Bee Movie

The movie starts out with the graduation of Barry Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) who quickly realizes that now he is doomed to work in the honey industry for the rest of his life. Realizing he wants more of a choice in his life he leaves the hive to see what is on the outside. He makes friends with a human florist and on one of their outings realizes that the humans eat the honey that they work so hard to make. He sets out to sue the humans for stealing their work. Not the best animated movie, but I'm sure kids will still enjoy watching it.

Rendition

When Anwar El-Ibrahimi mysteriously never gets off the plane in Washington that his wife (Reese Witherspoon) has proof he boarded in South Africa she begins a frantic search to find out where he is. At the same time the CIA agent (Jake Gyllenhaal) in charge of investigating whether El-Ibrahimi is a terrorist starts to question the techniques his country is using to solicit information. The movie can be a tad slow at times, but overall it was not bad.

The Jane Austen Book Club

A group of friends decide to help out one of their own who has recently divorced by starting up a book club. They decide to discuss a different Jane Austen book each time they meet. As they progress they each battle some relationship issues in their own lives. Filled with a great group of actresses I found this movie cute and a lot of fun to watch.

Dan in Real Life

Dan (Steve Carell) a widower raising 3 girls on his own and writing a parenting advice column is making it one day at a time. Then one day he runs into a woman that he is instantly attracted to, but unfortunately quickly finds out has just started dating his brother. When they are all stuck together on vacation Dan just hopes to survive. This is a great movie full of great actors. You fall in love with the whole family.

Hitman

A group of young boys are taken in at an early age by the "Agency" and trained to be the perfect assassins. They do not have an identity other than a number and live only for the job. When one assignment starts to go wrong Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) starts to question his job for the first time. I thought this movie was great. It is action packed and Olyphant does a great job.

August Rush

The movie begins when a singer/guitar player and a cellist meet and have one amazing night together. They unknowingly create a baby and when they are forced to part after their one night the father doesn't even know the result. When the mother is told that the baby didn't make it through delivery she tries to go on with life, but no longer finds joy in music. After 11 years of being raised in an orphanage Evan runs off to the city and is quickly discovered to have an amazing musical talent. Evan is determined that through his music he will find his parents. A really cute movie that I recommend watching.

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.

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is the clean up guy for a major corporate law firm and is great at what he does. He keeps the firm out of trouble and the clients happy. When one of the firms' lawyers and Clayton's friend (Tom Wilkinson) goes crazy and decides to work against the firm Clayton is called in to clean up the mess. This time he is torn between his job and what he knows is right. The movie is a little slow at the beginning, but if you can get through the first part it keeps getting better. I thought it was worth watching!

American Gangster

Denzel Washington, usually such a typical "good guy", shows a different side when he plays Frank Lucas a Harlem Gangster who rules the streets with his pure heroin and his vicious enforcement. Russell Crowe takes on the role of "good guy" by playing Richie Roberts the cop leading the unit trying to take down the key drug lords. I thought this was pretty good. It has kind of a small plot twist in the end that I thought really made the movie enjoyable.

Sicko

This is Michael Moore's Documentary about the state of the Health Care System in the United States. He talks about U.S. Health Care in comparison to come other countries such as Canada and France. I thought this was excellent and it definitely makes you wonder if we could do to fix such a broken system.

Becoming Jane

Anne Hathaway plays Jane Austen in this film about how she became one of the most famous female authors of fiction. This movie shows that she grew up in a modest home and her parents really wanted her to marry for wealth. She chose instead to stay single and support herself by her pen. There is definitely some fiction mixed in with fact that I'm sure was added to make it a more enjoyable movie. Being a Jane Austen fan I enjoyed the movie.

The Comebacks

David Koechner plays coach Lambeau Fields a really bad coach who takes a job coaching a really bad football team. The goal is to make the team a success before he loses his family. I don't know if I just don't like these types of movies, but I thought this movie was so bad I shut it off half way through.

Shoot 'Em Up

Clive Owen plays "Smith" a guy who happens along just in time to rescue a baby the "bad" guys are trying to assassinate. If you like nothing but violence then this is a movie for you. The action sequences are so far fetched that none of them are realistic, but if that doesn't bother you then you might like the movie. I thought it was too over the top so didn't really enjoy it.

Martian Child

When widower David Gordan (John Cusack) decides to adopt a strange but lovable child he didn't realize how tough it was going to be dealing with the boys' belief that he is from another planet. I love John Cusack but the movie was definitely slow and not one of the better ones I have seen.

We Own the Night

In this film Joaquin Phoenix plays a man torn between his life, which is intertwined with some shady characters, and his family full of police officers. When his family wants his help gathering evidence against the people he considers friends he is torn between the 2 groups. I was really excited to see this movie with all the great actors in it (Phoenix, Robert Duvall, & Mark Wahlberg) but was really disappointed. I found it very slow and hard to make it through.

Rush Hour 3

Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are back for another Rush Hour and this time they are going up against a strong Chinese Triad group. Their journey takes them to Paris where one of the main villains is someone close to Lee. I found this kind of boring and not really very funny. I have to admit I kept hoping Tucker's character would get shot.

War

Jason Statham plays John Crawford, a bitter cop set on revenge against the person (The Rogue) who murdered his partner. After years of chasing his tail he thinks he might finally be on the trail of the infamous Rogue (Jet Li). I know this movie got horrible reviews, but as an action movie lover I thought it was pretty good. I liked the match up between Statham and Li and the twist at the end of the movie.

Live Free or Die Hard

John McClane (Bruce Willis) is back and this Die Hard is just as action packed as all the previous 3 if not more so. In this Die Hard what McClane thinks will be an easy assignment, pick up a computer hacker and bring him in, ends up getting him involved in a Global attack on all of the United States technology systems. I enjoyed the match between Willis and Justin Long and thought this was a really enjoyable movie. Probably my 2nd favorite Die Hard (the 1st being the best).

3:10 to Yuma

When famous outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) finally gets captured no-one is brave enough to volunteer to transport him to Yuma. Finally quiet rancher Dan Evans (Christian Bale) takes the job and along the way the 2 men develop a respect for each other. I really enjoyed this movie which is surprising because it does not have the happiest of endings. The characters were likable and the relationship between the 2 men was enjoyable to watch.

The Game Plan

In this movie "The Rock" plays Joe Kingman, a professional and highly loved football star whose life is turned upside down when a daughter he didn't know he had shows up on his doorstep. I thought this was a very cute family movie. The little girl steals the show.