2012

This is a typical end of the world disaster movie. Did you see The Day After Tomorrow? If yes, then you've seen this movie as well.

Law Abiding Citizen

This was not a good movie. It's very brutal, and Gerard Butler's character's reasoning for his killing of many innocent people in the movie makes no sense whatsoever. So one watches all of this brutal violence with no sense of it being for some higher purpose. And I personally need that sense of higher purpose to endure watching something like that. Don't waste your time on this one.

Bright Star

This is quite a beautiful love story. And I am always fascinated by life set in
1800's England. The class structure defines life in that era and it's not even really that long ago.

The Time Traveller's Wife

This movie was just ok. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. As far as romantic movies go, Rachel McAdams was perfect in The Notebook and should now move on to comedies, non-romantic drama, suspense... She was good in The Wedding Crashers but again, she was playing the romantic character, not the funny one. Time to conquer other genres Rachel...

Whip It

I thought this was a cute movie. It's a very predictable formula but still enjoyable. Ellen Page plays this type of character so well. No one else should be allowed to play the disaffected yet hip teenage girl but her.

Couples Retreat

Everyone knows I'm a huge Vince Vaughn fan. He plays all of his roles with basically the same schtick, but I love it everytime. This movie includes his buddies Jason Bateman and Jon Favreau and is directed by another buddy Peter Billingsly. Overall, it's an ok movie. It's pretty predictable. Good for a movie rental night at home.

Amelia

I am not normally a Hillary Swank fan but I really liked her in this movie. If you don't know Amelia Earhart's story (and I didn't), the first half was a little confusing as it jumped around a little bit. And, as is often the case with biopics or movies made from books, you can tell there is a lot more to the story than what the movie shows. But all in all, I liked it.