Paranormal Activity

Starring:  Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat
Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Rated R (2007)

A young couple moves in together and so does a ghost.  Katie has been plagued over the years by a supernatural presence and after she moves in with her boyfriend this paranormal activity starts up again.  Her boyfriend sets up a video camera to document what happens and tries to find a solution that will make it go away.

• This movie starts out pretty slow.  We see the happy joking couple waking up, going about their day to day activity and sleeping in their room.
• As it goes on and the paranormal activity becomes increasingly more pronounced and frightening the couple becomes extremely agitated and night after night it builds to a very shocking conclusion.
• The format of this film is documentary style and set up to appear as if it is based on a true story.
• This movie is worth watching just for the ending alone.  I can't wait to see the next one!

4 Stars

Letter's To Juliet

Amanda Seyfried is sweet Sophie who is A fact checker for The New Yorker with dreams of being a writer.  She jets off to Verona with her fiance Victor (Bernal) for a pre honeymoon and instead of romantic time of togetherness that she envisioned the two end up on different paths and hardly spend any time together at all.  Instead, Sophie ends up on a little adventure where she helps Claire (Redgrave)  who still feels the sting of love lost find her long lost love whom she fell in love with and never saw again after a teenage summer romance.  Her and Claire hit it off immediately but she can't exactly say the same for her grandson Charlie (Egan).  The unlikely trio set out on their search and turn up all kinds of surprises.

• Amanda Seyfried is so sweet and gentle.  The face of an angel indeed as she pushes her disappointment over her absent fiance aside and embraces Claire and her search for Lorenzo.
• Bernal is quite obnoxious as the passionate foodie who seems to love food more then anything else in life including his fiance.  I knew right away that their relationship was doomed when he was more interested in Pasta then her.
• Such a sweet story.  The tears were rolling towards the end of the movie as the sounds of Taylor Swift's "Love Song" began sweloling in the background.  I'm in love and so moved by the very notion of soul mates and true love so this was right up my alley.  If that isn't your cup of tea then this movie probably won't be for you but I LOVED it

5 Stars

Date Night

Starring:  Steve Carell and Tina Fey
Comedy (2010), PG 13

A self proclaimed boring married New Jersey couple find themselves having a nothing but boring night after they take the Triplehorn's dinner reservations at a swanky New York City restaurant.  This was date night and instead of going to their usual spot they wanted to enjoy this hip and happening place that a couple like them could never get into without a reservation.  Little did they know just how happening this night was going to be.  On the run from dirty cops and chasing down a mysterious flash drive is just the beginning!  Don't underestimate this old married couple.

• This was a fun and funny movie. 
• I love it that throughout the movie even though they are married with two kids and exhausted you can really tell that these two love each other despite life's demands.  They obviously make an effort to keep their marriage together and find out just how well they work together when they end up on this wild night of danger and more adventure then they ever wanted.
• Tina Fey and Steve Carell were quite a funny pair together.  Funny, but also very believable.

4 STARS

Devil

Starring:  Bokeem Woodbine, Jacob Vargas, Chris Messina, Bojana Novakovic
Rated PG-13, Horror (2010)

Five strangers are trapped in an elevator together.  This however is not just a routine incident.  There are sinister forces at work and an evil presence that is unseen.  When the lights go out horrible things happen and as they look at one another they can only wonder which one of them is the killer and who will be next to die.

• I am willing to see anything by M. Night Shyamalan even if it doesn't look like it's going to be very good.  The previews for this one were intriguing and I was really impressed with the movie itself.  
• It kept me guessing and was not totally predictable.  The acting was good and the scary moments kept coming.

4 Stars

Love Happens

A man who has made a career out of helping others grieve the loss of loved ones finds out that perhaps he has some work to do of his own to mourn the passing of his wife.  With the help of a woman he just happens to meet in Seattle he is pushed to confront his own issues and is surprised to find that he might even be falling in love.

• This movie was pretty good.  There isn't much else to say.  I enjoyed watching it and found it to be......pretty good.
• I like Jennifer Anniston.  This movie just sort of ......happened.  There just really isn't much else to say on this one.

3 STARS

Chloe

Starring:  Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson
Drama, 2009 (Rated R)

Catherine (Moore ) suspects that her husband David (Neeson) is cheating on her hires Chloe (Seyfried) to play temptress to her husband to see what he will do.   The two women meet up to discuss these encounters with her husband and find that they are somehow drawn to each other.  When Catherine decides that she no longer wants Chloe to pursue her husband she finds out that Chloe had some ulterior motives of her own.

• This movie is very racy and sexual so be prepared.
• I love it how Amanda Seyfried takes on this role so well.  I have only ever seen her play little miss perfect good girl types and even though I have never seen her play the "bad girl" it was totally believable. 
• Great acting as usual by Julianne Moore.
• The storyline kept me wanting to know more and the ending had a twist I didn't anticipate.  It leaves a few unanswered questions without leaving you totally hanging.

5 STARS

She's Out Of My League

Starring:  Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve,
Comedy, 2010 (Rated R)

Kirk (Baruchel) is an out of shape, socially awkward, self proclaimed 5 who meets a hard 10 at the airport where he works security with 3 of his friends.  Molly (Eve) takes an interest in him and to the surprise of Kirk and well...everybody she asks him out and they start dating.  This turn of events is too good to be true for Kirk.  No one expects it to last and he can hardly believe his good fortune at managing to date such a beautiful perfect woman.  Will his own self doubt and low self esteem sabotage the entire relationship or is it possible for a 5 to cover the spread and live happily ever after with a 10?

• This movie was hilarious from start to finish.  Kirk and his 3 buddies particularly Stainer are absolutely spot on funny throughout.
• I think it was a really great concept to explore this whole idea of beauty being only skin deep and that if you like someone you like them whether or not society believes it makes sense.

5 STARS