Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Who's in it: John Cho, Kal Penn, Rob Corddry, Neil Patrick Harris, Danneel Harris, Eric Winter, Paula Garcés

What's it about: Harold(Cho) and Kumar(Penn) are on their way to Amsterdam to chase down Harold's love, Maria(Garcés). They are thrown off the plane because they're believed to be terrorists. Governmental terrorist investigator Ron Fox(Corddry) is on the duo's tail when they escape from Guantanamo Bay. They are on their way to Texas, where Kumar has found out his love, Vannessa(D. Harris), is marrying Colton(Winter). They get a ride from Neil Patrick Harris(N.P. Harris) and finally get to Texas in hopes that Colton will help them get out of their situation of suspected terrorism because of his connections in the government.

What I Think: This was basically all about sex and smoking pot. I thought that some parts were funny but I didn't like the majority of the movie. There were too many naked women and other degrading references toward females. It was pretty disgusting, but hilarious at the same time. The plot was great to watch unfold. Everything that they got into kept adding to their pile of chaos. The entire movie had me laughing. There is alot of nudity and drug reference, so this is a movie for adults.

Stay Alive

Stay Alive

Who's in it: Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Jimmi Simpson, Sophia Bush

What's it about: A new, unreleased video game, 'Stay Alive', finds it's way into the hands of Hutch(Foster), and his friends after the mysterious murder of their friends. Hutch meets Abigail(Armstrong) and they, along with October(Bush), Phineus(Simpson), and Swink(Muniz), play the game in memory of their lost friends. When they die in the video game, they begin to be picked off with a eerily similar death to the way they died in the game. When looking into the history of the story the game was based on they discover a haunted past.

What I Think: I had orginally seen this movie in theatres with my brother and a friend. It was a fairly good performance from each of these actors and actresses. The storyline was a little off and all, but I got the whole thing in the end. Some of the effects sucked when I first saw it, but watching it again made me realize that they were supposed to be that way because they were portraying that the actual characters were killing off the people. I did not expect for Muniz to be in this movie. He did one of the greatest jobs I've ever seen him do. Great twist at the very end. You have to pay very close attention to be able to guess how everything comes to a close.

Sling Blade

Sling Blade

Who's in it: Billy Bob Thorton, Dwight Yoakam, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday

What's it about: Karl(Thorton), a mentally challenged young man, killed his mother and another boy. After 25 years in a psychiatric hospital, he's released back into the town where he grew up. There he meets Frank(Black) and his mother Linda(Canerday). When he begins living with them, he meets her abusive boyfriend, Doyle(Yoakam). Now, with their lives threatened, Karl will do anything to let his new best friend be happy again.

What I Think: I love these kind of movies. Thorton was a genius in writing and directing this movie. Everything about it was absolutely amazing. The storyline was great and the way everything played out to the end was also great. The actors were kind of weird at times. I felt like some of the more minor roles were just reading lines and not really feeling what they were saying. Absolute genius in the end though. Great, but anticipated, ending.

Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder

Who's in it: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downing Jr., Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Tom Cruise, Brandon Soo Hoo, Nick Nolte


What's it about: Tugg Speedman(Stiller), Jeff Portnoy(Black), Kirk Lazarus(Downing), Kevin Sandusky(Baruchel), and Alpa Chino(Jackson) are the five actors in Four Leaf's(Nolte) novel based movie. They refuse to cooperate and then are put into real life danger in the Vietnam jungle. They are being taped throughout this experience but they think that all of the Vietnamese people they meet are actors. They meet Tran(Soo Hoo), the adolescent leader of Flaming Dragon, a heroine plant, and Tugg is captured. Les Grossman(Cruise) gets a call from the drug sellers and tells them that they can kill Speedman. The other 4 plan an attack on the camp to save him.


What I Think: This was a great movie for all of the actors in it. Ben Stiller is not only an outstanding actor, but he directed this movie as well. He's a mastermind of comedy! He picked the funniest cast ever. The plot was great, but still had that serious feel to it. Downing played a great "dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude"! Black did his part absolutely perfectly. I'm proud of all of these guys. I didn't notice until the end, that there weren't any main female roles at all. They did great to not have any women in it. There was a brief moment of nudity, but that's all.

The Heartbreak Kid

The Heartbreak Kid

Who's in it: Ben Stiller, Malin Akerman, Michelle Monaghan

What's it about: Eddie(Stiller) has never been married and is always scared of the commitment. He meets Lila(Akerman) on the street one day and then a relationship soon follows. They get married within a few months time and are on their honeymoon in México. He meets Miranda(Monaghan) on the beach one night after Lila got a really bad sunburn and won't come out of the resort room. They fall in love, but when he tells her that he's married everything goes to pieces. He gets a divorce from Lila only to find that Miranda has already gotten married.

What I Think: Ben Stiller is one of my favourite actors of all time and I love his comic routine. I still felt like he was a Focker in this movie because he was just always doing and saying the wrong things. Monaghan has come up in a few movies that I've watched recently and she just never seems to get anything good. Something always goes wrong for her. Akerman did a great 'loony' wife and I loved her. She's drop dead gorgeous.

The Frighteners

The Frighteners

Who's in it: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Jake Busey, Dee Wallace

What's it about: After Johnny Bartlett(Busey) and Patricia Bradley(Wallace) murdered 12 people in an asylum, Johnny was electrified and Patricia was given back to her mother for a life-time of house arrest. The ghost of Bartlett helped to kill Frank's(Fox) wife. Now he and Patricia are on a killing spree and only Frank can see the numbers on their heads to see who goes next. After several people die, Lucy(Alvarado) has a number appear upon her forehead.

What I Think: One of the first movies to have special effects and animation, this one was actually very good. I usually look down upon works with awful animation, but given the circumstances I praise this movie. Yes, the effects weren't so great, but you could tell that they really tried. I had the 'Director's Cut' edition and therefore got to see some of the process that they went through. As for acting, it was alright. I liked the graveyard scenes. Good storyline.

Forgetting About Sarah Marshall

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Who's in it: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand

What's it about: Composer, Peter(Segel), and TV show actress, Sarah(Bell), have been dating for over 5 years. Sarah breaks up with Peter for another man. Peter decides to go to Hawaii to get his mind off his lost love, but finds her there with famous English rockstar, Aldous Snow(Brand). He starts to fall for the young front desk clerk, Rachel(Kunis), and they go on a few dates. Sarah begins to get jealous. Peter finds out that Aldous and Sarah had been going out for about a year, henceforth making him cheated on by them. When Aldous admits cheating on Sarah, they break up and she comes crawling back to Peter. Then Peter cheats on Rachel and then leaves back to the mainland after confessing to her and her telling him to leave. Then his musical 'Dracula' has it's first show and he invites Rachel.

What I Think: I thought that this movie was ok. The comedy was great and I was laughing most of the time. Within the first 5 minutes, several scenes of Segel naked went by. We were all surprised to see everything. There were a few scenes of female nudity, but they were nothing compared to Segel! Bell has come a long way from 'Pulse'. She was gorgeous the entire movie. Kunis is new to me, but I loved watching her. She was breathtakingly beautiful. As for Brand, I hope to see more of him. He was just so funny! This movie is definitely one to watch.

Ironman

Ironman

Who's in it: Robert Downing Jr., Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow

What's it about: Tony Stark(Downing) is captured in the Middle East by terrorists. They use his own weaponry from 'Stark Industries' to help demolish American lives. When he finally escapes by inventing and creating an iron suit that is powered by his new electromagnetic chest piece, he tries to stop all weaponry development. His partner, Obadiah(Bridges), wants him dead so that he can take over the company and become the richest, most powerful man in the world. With help from his new and improved supersuit and his assisstant Pepper(Paltrow), Stark goes one-on-one with the power craved partner.

What I Think: I had originally seen this movie the day before it came out in theatres and it was great. It was even better watching it a second time around. I absolutely love Robert Downing Jr. and being able to see his muscular body. He did a great job as the self-centered person that Tony Stark really is. Paltrow was gorgeous in her back-less blue dress. I think that the graphics in this movie were superb and I loved all of them.

Session 9

Session 9

Who's in it: Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Josh Lucas, Stephen Gevedon, Jurian Hughes

What's it about: Gordon(Mullan) has been hired, along with his cleaning crew, to renovate an old abandoned asylum. Hank(Lucas) goes missing after a few days. Mike(Gevedon) finds some old cassette tapes about the mystery murders of multiple personality ridden Mary Hobbes'(Hughes) family. Phil(Caruso) is the suspect of Hanks disappearance. All but one of the men end up dead. Wonder who the murderer is.

What I Think: I was so happy that I had taken Psychology before watching this movie. I understood more of what was going on because of the talk of Transorbital Lobotomies and Multiple Personality Syndrome. It was great to understand what was going on. the acting was a bit amateur-ish, but all in all it was a good movie. I loved how the ending worked out and how everything came to an understanding at the end. I was so sure of my own conclusion that I didn't even consider all of the evidence spread out during the movie.

Sight

Sight

Who's in it: Clayton Haske, Allison Persaud, Tony Luke Jr.

What's it about: Dead people are showing their presence to poor Jeffrey(Haske). Walking down the street he meets Dana(Persaud), who can also see these spirits. He goes with her to deliver food to the elderly. Then she calls him one night to pick her up because her boyfriend, Paul(Luke), is drunk. She goes back to his place to spend the night. Half-way through the night, Paul comes and beats up Jeffrey. When Jeffrey wakes up from a coma, Dana has gone missing. Now he's left to find out what's really going on.

What I Think: This movie must have been made by someone who just woke up one day and decided to make a movie. The audio was the worst. For the dialogue, everything was quiet so I would turn up the TV, and then when a spirit was shown, it would blast my ears out. The storyline was awful. I was disappointed because the box looked good as did the description. He just left the cab driver out there.

Definitely, Maybe

Definitely, Maybe

Who's in it: Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz

What's it about: Will Hayes(Reynolds) is going through a divorse. His daughter, Maya(Breslin), is asking about how he and her mother fell in love and if she was really her daughter. Will goes into an elaborate story about the three loves of his life. His college sweetheart Emily(Banks) and he broke up after he moved to New York. There he met April(Fisher) who he found as a best friend. She fell in love with him, but he had already fallen in love sith Summer(Weisz). By the end of the story, Maya knows who her Mom is and Will finds his true love.

What I Think: I loved this movie. Every actor and actress was superb with their performances. The emotion was felt and the storyline was perfect. I really felt as if I knew the characters personally. The three women he talks about did beautiful jobs and they themselves were beautiful. Breslin was adorable and was a great girl to play the role of Maya.

Airplane!

Airplane!

Who's in it: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielson

What's it about: Ted(Hays) and Elaine(Hagerty) just broke up before she flew off as a stewardess. Ted hurries to buy a ticket and board the plane. He's deathly afraid of planes since 6 years ago in the war when he crash landed killing 5 of his mates. Once taken off and on the journey to Chicago, a virus breaks loose from the fish which leaves all of the licensed pilots fainted. Dr. Rumack(Nielson) finds that Ted can fly the plane to safety and has him up in the pilot seat ready to land.

What I Think: This was a great comedy. The jokes were funny. I enjoyed the hilarity though. The acting was good that they didn't laugh at everything and actually were very serious. I didn't like all of the story. There was a brief second of unnecessary nudity which bothered me. All in all, this movie was funny and I liked it.

The Eye

The Eye

Who's in it: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola

What's it about: Having been blind since the age of 5, Sydney(Alba) has learned her way around the city using her other 4 senses. However, after a cornea transplant she begins to see things. Things that aren't real. Things that aren't seen by the normal human eye. Things that are dead. Seeing the deaths of people over and over again has her searching for help from her therapist Dr. Faulkner(Nivola). Together they reveal the mysterious life of the woman who had the eyes before her.

What I Think: This was a great performance from Alba. I've never been a huge fan of her, but after this movie I give her more credit. Acting as a blind person is difficult to do, yet she passed with flying colours. The plot of this story was amazingly well played out. I love every second of it. It made me jump at some parts, but never made me scream.

Saw I

Saw I

Who's in it: Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Tobin Bell

What's it about: Adam(Whannell) and Doctor Lawrence Gordon(Elwes) are stuck in a sickening bathroom. They are chained to a pipe by one foot. After finding tapes in their pockets and a tape player in the hand of another unknown dead man in the room, they begin to panic about their situation. Dr. Gordon remembers the talk of a twisted killer, Jigsaw(Bell). Now in a desperate attempt to save his family, Dr. Gordon must choose between killing Adam or severing his own foot. Detective Tapp(Glover) is on the case as a discharged officer. He just can't let go the mystery and bewilderment of Jigsaw.

What I Think: HUGE fan of the Saw series. Hasn't disappointed me yet. I must admit that I had started with the 2nd one before the 1st one and I just got to see the 1st one and I believe that I missed out on something amazing. The make-up artists were amazing with the detail. All of the mental twists really make you think. I'm happy to say that I do actually appreciate life more than most people. Love Bell to death.

August Rush

August Rush

Who's in it: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams

What's it about: Evan Taylor(Highmore) parents Lyla(Russell) and Louis(Meyers) conceived him, but weren't allowed to be together. She gets hit by a car and her father tells her that the baby died. She finds out when her father is dying and now she wants him back. Evan is now living in an adoption center. He escapes to New York one night and meets a man by the name of 'The Wizard'(Williams). 'The Wizard' lets him live with him and many other children as long as he makes money on the streets by playing music. Evan has his name changed to 'August Rush' but he runs away. He gets discovered and sent to Julliard. One night, he performs a rhapsody that he put together hoping his parents will hear him.

What I Think: The plot in this movie was very interesting. I enjoyed the performance by Highmore. He's a great actor in the making and I'm sure that we will see more of him as time passes. Robin Williams never ceases to amaze me. He can act out every character thrown at him. From funny to serious, he's possibly one of the greatest actors of all time. I love Meyers mostly because of his accent and good looks. He did some great acting here though. The movie, as a whole, moved me in a way that most movies can't.

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

Who's in it: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman

What's it about: Bruce Wayne(Bale) is back as Batman. His absence around the city is beginning to scare James Gordon(Oldman) who heads a police force. Harvery Dent(Eckhart) comes into the picture as a lawyer. He is putting away the crime around Gotham city and almost replacing the nightly hero, Batman. The Joker(Ledger) is back and telling Batman to reveal himself before a mass of people die. Rachel(Gyllenhaal) tells Bruce to stay masked. When the Joker captures both Rachel and Harvey, Batman is on a desperate attempt to save both lives.

What I Think: This movie was a greatly put together movie. Some people complain about it 'dragging on', but if you really watch it, there is action or plot development in every second of the movie. Bale was great but the dramatic voice change for the character of Batman was a little funny. Eckhart did an amazing job as Harvey Dent. I thought that he was even better towards the end of the movie. Was surprised what they did with Oldman. This was probably the best of movie of Heath Ledger's career and I think that it was the best movie he could've gone out on.

The Strangers

The Strangers

Who's in it: Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura Margolis

What's it about: After Kristen(Tyler) rejects a proposal by James(Speedman), they go back to his family's summer home. Around 4am, a knock comes to the door and a girl(Ward) asks for someone who they don't know. James leaves and then the girl comes back and knocks again. Kristen begins to hear weird noises around the house and then a masked man(Weeks) appears inside. She calls and asks James to come back. When he gets back, they're in for a thrilling night when a third attacker(Margolis) comes into the picture. A bloody massacre follows as the night progresses and Kristen and James attempt to escape the madness

What I Think: I think that this movie was really creepy. It made it worse to know that it was based on true events. I did some research and read that the Hoyt family had all information on the Internet deleted about the case so don't bother attempting to dig it up. This movie had all of the classic scares without too much gore. I really enjoyed this but I'm kind of scared to wake up at 4am anytime soon. Amazing performances from Speedman and Tyler. Kudos to the both of you.

High School Musical 3

High School Musical 3

Who's in it: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu

What's it about: In the final year of high school, Troy(Efron) and Gabriella(Hudgens) are finally realizing that they will soon be coming to a goodbye. They're brought into another musical for their final mark on East High. Sharpay(Tisdale) and Ryan(Grabeel) Evans are on their tails though. Wanting the end of senior year to be all about them, they're willing to do almost anything to get the leads. Gabriella leaves for Stanford University before the year ends and Chad(Bleu) has to help Troy get through his final days at East High and, more importantly, his last days as a Wildcat.

What I Think: Always have been a fan of Kenny Ortega and his directing with all of the High School Musicals. The dancing was superb. I love all of the songs that they sang. Efron is still beautiful as is Hudgens. Tisdale has really started to get on my favourite actresses list. I absolutely love everything about Grabeel. He's adorable with his, as my mother says, 'bug eyes'. The wardrobe was fabulous. Great way for the Wildcats to go out with a bang!

Pulse

Pulse

Who's in it: Kristen Bell, Iam Somerhalder, Jonathan Tucker

What's it about: A virus is taking over the city and killing everyone it comes in contact with. It all begins when Josh(Tucker) hacks into a hackers computer and released an uncontrollable frequency that takes form and comes through anything electronic. Mattie(Bell) witnesses Josh's suicide and isn't the same afterwards. When she starts getting weird messages from his computer, she goes to find it. It has been sold to Dexter(Somerhalder) and he finds disturbing images and videos on it. After finding a USB drive with a solution to the virus, Mattie and Dexter go to shut it down.

What I Think: This movie was pretty weird. The acting, in my opinion, was really good. I enjoyed the storylineand the way that the movie ended. I have never seen any of these actors or actresses before, however, I think that they did a great job. Somerhalder was really cute and had gorgeous eyes. Bell had the emotions down pact. All in all, I enjoyed this movie. I like technical scares.

Made of Honor

Made of Honor

Who's in it: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd

What's it about: Tom(Dempsey) and Hannah(Monaghan) have been best friends since a college accident. Tom is always sleeping around with different women every night and then comes back to spend a day with Hannah every Sunday. Hannah leaves for a trip to Scotland for 6 weeks and doesn't get to hardly speak with Tom in that time. Tom realizes that he is in love with Hannah while she's gone. When she gets back, she surprises him with her new fiance, and Duke of Scotland, Colin(McKidd). Tom agrees to be Hannah's maid of honor in the wedding. Now in a crazed attempt to 'steal the bride', Tom must try his hardest to be the best maid of honor he can be.

What I Think: I actually first saw this movie in theaters with my best friend. We both adored the storyline and the comedic routine that went along with it. I've never been a huge fan on Patrick Dempsey, but this movie has made me realize why so many women are in love with him. Monaghan was beautiful in every aspect of her character and as an actress. This movie makes you really sympathize with men all over the world that lose their love to a superior male. Great movie!

My Mom's New Boyfriend

My Mom's New Boyfriend

Who's in it: Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks, Selma Blair

What's it about: Marty(Ryan) had always had problems in her life. After a life changing experience while taking her son Henry(Hanks), a new FBI agent, to the airport, she becomes a new person. After three years, Henry comes back with his fiancé(Blair). His mother is new and improved and an all around hottie. Everyone wants to date her. After she meets smooth talker Tommy(Banderas), she starts to fall in love. However, Tommy has a secret life and Henry's on his tail.

What I Think: This movie was very entertaining. It was disturbing at times, but wonderfully played out. Hanks is really like his father. Banderas was wonderful as he is in all of his movies. Still looks amazing and good looking. Blair was definetely good. Ryan seemed as if she were drunk the entire time and I wasn't quite sure if that was her or the character she was portraying. Great movie and amazing twist in the end!

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Who's in it: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey

What's it about: Ferris Bueller(Broderick) is playing sick to get out of school. His parents completely buy it but his sister Jeanie(Grey) doesn't for a second. When left alone, he calls his friend Cameron(Ruck) and plans a ridiculously crazy day. After getting his girlfriend, Sloane(Sara), out of school too, they go to the city for a day of fun. Principal Ed Rooney(Jones) is on their tail every step of the way though. He knows that Ferris is behind this 100% of the way and he's going to catch him no matter what it takes.

What I Think: This movie was a hoot. I loved watching a young Broderick doing all sorts of crazy teenager things to stay out of trouble. Being a 1986 movie, it was different for me. Alan Ruck was so cute back then and now he was in 'The Happening'. The plot was ever so unfolding. I loved how Broderick would talk to the audience throughout the movie about everything that was happening. The tricks he used were so well planned out that even I would have never thought of them.