Horrible Bosses

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 8 July 2011
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Staring:  Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell
Rating? R
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 6.9 of 10
MY RATING: 4

MY REVIEW:
This was not a horrible movie. This was not a great movie either.  I liked the first act. It was set up pretty well. I mean, they made the bosses totally "those" kind of people whom you really want to hate from the word go. Good job with that.

After about an hour, my attention went to other things like what I was going to make for breakfast tomorrow and when would this movie end?

At some point, there was just a lack of empathy for the workers and I just started taking the side of the horrible bosses! They became almost at bad as the bosses. It felt like there was just no end tho this movie. There was no point to the entire thing!

Forgettable.

Super 8

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 10 June 2011
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Staring:  Elle Fanning is really the only one who matters.
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 7.1 of 10
MY RATING: 8

STORYLINE
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.

MY REVIEW:
For a PG-13 movie to was not bad. I actually really enjoyed the story and the direction. The casting was interesting and it was somewhat unexpected. The kids in this movie were really pretty amazing. I loved them! {And I am not a big fan of kids}

Some of it was a little over the top, but in the grand scheme of things, this was an enjoyable movie.

The Ledge

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 25 May 2011
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Staring:  Charlie Hunnam, Terrence Howard, Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler
Rating? R
SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS
IMDB: 6.6 of 10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 14% Audience: 48%
MY RATING: 7 of 10

MY REVIEW:
This was a movie that was recommended to me and I gave it a shot.  It was actually pretty good. Decent.

So, the premise is that Gavin, played by Charlie Hunnam has an affair with a neighbors wife Shana, played by Liv Tyler. Shana is married to Joe, played by Patrick Wilson. Joe is a Christian and Gavin is an atheist. This plays a significant part in the movie. Basically, Joe finds out and forces Gavin on a ledge of a building and gives him an hour to choose between the one he loves or himself. Without faith or an afterlife to effect the decision, the movie draws on this christianity versus atheism.

I am an atheist so this film took on a fairly normal conversation that I have on a consistent basis. What makes you do good things?

The movie is good and will keep you guessing until the very end.
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Bridesmaids

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 13 May 2011
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Staring:  Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne
Rating? R
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 6.8 of 10
MY RATING: 3 ot 10

STORYLINE
Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the line of an out of work pastry chef.

MY REVIEW:
I wanted this movie to be funny. I really did. I love Kristen Wiig and I so wanted to like this movie, but it left me disappointed and a little over the senseless over the top disgusting jokes. This was the supposed female equivalent to the Hangover. No thanks!

There were some genuine funny moments but the story line seemed one-dimensional and over-done. I didn't connect with any of the characters. So, basically, I was not amused most of the time.

Thor

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 6 May 2011
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Staring:  Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 7.0 of 10
MY RATING: 7

MY REVIEW:
I actually enjoyed this version of the classic Thor mythology. I mean, some of the ideas of Norse mythology are present and I really had to set aside what I've read to let this story really play out.

Standard superhero movie. Standard end with the standard fight sequence in epic battle. Romantic cliches abound. It's fun and a pretty decent movie.
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Source Code

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 1 April 2011
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Staring:  Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, and Vera Farminga.
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS
IMDB: 7.5 of 10
MY RATING: 5

STORYLINE
A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train. A mission he has only 8 minutes to complete.

MY REVIEW:
It was a stretch for me from the beginning. It wasn't that horrible. It had some strengths and just as many weaknesses. The ending was the WORST part for me. It's like the writers threw a bunch of plots up in the air and let then  fall onto a sheet of paper and that's what they went with. Good but not great.

Insidious

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 1 April 2011
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Staring:  Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 6.8 of 10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 66% Audience: 62%
MY RATING: 6

MY REVIEW:
It was PG-13, so I knew it wouldn't be "that kind of scary movie." That being said, it was actually scary. There are some really good intense scenes that absolutely had be jumping in my seat. The red-faced dude specifically was absolutely unnerving! Although its not just a series of scenes that make you jump, they are scattered enough and the story is there to keep you interested.

I think the plot and the story are fairly well done. It felt new in a way that I don't think that I have really seen before. It's truly frightening to not know whats exactly waiting for you in the dark.

Limitless

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 18 March 2011
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Staring:  Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert DeNiro
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS
IMDB: 7.4 of 10
MY RATING: 8

MY REVIEW:
Let me preface this review with my undying love for Bradley Cooper. I all fairness, I think it got two extra points just for having him in this movie!

I think he did amazing in this movie. He was a strong lead and really held up to carrying this movie!

Cooper plays an aspiring writer who has some silly writers block. {As a writer, I can defintely understand  that feeling 100%!} His former bro-in-law gives him this new drug that helps him function better. Yes, so it is not exactly logic all of the time and some of it really just doesn't make any sense. But the trippy camera shots and the entertaining nature of the idea.  Soft 8.

Red Riding Hood

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 11 March 2011
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Staring:  Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas, Gary Oldman,
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS
IMDB: 5.4 of 10
MY RATING: 7

STORYLINE
Set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf, a young girl falls for an orphaned woodcutter, much to her family's displeasure.

MY REVIEW:
I was pleasantly surprised with this movie. I didn't expect to like it and what do you know, I actually did!

I liked the twists that this movie took from the original story. Werewolf instead of an actual wolf. Very clever!

Sets, camera work, costuming, music.. all of it worked in a way that could have brought the whole things crumbling down. I actually got lost in the story, it actually drew me in.

The only costuming issue that I had with this movie was the length of the Red Riding Hood that seemed to change from long to short, to medium and back to long again. Not a smart move.

Well worth checking out this movie!

The Adjustment Bureau

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 4 March 2011
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Staring:  Matt Damon, Emily Blunt,  etc
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS
IMDB: 7.1 of 10
MY RATING: 7

STORYLINE
The affair between a politician and a ballerina is effected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.

MY REVIEW:
I actually enjoyed the fun and farcical romp about the ideal of love in a uncontrollable world. I rather liked the idea of the Bureau that watches over the humans on the planet to guide their lives. As an atheist, this still doesn't make sense, but at least there were no angels in white!

In the middle of all of this is David Norris {Matt Damon} who encounters a kind of slip. Helping him along the way is a girl he meets by accident, twice. Elise. {Emily Blunt} What was confusing were the supposed rules that get explained a few times, but still just don't make sense to me. The Bureau, which may I point out are ONLY MEN seem to have unlimited powers.

It did take a little extra for me to suspend disbelief and go with the flow.  This movie does make you think about the idea of possibilities for your own life. Great on-screen chemistry with Damon and Blunt.