The Hangover

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zack Galifianakis, Justin Bartha
Comedy, 2009 (Rated R)

A Bachelor Party in Vegas turns into a wild night of jail, musical cars, impromptu weddings, and various injuries that not a single one of the guys can remember when they wake up hung over in their trashed Vegas room. They find a baby and a stray tiger in their room and that is just the beginning of the clues they discover from their wild antics the night before. They must piece everything together, do some damage control and and get back home within 48 hours or else the Groom is going to miss his wedding.

• I've been waiting a while to see this one and have heard some very good things about it. It did not disappoint.
• This movie was freakin' hilarious.
• If ever there was a bachelor party from hell this is it.
• I loved all of the four characters in the movie. They were each interesting and funny in their own way.
• Heather Graham & Mike Tyson have small roles.

All About Steve

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper
Comedy, 2009 (Rated PG 13)

Mary (Bullock) is a talkative, quirky, and too smart for her own good crossword puzzle creator. She goes out on one single kind of date with Steve (Cooper) and her oddness is immediately apparent to him causing him to run for the hills. The thing he doesn't understand about Mary is that if she wants you she will follow. Steve finds himself stalked all over as he works as a TV Channel camera man and they find themselves in all kinds of unusual situations.

• Mary is so obnoxious that within the first 10 minutes I kind of wanted to shut the movie off just so I didn't have to hear her voice anymore.
• I found myself asking repeatedly "What in the heck is wrong with her?"
• Kudos to Bullock for totally embracing this unique weird character.
• It is a funny, fun movie and has a very cheesy ending.

3 Stars

My One and Only

Starring: Renee Zellweger, Kevin Bacon
Comedy, 2009 (Rated PG 13)

Ann Devereaux (Zellweger) finally decides to leave her cheating musician husband (Bacon) after 16 years despite the fact that she has never worked a day in her life and has always been a "kept" woman. She sends her son to buy a car and they hit the road leaving New York and their cushy privileged lifestyle behind. Her mission: Find another man to take care of her and her two son's. The task proves not to be as easy as she thought but along the way she learns more about her son's then she ever bothered to know before and discovers something else about herself that she never thought she would.

• The movie is good and I love the way the story unfolds but it moves pretty slow.
• There were lots of shadows in this movie on the actors faces and everywhere else.
• Ann is basically a gold digger as she sets out to find someone to replace her husband when the logical thing would be to find a job.
• She is used to luxury and nannies to the point where she never even bothered to take an interest in being a good mother.
• She is witty, charming and beautiful. The type of woman who usually gets what she wants and generally has life handed to her on a silver platter.
• Every now and then I think of how nice it might be to be that woman who lives a life of leisure and is totally taken care of by a man. It's nice in theory but the idea of being that incapable of taking care of myself and making it my mission to get by on someone else's dime is sort of pathetic.

3 Stars

Jennifer's Body

Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried
Horror, 2009 (R Rated)

After a bar fire in a small town where nothing ever happens Needy (Seyfried) becomes suspicious of her best friend Jennifer (Fox) after she comes over bloody, battered, and acting very strangely. Soon after, the high school quarterback is found viciously murdered in the woods behind the football field. The town becomes the center of a media frenzy as the students mourn the lives of lost lives. Jennifer is the hottest girl in school and gets any guy she wants but suddenly her appetite for boys has grown stronger then ever. There is definitely something strange and deadly going on and Needy has to stop it before someone else turns up dead.

• The storyline of this movie is pretty weird but it makes for a really good movie.
• Megan Fox's hotness is played up and put on display in every shot. She is a great looking girl and was perfect for the role of seductress.
• Fox obviously hit the genetic gene pool jack pot with piercing blue eyes and dark hair. What must it be like to be that gorgeous?
• Amanda Seyfried plays the homely best friend role and although Fox is the hot one in the movie I really think Seyfried steals the show.

4 Stars

500 Days Of Summer

Starring: Zooey Dechanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Romantic Comedy, 2009 (Rated PG 13)


A greeting card writer falls head over heels in love with the new secretary at the office. Summer is totally upfront in her non belief in love and lack of desire to have a serious relationship or commitment but Mark is so in love he pursues her anyways like a love sick puppy. What follows is the story of boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl sort of falls in love with boy, boy wants more, and girl breaks up with boy.

• This movie is a testament to the concept that you cannot force love. It is either there or it isn't and no amount of wanting it to be so will make it any different.
• There were some cool quirky effects throughout the movie that kept it fun and interesting.
• It was cool to see Dechanel play a character that actually had a real job!!!
• Mark is the perfect kind of guy that every girl wants but only some are lucky enough to get. Despite all of his wonderfulness Summer just wasn't interested and sometimes that's just the way love goes.

4 Stars

District 9

Starring: Sharlto Copely, Jason Cope

Thriller, 2009 (Rated R)

Twenty years ago a flying saucer appeared over a small town in South Africa. A company called MNU (Multi National United) has been assigned the near impossible task of controlling the aliens and integrating them in whatever way possible into society. They have been relegated to a ghetto like slum in an area called District 9 and their presence has caused all kinds of problems as humans are now forced to cope with this alien and often times violent population. The situation comes to a head when MNU has decided to relocate the aliens to a new area and one of their head employees Wikus Van de merwe (Copely) has an unfortunate exposure to alien fluid inside one of the alien homes. He suddenly finds himself on the run from the company that just promoted him.

• I really had no idea what this movie was about and was quite surprised at what I saw in the first 30 minutes.
• It was a satirical comedy/parody documentary style. A comedy mostly because of how such bizarre subject matter was being presented in such a straight forward dead pan manner.
• There were mostly unknown actors and the acting was good.
• The movie got better for me as it went along and the actual story line began to develop.
• I really fell in love with Wikus. He was such a kind man who found himself in a horribly awful situation but never gave up fighting.
• There was plenty of action and plenty of blood and icky stuff if you are into that sort of thing. Which I am!!
• Those aliens are so nasty looking!

5 Stars

A Perfect Getaway

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez

Thriller, 2009 (Rated R)

A couple on their honeymoon in Hawaii meet up with another pair after news breaks that there has been a brutal murder on a nearby island. As time goes on the newlyweds second guess their decision to tag along and hike this rural trail together. As they travel together and they become wary of their new friends. Nick is an ex military special ops trained war vet and Gina is a free spirited sweet yet tough girl. Both couples cross paths with a strange hard edged couple that looks like trouble. If anyone killed anyone it seems that they are the likely suspects but you quickly realize that looks can be deceiving.

• I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.
• There was an amazing unexpected twist and everything that led up to it kept me guessing.
• Stunning Hawaii backdrop with vibrant beautiful colors. Spending 3 days hiking through muddy trails and sleeping in tents is NOT my idea of fun but the scenery was beautiful.
• Jovovich does it again. I love her as an actress. She is as engaging to watch as she is beautiful.

5 Stars