Valkyrie

Tom Cruise stars in this film about the final attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. As many soldiers pretended to be loyal to Hitler there were many who formed secret organizations that were determined to get rid of the evil leader. Even though the end of the story is well know it was interesting seeing how close the attempt came to succeeding.

The Other Boleyn Girl

Based on the bestselling novel The Other Boleyn Girl is about 2 very different sisters who end up competing for the same man. When the girls uncle decides that Anne (Natalie Portman) should seduce the King (Eric Bana) to better their situation they are all surprised when it is her sister Mary (Scarlett Johansson) who claims his attention. Driven by jealously Anne is determined that she should not only win over the King, but should be his Queen. Not a horrible movie but I thought it would be better with such a good cast.

In the Name of the King

Jason Statham plays a man named Farmer who decides to get some revenge after his family is killed by an evil sorcerer (played by Ray Liotta). During this time Liotta is trying to help the evil nephew of the king take over the throne. Farmer and 2 good "wizards" end up in a battle to save the kingdom. As a fan of Jason Statham I hate to admit that this was not really a good movie. It was packed full of great characters which made it tolerable to watch but it should have been much better than it turned out to be. It did have some fun fighting scenes for those who enjoy a good fight.

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets

When Ben Gates' (Nicholas Cage) family is accused of not really being hero's of the past but of being partly responsible for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln he must enter into another exciting journey to find evidence to refute this claim. Some bold moves such as kidnapping the President of the United States and gaining entrance to the Queen's chamber of Buckingham Palace to examine her desk make this 2nd National Treasure fun to watch. Not as good as the first one but still enjoyable.

Lust, Caution

During WWII the Chinese are resistant to the Japanese occupation of China and one group of college theater students decide they are going to do something about it. They decide one of the girls Wong Chia Chi is going to pose as fictitious Mr. Mak's wife and try and lure Mr. Yee (a "traitor") into an affair so the troupe can kill him. As time goes on the charade gets more and more complicated and difficult to play. This was a really good film that is worth watching.

Breach

This film is about FBI agent Robert Hanssen who sold government secrets to the Russians for years. It took a young agent to finally catch him in the act. Ryan Phillippe does an excellent job playing the young agent and Chris Cooper is amazing as the devout Catholic, but sexually deviant Hanssen. This is a good movie that is worth the 2 hours.