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Fight Club
(1999)

A movie a little far from the norm!
Edward Norton (The Narrator) is a stock broker who is sent to go and check out what is going wrong with some cars. Norton's character meets Tyler Durten (Brad Pitt) who sells soap and teaches him how to live a little more. Tired of being consumers Dirten and Norton's character make a Fight Club which rule number one is, you don't talk about fight club.

Based on a Novel by Chuck Palahniuk, this film has you look at paranoia in a whole new meaning. From one thing to another "Fight Club" leads you in so many directions it intrigues you. With performances from Norton, Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter in this movie, it is a film that grew into a classic for many who love out of the norm films. If you have not seen this film I encourage you to, because it will blow your mind.

The International
(2009)

To much hype, not enough of a thriller tho!
Clive Owen (Louis Salinger) an interpol agent is under suspicion that a highly accepted financial institution has been eliminating people because they have been under suspicion of international arms dealing. Heading to IBBC Headquarters in Luxembourg to catch them in a lie he gets no trace of lie out of them and gets a call from Naomi Watts (Eleanor Whitman) telling him there were traces of antioxidants in the body of his recent partners body.

This film has the sort of political conspiracy sort of thing throughout. It never gets really to tense or thrilling until someone dies then everything comes out and they actually start to piece a puzzle together to unveil this conspiracy and who is involved. This movie also stars Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulrich Thomsen, Brian F. O'Byrne, and Michel Voletti. With a not well plot out ending and the best scene being a shootout in the Gugenheim museum with the key witness, I was somewhat not so much intrigued, but ill let you take a gander and see if you liked the film more than I did.

Julie & Julia
(2009)

the two true stories of Julia Childs and Julie Powell
Amy Adams (Julie Powell) and Meryl Streep (Julia Child) both are adapting to their new homes and trying to adapt to their jobs as well. Powell starts a blog on how she is going to take on some of Child's recipe's to see how many she can do and Child's challenges herself to the French cordon bleau.

If your a fan of cooking you going to love this film. To go back and forth from Child's, a great cook to Powell who is testing herself by trying to cook Child's tough recipes. Once you get past an annoying voice of Child's and the winning from Powell this film is quite enjoyable to watch. Along with annoying jokes to make it more intriguing, I just look past that and enjoy the point of the film at hand which is the perfecting of cooking shown by the actors Adam's and Streep. Julie and Julia is a film of two true stories based on the lives of their characters which makes it evermore fun to watch.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
(2009)

Food falling from the sky in an animated 3D movie, what more could you want!
Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) has always tried inventing something useful the past ten years of his life. When one of his inventions actually works and it starts making it rain food from the clouds. Anna Faris (Sam Sparks) is the weather girl on the scene describing food that rains from the clouds that could make the town big once again.

This movie is funny, animated, and comes in 3D which makes it fun to watch for the kids and whole family. I really thought this movie looked quite dumb when I saw it playing at the theater and then I saw it and I have started liking animated movies more and more. They are getting better too with the technology improving. This movie makes you realize what is important in your life and that being important isn't everything.

Shorts
(2009)

A movie about a whatever you want rainbow wishing rock!
There is a black box that does everything you need and it provides so many jobs for the town including Jimmy Bennett (Toe Thompson) parents Leslie Mann (Mrs. Thompson) and Jon Cryer (Mr. Thompson). Toe finds a rainbow rock that if you are holding it, you can wish for anything you want which everyone in the neighborhood seems to figure out once they get a hold of it.

Jimmy Bennett, recently played the younger James T. Kirk in the new "Star Trek" does a really great job narrating you through this movie and has been moving his way up starring in more acting roles. Mann and Cryer are well known actors as well as Kat Dennings and William H. Macy also starring in this film. This movie gives you laughs and is really interesting to see if you had a rock with the powers to do anything what you would actually wish for. A great movie to watch with the whole family and I'm sure even the adults could get into the movie too.

A Perfect Getaway
(2009)

Thrilling, but starts off slow in the beginning!
An excited couple has just been married, so for their honeymoon, Cydney Anderson (Milla Jovovich) and Cliff Anderson (Steve Zahn) make a trip to a remote island in Hawaii. Having heard of a couple murdered on one of the islands they start to be more skeptical of their trip, as well as their run-in with some hitchhikers who seem to have followed them after passing on a ride. They join another couple Nick (Timothy Olyphant) and Gina (Kiele Sanchez) to feel more comfortable on the hike around the island to the beach.

The beautiful scenes of Hawaii in this film are really engulfing and make you feel a bit like you're on vacation too. The actors are fun to watch in such a thrilling movie, the only one that seems to be on top of everything is Olyphant's character being an ex-military man. I have always been intrigued with his performances even though his acting is a little different than most or that might just be the parts he is in. This is a star studded cast with a film that starts off slow then sends your heart pumping fast the last thirty minutes of the film. Even if you not a fan of any of these actors, I would recommend checking this one out when you have time.

New in Town
(2009)

It's Minnesota and people talk funny get used to it!
This movie starts out at Siobhan Fallon (Blanche Gunderson) house when they start talking about someone renting a house that her realty friend Frances Conroy (Trudy Van Uuden) told them about. Renée Zellweger (Lucy Hill) is an executive at her company and they decide to send her to New Ulm, Minnesota to close a company down.

Along with the release of the "Did you hear about the Morgans?" I'm starting to wonder if this is a re-occurrence of something just off from "New In Town". Scrap booking, Tapeoka, and the accent that reminds you of the movie "Fargo" is all you need for a good laugh. I have actually grown up in North Dakota as well as Minnesota so just to see them poke fun at Minnesotan's is just really funny to me to see. You may not think as Zellweger as being a comedic actor, but plays the business lady just trying to figure out her life throughout this film. Harry Connick Jr. rather plays a likable character Ted Mitchell which I really don't recall see him seeing in him anything else at all, but has done well in this film. If anything you will come away with knowing people can change and find out new things about themselves that they once never thought could happen.

He's Just Not That Into You
(2009)

What you have to go through to actually get into a relationship!
Gigi Phillips (Ginnifer Goodwin) has problems when it comes to finding guys and has just went out on a date with Conor Barry (Kevin Connolly) which she thinks went well. Gigi then gets advice from her friends from work Beth Murphy (Jennifer Aniston) and Janine (Jennifer Connelly) to help her figure out how to know if a guy is or is not interested in her.

Throughout this movie it shows you the test of relationships and how to know if someone is interested in you or not. As well as that it shows what you should do and what you should not do when finding out if someone likes you or not. Along with other big stars this has a lot of laughs and instances where you see that you could relate to. In many circumstances I have been waiting for a movie like this to in a sense to show you this side of people and their lives plus what regular everyday people go through when it comes to being in a relationship. Also this movie is the first one of its kind based off of a bestselling book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo. The second book that turned into a movie from them was "Confessions of a Shopaholic". If you're in the mood for more movies like this you may want to check out "New York, I Love You" and the movie coming to theaters in February 12, 2010, "Valentines Day" which also relate in th e same premises as "He's Just Not That Into You".

Gamer
(2009)

Control a human criminal to win him his freedom!
In the near future, billionaire Michael C. Hall (Ken Castle) is the creator of a new online source of entertainment called Slayers in which a gamer controls an inmate from prison through missions to eliminate other inmates to win the goal of their freedom. Hot shot gamer Logan Lerman (Simon) controls the inmate Gerard Butler (Kable) who is close to winning the last five games to win his inmates release, when finding out a way to talk to the inmate from an unknown opposing group led by Humanz Brother (Ludacris).

The Sci-fi fantasy of the creation of this movie is so unique that it is exciting to watch as much as it is hard to believe. The graphics as well as the special effects make this movie worth the watch as well. Buff guy Butler plays the tough guy role so well as you have seen before in his movie 300. Lerman is quick becoming a big actor and this was somewhat of a big role for him, like a stepping stone for something bigger hopefully. In some instances it feels like they played this movie off of Death Race with Jason Statham just to try and out do it by making this film better than the release of that was. It seems like planting a microchip into a human brain is a big what if in this film, along with other films I have recently seen that are unrealistic. Ones definition to predict the future is unknown, but to create their own version of what could happen kind of gives you something to go off of to make you thoughts wander.

The Final Destination
(2009)

Another premonition gone bad in the last of the final destinations!
Bobby Campo (Nick O'Bannon), his girlfriend Lori Milligan (Shantel VanSanten), Hunt Wynorski (Nick Zano), and Janet Cunningham (Haley Webb) are at a sort of Nascar race track at McKinley Speedway watching a race together. When suddenly things start to happen as a race car fly's into the stands causing an explosion which causes the seated arena to crumble down onto people, Nick then wakes up and figures out it is a vision of what will happen and begins to panic as he try's to save anyone he can in the process of the disaster he envisioned.

Like the other films before this one it has hints of what will happen before it happens from the character Nick and he figures out deaths plan and who will be next. What brings more people to watch this last film are the new actors which brings excitement along with new deaths in this final installment of the finals destinations. The only thing that is exciting about this one is the vision of it in 3D. 3D is becoming more and more big now and maybe everything with eventually will have the capacity to be 3D at least if they are big action, sci-fi, or animated movies which when seen will make the movie come more to life.

The Day the Earth Stood Still
(2008)

End of the world sort of movie, in this remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still!
Dr. Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) is asked to come with federal agents for some kind of national emergency along with other people who are experts in their field having to do with science. They are all shown a slide show of an object that has set course for Manhattan which is a city of 8 million inhabitants which will end its destination in 78 minutes time.

In something of an end of the world film, but in this film it's more like an alien invasion like from the film "War of the Worlds". Although this movie stars Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly, what really makes this movie exciting are the special effects and graphics bringing you into the film and making you feel the old films from this remake from 1951 classic sci-fi film which probably doesn't compare to this movie to some people, but might be fun to check out anyways. When it comes to the end of the world you look deeper into things, it shows you how the character sort of runs from the disaster or how they figure out what is going on. In this film Connelly's character Benson is the head honcho as some people would call it to stop the aliens from destroying everything and starting anew. I'm not really sure what it is when I watch sci-fi, but it intrigues you so much probably because it is less predictable than a movie based off something that is realistic.

Fast & Furious
(2009)

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are at it again in Fast and Furious!
Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) are stealing gasoline at the start of this film with Han Lue (Sung Kang) from the Tokyo Drift film. The cops are close on tracking Dom down and he decides to leave Letty and only to find out sometime later that she is murdered, on which leads into Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) path to find a common enemy.

If having watched the other fast and furious films this one takes over as the third movie of the fast and furious films. When making more than three films off one film it seems like they tie the fourth film in with the others somewhere to make the plot make sense. Along in this one is all about fast cars, fist fights, and chase scenes. Since all the characters are in the first movie, it makes this movie better to watch as if having replaced the characters with new actors as done with some films that have more than one off of the first film. Having watched the first film of the fast and the furious, you should check this one out because it might intrigue you as much as the first film did. Also this movie stars Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Dominic's sister.

Sherlock Holmes
(2009)

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are on the case to solve crimes and punch people out when they feel needed so!
Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and John Watson (Jude Law) have stopped Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong) from killing another girl and Watson saw to it to his hanging for the use of black magic and the death of five girls. By his death and talking to Holmes beforehand he said, "I will return and kill three more, death is only the beginning."

An old acquaintance Irene Adler (Rachael McAdams) happens to come back to see Holmes, but she may be up to more bad than good now. Both Holmes and Watson are always having fists pummeling the next unlawful hoe as well as gathering evidence to solve the case. Holmes has a way of analyzing everything and finding a solution to solve it whatever it may be. The funny thing is that Holmes and Watson fight about everything like they are brothers, but we all know they are just partners throughout. Witty jokes by both keep the seriousness out of the film. Quick witted and a personality that makes him a bit quirky Robert Downey plays the part perfectly as Holmes in this thriller of a film. McAdams character distracts Holmes yet keeps him interested in a beautiful glow that never strays her. Laws character fits him well and there are times that make you laugh with joy showing the flawed yet strong friendship the duo of Holmes and Watson share.

The music and as well as the explosions, fight scenes, and funny lines gives the film intensity and intrigues you to want to see what happens next. A fun fact about Downey is that at the age of 10, while living in London, Robert attended the Perry House School in Chelsea and studied classical ballet. So, to come go back and experience taking part in a movie filmed in London for most of it. It was something he experienced from his childhood must have been a treat for Downey as well as the audience to see the great scenes of London in the film. As for Guy Ritchie, seeing his films he directed in the past being "Snatch", "RocknRolla", and "Lock, Stock, and Smoke two Barrels" this film is a big step for him since I think his other movies didn't intrigue me, but left me wondering what I just saw and if I wanted to see it again just to remember.

The Strangers
(2008)

Based on true events of a story of Kristen Mckay and James Hoyt at their summer home on Feb. 11, 2005.
On the night of February 11, 2005, Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman) left a friends wedding reception and returned to the Hoyt family's summer home. The brutal events that took place there are still not entirely know.

According to the FBI there are an estimated 1.4 million violent crimes in America each year. The scary thing is that this film is inspired by that true event which happened on that day. The whole reason this film differs from other scary movies is that it could really happen in real life and that is what I think the director wanted you to see. It seems like when directors make scary films there are always so cheesy and not really real like they would actually happen that way or realistically happen. For some people this may keep them up at night worrying and having terror that this might happen to them. Rarely would you get that scared if you were older, but I could see it happen to a younger kid if you let them watch this movie. It might have you leaving your night light on also just to help yourself sleep at night after watching this.

The director set out to show you something in this film, weather it be to scare you or give you his vision or what really happened from true events that took place there. When you get your imagination going you can think of anything and it you could make it make it greater than even you set out accomplish it to be.

Iron Man
(2008)

Tony Stark constructs a new iron suit of destruction to use for good!
Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is the Worlds biggest creator of weaponry. He is captured by terrorists after showing the use of his new missiles and somehow escapes his enemy by the invention of a strong metal suit.

If some terrorist were using your weapons for killing people, wouldn't you stop making them for one thing and try and stop them from hurting civilians. Also if you figured out your business partner is going against you for power and to take your spot, you would stop him from becoming to powerful, wouldn't you? When people are greedy they want the power and to be the one everyone answers to instead of vice versa. This movie most likely reminds me of Transformers with Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox. With aliens from space, that transform from cars into machines with guns throughout that movie to protect a cube from getting into enemy hands.

Downey Jr. plays the character of Stark so well I don't think they could have picked a better actor for this role. Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) is convincing as a redhead and has a romantic tie in the movie to Stark having been by his side as his assistant all his years of his work with Stark Industries. Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) is the bad guy in this film who just wants to be a step above stark as the CEO of Stark industries. This movie should give you a boost in your view of comic movies and have you wanting to see the next best movie with more technology, movies are becoming something different and more spectacular than we could only imagine. Plus also a romance between Potts and Stark comes into play through the movie because she has always been there for him throughout the years to help him with whatever he needs and realizes that she is the only one person he can count on in the end.

Robert Downey Jr. is the son of underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.. His first part in a movie was in his father's Pound (1970), in which 5-year-old Downey played a puppy. During traffic stop for speeding, he was arrested for drunken driving, possession of heroin, and possession of an unloaded pistol in his pickup truck. This was his first reported brush with the law at age 31. He was given a suspended prison sentence of 3 years, and granted probation with requirements of random drug testing and drug counseling. Which was just two years before Iron Man came out. It is amazing how he changed his life around which is really someone to look up to I think, because some people can relate to his situation. Before he starred as Iron Man (2008), Downey had done films with three of the actors who played Batman: with George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005); with Val Kilmer in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005); and with Michael Keaton in Game 6 (2005).

Continuing with his acting career Downey Jr. release of Shelock Holmes is only days away coming out on Christmas Day. Along with that he is working on the second film for Iron Man 2 to be released in the earlier months of 2010. His movie Sherlock Holmes I have only seen the preview for about a dozen times throughout watching movies or just on television. For Iron Man 2, it looks like there is to be more villains and more romantic ties with Pott's character played by Paltrow. Terrence Howard having been a fan of the comics of Iron Man plays Colonel Rhodes head of the Weapons Development. Which in part I though he played his character well so when he asked to be in the second Iron Man they didn't give him that approval to continue with his character. The actor to take the part of Colonel Rhodes will be played by Don Cheadle and the villains Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow played by Scarlett Johansson and Ivan Vanko / Whiplash played by Mickey Rourke which are just some of the main characters to look forward to in the second Iron Man.

Invictus
(2009)

One true story of Nelson Madela giving inspiration to his Country!
Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) becomes President of South Africa and vows to the people that the Country will never be the skunk of the world again. Becoming attracted to the sport of Rugby he contacts the captain of the South Africa spring league Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) to bring greatness and inspiration to his country.

For some people in order to give them inspiration to become great they need something to inspire them and that's what happened as shown in this film based on a true story. I have always thought the little things count in life weather it be helping out with a food shelf or giving people money, but to help the people of a Country is a big weight to put on your shoulders. To see joy and happiness in people's faces is a blessing from above and a blessing that if you have the power to give can in the end become a beautiful thing. Many people liked to be known for something or make a stand and a change. That is what I think Mandela did and the message Eastwood wanted to show in this powerful reincarnation of the true story.

Freeman in this movie is so convincing to be the real Nelson Mandela. Even though there were some parts in the movie that were funny to me which I think were put in there to make the people laugh and enjoy the movie more and not make it all too serious. The only African-American actor/actress to appear in three Best Picture Oscar Winners: "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989), "Unforgiven" (1992) and "Million Dollar Baby" (2004). I have always seen Freeman as a man who stars in those thriller roles which make you cringe and as a down to earth guy that almost anyone can relate to.

Damon plays his role well and without knowing the real person has a convincing yet honorable role as the captain of the South Africa Rugby Team of 1995. Something you may not know about Daman is that he dropped out of Harvard 12 credits short of graduating to pursue his acting career. Which I think is kind of a funny fact, because he became an actor anyways from not graduating there. I have always known Daman for his roles in Drama as well as Action films such as "Good Will Hunting" (1997), "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), "The Bourne Trillogy" movies (2002/2004/2007). Always playing the, I am tough guy willing to knock out a guy to get answers which would have served him well if he was given a role in the bond movies. I just think that wouldn't have fit his persona maybe though.

Clint Eastwood, a living legend, best known for his roles in "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) and "Gran Torino" (2008) directs this film which actually is based off a true story off Nelson Mandela and the South Africa Rugby team. Even though Eastwood is done with his acting career, he will continue his directing of movies such as this one. Already having received an award from the National Board of Review for Best actor Morgan Freeman and Best Director Clint Eastwood it is nominated for 3 Golden Globes and another 3 wins and 8 nominations.

District 9
(2009)

Alien creatures coming to earth in this Peter Jackson masterpiece!
Alien creatures come to earth and there are thousands of them which they have had to contain all of them into a location called District 9. Of all locations they came to Johanesburg, South Africa and the whole world was watching what happened next. They are to move what they call the Prawns out of Johannesburg to help all the people feel safer and so they won't contaminate the city anymore. Wikus Van De Merwe (Sharlto Copley) an alien's affair worker is promoted to evict the 1.8 million Prawns and give them the order that they will be moving soon. One of MNU's main focus is the Prawns weapons and to be able to use them, but only their DNA allows them access to use the weapons. Wikus becomes contaminated with an alien slim and starts to transform into on of the Prawns starting with his hand becoming one of the Prawns hands. He somehow escapes a test facility and tries to find a way to help the head Prawn in order to hopefully become a human again.

This movie is strange, but kind of interesting at the same time. To find a normal guy turning into an alien who then helps them is really creative and fun to watch. This movie is one of a kind and I have never seen a movie like this before. All unknown actors and actresses at least I haven't seen them before in a movie, but this movie is really a ground breaking accomplishment for Peter Jackson which I'm sure he is glad he finally was able to make come to life.

Avatar
(2009)

A humanoid population called the Na'vi protect their land as humans try and find a way to obtain anything they want from them.
Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his brother have been cryogenically frozen for five and a half years. When he comes out of the state his brother is dead and has left an investment to work on a planet known as Pandora. He will make a lot of money for taking his brothers place since he has the same genetic order. He told himself that he do anything a marine could do and has the will to be the best. Every marine was told of the humanoid population called the Na'vi, they are very dangerous and hard to kill. With the help of Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver) and Dr. Max Patel (Dileep Rao) they combine avatar and human gene's so the humans are able to become and avatar to infiltrate their world and investigate their ways and life.

Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi) tells Grace the only reason they are here is to get Onubtanium, which is a rock worth millions to the humans. Jake reports to Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) who gives him a mission to give him intell on the Na'vi and he will give him his real legs back since he is paralyzed from the waist down. When exploring Pandorum with the help of Grace and Norm Spellman (Joel Moore) who has been studying the Na'vi, Jake is chased by a creature leaving him stranded in the woods. With creature trying to attack him he is saved by a beautiful Na'vi girl named Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) who discovers he is graced by the Aiwa which is the Na'vi's god. Neytiri then takes Jake to her parents Moat (CCH Pounder) and Eytukan (Wes Studi) to tell them what she has seen from Aiwa. Neytiri is then asked to show the ways of the Na'vi to Jake and if he passes he is one of them. Jake discovers he has a stronger relationship with the Na'vi than the real world he lives in now.

The graphics and the CGI in this movie were amazing and to see why this masterpiece took so long makes sense, because James Cameron did not have the kind of technology he did back then when he had the whole idea at hand. Everything comes together with great music and James Horner does a spectacular job in that part of making the scenes come to life with the right music for each situation throughout the film. Other music he has composed were from big movies such as A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Apocalypto, Troy, The New World, The Perfect Storm, Aliens, and most known for the music in Titanic. Hoping this movie wins some Golden Globe awards, because by far this was the most fantastic film I have seen this year. Along with what I have said the main actors Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Stephen Lang all giving great performances worth winning any award in my book. Looking forward on seeing more work from them, this movie brings your feelings a boost and will give you feel good feelings if not an aching body from sitting through the whole movie.

Jennifer's Body
(2009)

The feasting of boys to keep your demon inside pleased!
Needy (Amanda Seyfried) is in an insane asylum when you first see her in this movie and she tells about her life two years ago when she was normal and still in high school with her best friend Jennifer (Megan Fox). Then went to a bar to watch a band and just after the band has started the place burns down killing some students and parents. Jennifer wants to go with the Nikolai (Adam Brody) because she likes him. What she doesn't know is she is tied up and sacrificed to Satan as a virgin when Nikolai stabs her to death or so the band thinks. Jennifer shows up all bloody at her friend Needy's house and starts to puke up black stuff. Then the high school football player is killed and along with another boy from school later on and somehow Needy knows it is her friend Jennifer and she is not the same anymore.

This movie was mostly like other movies I have seen like this where some girl gets killed and comes back to life somehow and kills the people who did it or just kills people. Don't get me wrong this movie was entertaining; I mean you have Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, and Adam Brody as the main stars in the cast. With a great cast this movie should keep you interested in the story and it all happens when they are in high school and everyone can relate to high school right? Megan Fox is currently working on some of her new roles in "The Crossing" (2011), "Passion Play" (2010), "Jonah Hex" (2010). Amanda Seyfried is also in a movie called "Chloe" (2009), "Dear John" (2010), "Letters to Juliet" (2010), "A Woman of No Importance" (2011), and in a TV show called "Big Love" as Sarah Henrickson (35 episodes, 2006-2010). If you're a fan of any of the actors or have seen movies like this I would recommend you see this one too.

Christmas with the Kranks
(2004)

A try to skip Christmas movie with Tim Allen!
Tim Allen (Luther Krank) is having the holidays bring him down and want to get away from all the rain and the work of preparing a regular Christmas. He then shows his wife (Nora Krank) Jamie Lee Curtis a cruise ship that will amount to three thousand dollars which will save them money from the usual costs of Christmas.

With their daughter (Blair Krank) Julie Gonzalo being away at the Peace Core they decide to make a go of going on the cruise and not doing anything that has to do with Christmas including their yearly donations. Their neighbor (Vic Frohmeyer) Dan Aykroyd has a problem with them leaving and not expecting it they get a call from Blair saying she has met a guy and she wants to marry him and bring him home for Christmas. Luther and Nora are ecstatic and try and perform a Christmas miracle to get their neighborhood Christmas party together before she gets back.

Allen is really funny in this movie and it was fun to see him in a Christmas movie. Last seeing him in the movie "Wild Hogs" I sometimes wonder what he is doing these days. Actually he has two movies coming out that he is starring in which will be "Toy Story 3" which is coming out in 2010 and "Wild Hogs 2" which is supposedly coming out 2011 so maybe watch for those if you're a fan. Curtis is coming out with a movie called "You Again" in 2010 and Gonzalo is currently on the TV show "Eli Stone" if you're interested in where some of these stars are now. You might want to check this one out and it should give you laughs for the whole family.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(2000)

Jim Carrey at his best in the Grinch!
Ask and Who, there's no place like Whoville around Christmas Day. Yes, every Who down in Whoville likes Christmas a lot, but the Grinch (Jim Carrey), who lived just north of Whoville did not. The Grinch hated Christmas, the whole Christmas season.

It could be because his head wasn't screwed on just right or it could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. But I think the most likely reason of all is that maybe have been that his heart was two sizes to small. Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) goes and sees who raised the Grinch who talk about the Grinch and say he wasn't a bad Who, he was just different. Cindy gets told the day at school just before the Grinch was last seen again.

Jim Carrey is a hit as the Grinch and even in the serious times in this movie he is hilarious. Carrey I last saw in the movie "Yes Man" with Zooey Deschanel which was a movie about a guy who always says no and goes to a seminar about saying yes which changes his life and gives him more possibilities in life than he thought he knew. Momsen is much older now and it's fun to see where the actors or actresses end when you saw them when they were younger. She actually now is currently on the TV show "Gossip Girl" as Jennie Humphrey on Monday nights if you wanted to check her out in her role on the show or just see where she is now. This movie also stars Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon, Clint Howard, Josh Ryan Evans, and Mindy Sterling. This is a good Christmas movie for the whole family to watch.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(1989)

Chevy Chase at his best!
You can't go wrong with Chevy Chase, he is a classic comedian that will give you a lot of laughs. Clark Griswold(Chase) brings his family out to no-where to pick a Christmas tree and almost gets into a car accident in the process. Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) says her parents are coming this year too and she is worried how everyone is going to get along and fit in the house and Clark reassures her and says it will be fine. Clark starts talking to an attractive girl at the lingerie area and find himself getting a little to out of hand when his son Rusty (Johnny Galecki) comes up to him. Both parents have arrived of theirs and nothing but mayhem, causing arguments between each parent. Clark finally gets the lights going on the house and Uncle Eddie (Randy Quaid) shows up with his family and it's now a packed Christmas that he wasn't expecting to have.

This movie will remind you of a lot of different things, weather it's another movie, your own Christmas, or just fun times of the Christmas holiday with the family. Some parts just remind me of dumb and dumber or some of the dumb things they would do throughout that movie. Chase reminds me so much of Jim Carrey in his wacky comedies that you just absolutely laugh about throughout the whole movie. Chase is now older and in a TV show called "Community" which I haven't got a chance to see yet, but it looks funny. Juliette Andrews who played Audrey Griswold is currently in the movie coming out soon "Whip It" and "Metropia". Johnny Galecki who played Rusty Griswold is currently in the show "The Big Bang Theory" which I believe is on Monday or Wednesdays. For some it is fun to see what they are up to now and most of the others from the movie Christmas Vacation are hardly acting anymore. This is also one Chevy Chase movie that will soon become one of your favorite classic movies to watch with your family.

Wild Hogs
(2007)

Break out wild and free with a trip on your motorcycle to the pacific!
Four friends Tim Allen (Doug Madsen), John Travolta (Woody Stevens), Martin Lawrence (Bobby Davis), and William H. Macy (Dudley Frank) are having troubles in their lives and their only free time is getting together while riding their motorcycles around town. Woody brings up the idea of a trip to go to the pacific, just the four of them on their bikes and none of them say they can get away for a while. Doug realizes it is now or never and ends up being in the hospital because of his syndrome, bringing them all together the next day to take the trip.

Middle aged me making a free ride trip across half of the U.S. to the pacific. The thing I like most about this movie is its actors and how they run into a motor cycle gang called the Del Fuegos. The whole idea in this movie is to be wild and free throughout their trip. Allen has been out of the picture after this movie and his next movie might just be "Toy Story 3". Travolta, I have just seen in "Old Dogs" which yes he is older now! Lawrence's last movie was "College Road Trip". Macy, I last saw in a funny older guy movie called "Maiden Heist" also starring Morgan Freeman and Christopher Walken. This movie also stars Ray Liotta and Marisa Tomei. This one is pretty funny and you might like it a lot more than some of their other movies you have seen these actors in.

All About Steve
(2009)

An all crazy Bullock, it's not one of her best roles!
Sandra Bullock (Mary Horowitz) has always been alone and she is devoted to her crossword puzzles that she makes for her local paper for a living. Her parents set her up on a blind date with a guy named Steve (Bradley Cooper) and she immediately goes crazy for this guy and starts making out with him once they get into his car. Steve is wondering half what is going on and things this girl is just plain coco loco. Steve is then called to go to away for his news crew and just to get Mary away says yeah I wish you could come with, but you're probably really busy. He drives away and Mary for some reason makes a crossword puzzle that is called All About Steve. Her boss has no idea what is going on with her and she is then fired from her job. Getting excited because she is able leave and be with Steve, she decides to go on find Steve and surprise him.

Bullock plays a major ditz and Cooper plays it cool from this crazy stalker that she plays. Bringing in DJ Qualls which everyone probably remembers him from the movie "The New Guy", this Mom from Four Christmases Katy Mixon, the funny Chinese or Korean guy Ken Jeong making his was in some recent comedies, and also Thomas Haiden Church which I last saw him in the movie "Imagine That" with Eddie Murphy, he plays a financial executive who completes with Murphy for the Head Executive job. All in all, this movie wasn't as bad as I thought it was, but it wasn't one of Bullocks best that is for sure!

The Hangover
(2009)

Funny from start to finish!
Doug Billings (Justin Bartha) is getting married and for his bachelor party his friends Phil Wenneck (Bradley Cooper), Stu Price (Ed Helms), Alan Garner (Zach Galifianakis), and him are going to Las Vegas to celebrate. Toasting to a night they will never forget, Alan wakes up and finds a Tiger in the bathroom, Phil calls Doug because he is nowhere to be found, and along with Stu woken up too they find a baby in the closet. None of them remembering anything that has happened and Stu somehow has lost a tooth. They all begin to empty their pockets and find traces of what they did last night to find the groom Doug.

All throughout this movie there is a lot of funny scenes to keep you intrigued from start to end. I last saw Cooper in the movie "What about Steve" where he plays a guy being chased by Sandra Bullocks crazy character throughout the movie. Which you can also see Cooper in some episodes of Nip/Tuck and the movie "He's Just Not That into You". Helms you can find in the show "The Office and recently was in the movie "The Goods". Galifianakis you can find in the movie "What happens in Vegas" and is in upcoming movies G-Force, Up in the Air, and Youth in Revolt. Bartha is in a couple movies I have never seen one being "New York, I love you" and the others I am unsure of really, but what I most remember him in is the "National Treasure" movies which were fun to watch. All of these guys play really great funny characters and I will look forward to seeing them again sometime soon!

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