. I had chest pains from laughing so much at the running commentary.


• I would never recommend anyone seeing this criminal remake. It really is that painful and I know our posse of eight will not be going to see it again so we can't make it a fun experience for you.

Dolphin Tale

• Dolphin Tale is inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter. But her fight for survival has just begun. Without a tail, Winter's prognosis is dire. It will take the expertise of a dedicated marine biologist, the ingenuity of a brilliant prosthetics doctor, and the unwavering devotion of a young boy to bring about a groundbreaking miracle—a miracle that might not only save Winter but could also help scores of people around the world. The real Winter, who plays herself in "Dolphin Tale," today serves as a symbol of courage, perseverance and hope to millions of people—both able and disabled—who have been touched by her remarkable story of recovery and rehabilitation.


• This is one of the biggest heartstring movies to come out in a long time. They pulled absolutely no punches to make you cry. It was textbook. You also pretty much saw the movie by seeing the commercial. I mean honestly - anyone think that the dolphin is not going to be okay in the end? Am I spoiling that for anyone? Come on now. The movie is somewhat watchable but ended up just kind of being there because I wasn't really hooked.


• I would recommend this to anyone who likes weepy feel good movies. It's a great family movie if you have younger children. Sadly, Stinka has gotten to an age where she doesn't really have interest in this anymore. Beginning of the end, people. Beginning of the end.

What's Your Number?

• Ally Darling embarks on a quest to find the best "ex" of her life, by any means necessary, when she reads a magazine article warning that people who have had 20 or more relationships have missed their chance at true love.


• This is one of those silly romantic comedies where everyone and their mother knows how it's going to play out just by watching the trailer. That being said, movies like this are either made or broken by the level of chemistry between the leads. I thought that there was really good chemistry between Anna Farris and Chris Evans and there were more than enough laughs to keep my attention throughout the movie.


• I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this one out. It's not a must see by any means but was enjoyable enough and had enough laughs that I wasn't looking at my watch and wondering how much time was left in the movie.

The Three Musketeers

• The hot-headed young D'Artagnan (Logan Lerman) joins forces with three rogue Musketeers (Matthew MacFadyen, Luke Evans and Ray Stevenson) in this reboot of Alexandre Dumas' story. They must stop the evil Richelieu (Christoph Waltz) and face off with Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) and the treacherous Milady (Milla Jovovich).


• Poop. Total poop. And I love the story of The Three Musketeers. This was literally as if the actors sat down and watched the version with Kiefer Sutherland and Charlie Sheen from the 90s and tried to see how much of the lines/scenes they remembered. Really disappointing. But then again Milla Jovovich is in it so I guess that this should surprise nobody.


• You should absolutely not waste your time with this steaming pile of cow dung. And that is again coming from someone who really wanted to see it.

Real Steel

• Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.


• Let me just say for the record that if you are looking for a movie of quality - this is a big giant turd. Anyone who didn't think that already is an idiot. That being said - I still was able to enjoy it for what it was. It was a heartstring pulling, action, popcorn movie. I turned off my brain for two hours and laughed at the jokes, cared about the characters (even the robots) and was rooting for them all along.


• Would I recommend it? Depends on what you are looking for. You want to see a quality movie. Then no. You want to see a souped up, badass action movie. Still no then. You want to see a fun, family film that is entertaining to the kids and the adults that take them - then yes.

Dream House

• Successful publisher Will Atenton (Craig) quit a job in New York City to relocate his wife, Libby (Weisz), and two girls to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was the murder scene of a mother and her children. And the entire city believes it was at the hands of the husband who survived.When Will investigates the tragedy, his only lead comes from Ann Paterson (Watts), a neighbor who was close to the family that died. As Will and Ann piece together the disturbing puzzle, they discover that the story of the last man to leave Will's dream house will be just as horrifying to the one who came next.


• I cannot for the life of me remember the last time that a trailer for a movie ruined a movie more than this one. In the trailer - they blatantly tell you that the guy's family is really dead and he is imagining seeing them. So, please explain to me why the movie is on for about 50 minutes before they reveal this? I was so bored out of my mind for 50 minutes because of the big twist that was revealed two months ago when I first saw the trailer making everything I was seeing completely obsolete. And then the rest of the movie was pretty much just a cheesy Lifetime movie with how it played out and what not. Total waste of time.


• I wouldn't recommend anyone bothering with this big turd. It's a total waste of time and you can just watch the trailer instead.

Moneyball

• Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane will have to outsmart the richer clubs. The onetime jock teams with Ivy League grad Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in an unlikely partnership, recruiting bargain players that the scouts call flawed, but all of whom have an ability to get on base, score runs, and win games. It's more than baseball, it's a revolution – one that challenges old school traditions and puts Beane in the crosshairs of those who say he's tearing out the heart and soul of the game.


• I enjoyed this movie alot. However, I was completely familiar with the whole story and am a huge baseball fan. I honestly don't see how a non-baseball/sports fan can really enjoy/understand this movie. It was advertised as a fell goodish sports movie - a la The Blind Side, but anyone could truly enjoy that movie. This one - not so much. It's very heavy in to the operation of a baseball franchise and how the philosophy was changed by Billy Beane when dealt a really crappy hand regarding team payroll in a small market.


• Again - I really liked this movie and I would definitely recommend that any big sports/baseball fans check this out. If you are not too familiar with all of that - you won't really enjoy this nearly as much.

Killer Elite

• Based on a true story, Killer Elite races across the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East in the action-packed account of an ex-special ops agent (Jason Statham) who is lured out of retirement to rescue his mentor (Robert De Niro). To make the rescue, he must complete a near-impossible mission of killing three tough-as-nails assassins with a cunning leader (Clive Owen).


• You can throw the based on a true story and add legit actors in to this, but it's still pretty much just another Jason Statham movie. If you like his movies - you will like this one. If you don't - you won't. Pretty much that simple. It had a basic story but kind of made it complicatingly annoying with a lot of back and forth in the past/present. The action was there and enjoyable as always (since I'm one that finds his type of movies entertaining). Bottom line - it's was watchable. I wasn't fully invested in every thing going on but enjoyed it enough to not turn it off.


• I would lukewarmly reccomend it to Jason Statham fans. That's really about it though.

Abduction

• For as long as he can remember, Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner) has had the uneasy feeling that he's living someone else's life. When he stumbles upon an image of himself as a little boy on a missing persons website, all of Nathan's darkest fears come true: he realizes his parents are not his own and his life is a lie, carefully fabricated to hide something more mysterious and dangerous than he could have ever imagined. Just as he begins to piece together his true identity, Nathan is targeted by a team of trained killers, forcing him on the run with the only person he can trust, his neighbor, Karen (Lily Collins). Every second counts as Nathan and Karen race to evade an army of assassins and federal operatives. But as his opponents close in, Nathan realizes that the only way he'll survive – and solve the mystery of his elusive biological father – is to stop running and take matters into his own hands.


• This movie is exactly what the trailer showed you. Formula in every way. No suspense at all. Pretty much just an excuse to have Jacob from Twilight (why even bother giving him a real name mention - that's all the kid is ever going to be) run around and what not. There was no hook. I couldn't have cared less about any characters and I could have wrote this same review from watching the 2 minute trailer.


• I wouldn't recommend anyone bothering with this. It's a pretty big waste of time.

Drive

• Drive is the story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day (Ryan Gosling), a loner by nature, who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA's most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan). When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does best—Drive!


• What a big turd. This movie is the definition of those movies that could be really good if the director didn't have the need to make it artsy. Seriously. I was ready to pull the plug on this movie long before any of the action started happening. And when it did - it was way over the top gore. The score to this movie is easily one of the most annoying things I've ever had to listen to while watching a movie. So disappointing.


• Hell no, I wouldn't recommend people watching this. It's a total waste of 90 minutes that I can never get back now.

Warrior

• Haunted by a tragic past, Marine Tommy Conlon (Hardy) returns home for the first time in fourteen years to enlist the help of his father (Nick Nolte) to train for Sparta, the biggest winner-takes-all event in mixed martial arts history. A former wrestling prodigy, Tommy blazes a path toward the championship while his brother, Brendan (Edgerton), an ex-fighter-turned teacher, returns to the ring in a desperate bid to save his family from financial ruin. But when Brendan's unlikely, underdog rise sets him on a collision course with the unstoppable Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront each other and the forces that pulled them apart.


• Holy $hit!!! At no point did I expect to walk out a movie about MMA fighting released in the movie going wasteland that is September feeling like I just witnessed greatness much less announcing the following statement . . . . . WARRIOR IS THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR! Seriously. This is not a joke. I'm not some MMA fanboy who is biased. Honestly, I've never even watched it. This movie is hands down one of the best sports movies and family character dramas at the same time I've ever seen. Every character had so many levels and were all so well developed. The tension was unbelievable and just kept going as the fight tournament built towards it's conclusion. I've never been so torn with how I wanted a story to turn out. I was equal parts cheering and crying inside for the two main characters and their quests. Hell, I was cheering out loud and got totally choked up at the same time.


• This movie is an absolute must see for all. The movie is simply that phenomenal in story, direction and acting. As of right now - my pick for best movie of the year.

Contagion

• When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minneapolis from business in Hong Kong, what she thought was jet lag takes a virulent turn. Two days later, she's dead in the ER and the doctors tell her shocked and grieving husband (Matt Damon) they have no idea why.Soon, others exhibit the same mysterious symptoms: hacking coughs and fever, followed by seizure, brain hemorrhage...and ultimately, death. In Minneapolis, Chicago, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong, the numbers quickly multiply: one case becomes four, then sixteen, then hundreds, thousands, as the contagion sweeps across all borders, fueled by the countless human interactions that make up the course of an average day. A global pandemic explodes.


• I really enjoyed this movie. Movies like this about mass panic, if done right, are always entertaining and make you wonder what if. This was more of an artistic and political look at a global epidemic. It included doubting what the government says, questioning the integrity of the internet and how debilitating red tape can be in regards to simply doing what is right or what is necessary. The characters were all well developed and the whole thing seemed very realistic. The only knock that I would make against this movie would be that it ended more artistic with the life will go on line of thinking in a pretty mushy way instead of a pretty little bow. Then they actually showed you just how simply the whole thing started. That to me was more terrifying than anything.


• I would definitely recommend people checking this out. Again, don't have your expectations too high because it's not the pretty little package that you would expect. I really liked it though.

The Debt

• The espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Helen Mirren) and Stephan (Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Ciarán Hinds). All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio (portrayed, respectively, by Jessica Chastain, Marton Csokas, and Sam Worthington tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel (Jesper Christensen) in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission was accomplished - or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods, with startling action and surprising revelations.


• This movie was a decent watch. The suspense wasn't all that suspenseful, but the story playing out was more than intriguing enough to keep my attention throughout. You care about the characters and the back and forth between the present and the past was well put together.


• I would lukewarmly recommend this movie. It's not a must see by any means whatsoever, but there are many worse things out there.

One Day

• Adapted from the bestselling novel, One Day charts an extraordinary relationship. Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess) meet on the night of their college graduation – July 15th, 1988. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground. For the next two decades, every July 15th reveals to us how "Em" and "Dex" are faring, as their friendship ebbs and flows with the passing of the years. Through love and loss, heartbreak and success, hopes fulfilled and dreams shattered, they experience the grandeur of life. Somewhere along their journey, these two people realize that what they are searching and hoping for has been there for them all along.


• To be fair - I left this movie after 30 minutes because we had Stinka with us and this is not the simple/easy romantic comedy that was advertised. It was alot more about hooking up and what not and after seeing the third and fourth bare asses at a nude beach scene we ran like hell. However, I had seen more than enough to know that I will probably never bother watching the rest of it. It's about as textbook as you can get and there was pretty much no chemistry between Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess and it all felt really forced, which is pretty sad because I really like both of them.


• I wouldn't recommend anyone bothering with this . . . . . at least I think not based on my 30 minutes of viewing.

Our Idiot Brother

• Every family has one: the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz (Emily Mortimer), Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel), that person is their perennially upbeat brother Ned (Paul Rudd), an erstwhile organic farmer whose willingness to rely on the honesty of mankind is a less-than-optimum strategy for a tidy, trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother and so, after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once again come to his rescue. As Liz, Emily and Natalie each take a turn at housing Ned, their brother's unfailing commitment to honesty creates more than a few messes in their comfortable routines. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realize that maybe, in believing and trusting the people around him, Ned isn't such an idiot after all.


• Overall - this movie was about as pointless as you can get. There was a simple moral of love your family but there was nothing outside of that. That being said, I really enjoyed it simply because the characters were funny and I have always liked Paul Rudd. His delivery is just as good in this movie as it always is and all his sisters played off of him very well.


• I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this out. It's not a must see by any stretch of the imagination but it is one of the better movies by default right now simply because of the amount of garbage that is in theaters right now.

Apollo 18

• Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 17th, 1972 was the last manned mission to the moon. But in December of 1974, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.


• Exhibit B of why going to the movies in September sucks. This movie has been bounced back for over a year and half at this point and there is definitely a reason why. It is a complete and total waste of 90 minutes of your life. It is set up as old 8mm camera footage so that gets old and annoying about 2 minutes in to the movie. It takes like 7 years to get to the creepy part and then once it gets there it's really not that creepy anymore. This movie was basically an attempt at doing Paranormal Activity in space and it failed miserably.


• Hell no I wouldn't recommend anyone seeing this. The audience was collectively bitching about the movie out loud at the end of it because it was so lame.

Shark Night

• Arriving by boat at her family's Louisiana lake island cabin, Sara (Sara Paxton) and her friends quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of fun in the sun. But when star football player Malik (Sinqua Walls) stumbles from the salt-water lake with his arm torn off, the party mood quickly evaporates. Assuming the injury was caused by a freak wake-boarding accident, the group realizes they have to get Malik to a hospital on the other side of the lake, and fast.But as they set out in a tiny speedboat, the college friends discover the lake has been stocked with hundreds of massive, flesh-eating sharks! As they face one grisly death after another, Sara and the others struggle desperately to fend off the sharks, get help and stay alive long enough to reach the safety of dry land.


• Exhibit A of why going to the movies in September sucks. I expected a schlocky, possibly guilty pleasure type movie of people getting attacked by sharks. Instead, they actually tried to give this movie some kind of an absurd story and wasted precious minutes of my life trying to develop the characters. I was rooting for all of them to die in crazy shark scenes. Ended up getting only two good ones. Total poop.


• Hell no I wouldn't recommend anyone seeing this. It's total garbage and opened up in September for a reason.

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

• Based on the 1973 telefilm that Guillermo del Toro believes is the scariest TV production ever made, the story follows Sally (Madison), a young girl who moves to Rhode Island to live with her father (Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Holmes) in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the house, Sally starts to hear voices coming from creatures in the basement whose hidden agenda is to claim her as one of their own.


• This was one of the better creepy/scary movies that has hit theaters. I wish that they would make more like this instead of the gorefests and lame remakes. I wouldn't say that it was jump out of your seat scary but it was creepy as hell. There is always something about kids being the target of the "monsters" that rachets up the fear factor tremendously. As for the monsters - they are pretty much the most original looking ones I've seen in the longest time. The movie was fast paced, well told in terms of the story development and character developments and they even managed to make Katie Holmes not one of the most painful actressed to watch.


• I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It's a creepy, tight story that horror/scary movie fans should love.

Colombiana

• In Colombiana, Zoe Saldana plays Cataleya, a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer and working for her uncle, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents’ deaths.


• This is one of your textbook August/September adrenaline movies. Honestly, this was basically a Jason Statham movie with the girl from Avatar in it instead of him. Cool action, badass characters, simple revenge story . . . . . with a girl.


• I'd lukewarmly recommend people checking this bad boy out. It's not a must see by any means but if you like action/espionage type movies, this is definitely watchable.