Saturday, January 3, 2009

Definitely Maybe


Abigail Breslin and Ryan Reynolds team up in this romantic comedy about a young girl who is curious about her fathers love life and asks him about the women in his past. Instead of answering directly he decides to tell her the story about 3 women he loved and see if she can figure out which is her mother. A cute movie that keeps you guessing.

The Spiderwich Chronicles


After being uprooted from their home Jared Grace (Freddie Highmore) and his family move into an old mansion left to them by their strange Aunt. Jared starts to investigate weird sounds and rooms in the old mansion and comes across a strange book that once opened unleashes a whole world of magical creatures. Some of the creatures are friendly and some are not, but the Grace family must work together to keep the evil Ogre from getting his hands on the book and all of its secrets. A very cute movie and Highmore is always a joy to watch.

The Great Debaters


Based on a true story of Melvin B. Tolson who during the civil rights era leads an all African American group of students to become debate champions. A good movie about the fight for race equality during the volatile 1930's. Denzel Washington is always great and this movie was no exception.

The Bucket List


Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman team up as 2 men who meet while in the hospital seriously sick and form an unlikely friendship. When they start making a "bucket list" which is a list of everything they want to do before they die, their friendship takes a different turn when they decide to take off and do the things on the list. These 2 great actors make the movie funny and sad and overall really enjoyable to watch.

Rambo


Sylvester Stallone is back as John Rambo who has been living in war filled Burma and staying out of the conflict until a group of missionaries decide they need his assistance to bring aid to the war torn territory. After the missionaries go missing Rambo is asked to lead a group of mercenaries in to try and find them. If you like Rambo and you like your movies violent then this movie is for you. It is one big gun sequence with little else going on.

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.

Untraceable


Diane Lane plays Jennifer Marsh a FBI agent responsible for tracking cyber criminals. When a serial murderer starts broadcasting his tortures live via the Internet she is determined to solve the case. When the murderer starts to make it personal she is also trying to fight for her life. A very disturbing but good movie. Not for the faint at heart.