The Accidental Husband

I have always loved Urma Thurman and her performance in this movie does not disappoint. Thurman plays a radio host who gives dating advice. She is engaged to be married and her world is shaken as an irate listener decides to hack into the city records and make her be married to him as payback, so when she tries to get a wedding license, she can't because she is already "married." I won't give up the storyline much more, but this movie is a must see. I think it was missed by mainstream moviegoers because it wasn't in theatres long and probably didn't get great reviews. I loved the movie and thought it was cute. You should see it, rent it at any Redbox!

Good romance and the main men are cute to boot!

Leap Year

I would have to say...see this movie. I have never been to Ireland but after seeing all the the wonderful scenery in Ireland in this movie, I am aching to go. I am also wanting to fall in love with a cute scruffy Irishman.

This was a wonderful little romantic comedy. Amy Adams is typed cast in this movie, but she does so well in a cute, funny, and helpless in love character. Her comedic timing is amazing! She makes me want to be her as well. That gorgeous red hair and big blue eyes and she sure can walk in those high heels.

Matthew Goode is very good in this movie. I don't recall ever seeing him in anything else, but I am researching to see what else he is in, so I can watch it. He is yummy. I didn't think I would ever use yummy when talking about a man, but I just did.

The basic plot of the movie is that Anna(Amy Adams) has been dating a man for several years and feels that they should be getting engaged. He leaves on a business trip to Dublin and she decides she should follow a family tradition and propose to him on Feb 29th(hence the name of the movie). Anyway, most of the plot deals with her adventures to get to him because her travel plans get messed up. Declan(Goode) helps her get to Dublin.

I will not give you any other details because I always feel that ruins movies for people, but please see this if you are sucker for romantic comedies because this is the best I have seen in a while! FIVE Golden Monkies

Sherlock Holmes

The talents of three great actors drew me to this flick. Jude Law is eye candy. Robert Downey Jr. impressed me in Ironman so I assumed he would be fabulous in this film. Rachel McAdams is one of my favorites thanks to her comedic timing and her ability to be believable in any part. The combo of these three actors definitely added to the goodness of this movie.

I was actually pleasantly surprised that this movie actually had a good plot and was true to the storyline of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The previews had gotten me worried that this wouldn't be the case.

The movie is action packed and I would suggest you see it! Excuse the shortness of the review. I don't want to spoil!

Avatar

This movie was surprisingly amazing. I really am not one to enjoy sci-fi but I loved this movie! James Cameron has always impressed me as a director and this recent work shows his brilliance. His eye for detail and imagination with cinematogrophy was impressive. The storyline is basically about US military in the future going to another planet in order to find fuel, seeing that earth has ran out of fuel. Unfortunately, the fuel they find on the planet, Pandora, lies beneath a civilization. In order to harvest, they must find a way to have the natives move. The use of science comes in as scientists come up with a way to communicate and deal with the natives safely with the use of high tech avatars. Basically, they are genetically engineered beings who can be contolled remotely. The movie follows the conflicts and adventures the controllers encounter while running the avatars.

I would give this movie a 4 out of 5 stars.

The Blindside.

Last night I saw this movie. It is simply amazing. It is the true story of Michael Oher who plays left tackle for the Baltimore Ravens. Basically, it is about a woman, played by Sandra Bullock, who helps a teenager who is homeless. I was reminded that sometimes all a kid needs to succeed is one adult who believes in them. This movie really hit my heartstrings because Michael reminded me of so many of my students. I pretty much cried during most of the movie, which is a good thing!

Sandra Bullock is an amazing actress and again does an amazing job. I think that with each movie she does, she gains more of my respect. She can play any part and pulls it off amazingly. I would give her performance in this film a 15 out of 10.

The movie recieves two thumbs up and a Gingerbread Shake of awesomeness!

All About Steve...

The first thirty minutes or so of this movie, I sat there wondering what the heck I was thinking by wanting to come to this movie because it was the stupidest movie I have seen in a while.

It got better as it rolled along and I actually thought it was majorly funny in parts. People falling into holes is just funny and Sandra Bullock is always fun to watch. I was glad I did not pay full price for this movie, but I think I might have even saved 50 cents and waited for the Redbox!

I give this a two out of five stars!

New Moon and Transformers 2

Not really a matching pair but I have seen these movies in the past two weeks.

New Moon was very good. And that isn't just because some certain werewolf is shirtless most of the movie. There was a lot of action and you could totally tell they had a lot more money to make this movie compared to the first one(visual effects were much better!). I like to get the visual in my head as I am reading the books. I just started reading Eclipse because I was inspired by this movie to again get into the books. Of course, the movies are exactly like the books but I enjoy them. I don't even like vampires but these movies are awesome. I actually took the picture above at a Red Robin the day after seeing the movie.

I have noticed that I have hard times writing reviews seeing I forget everything. Maybe I am not very good at this.

It took me about three weeks to watch Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It was jam packed with action but I still kept falling asleep, but that sleepiness was thanks to winter getting her not the quality of the movie. There is a cheesy love story jammed into the action which makes it nice. I also love the Bumblebee Camaro! I would buy one. Optimus Prime's character was further described as he is know as one of the loyalty of transformers. He saves Sam, Shai Labuff's character. I like Shai even if he is too young for me. I would totally tell you to watch this movie but make sure to watch the first one first! You should always handle sequels this way!