in bruges

**1/2 decent british movie with colin ferrel and guy from tiger's tail. was okay.

national treasure: book of secrets

**1/2 entertaining but thats all it is. not much more to it...

wanted

*** really good movie. surprisingly. watched with j in union city.

mongol

***1/2 really great movie with shivani at balboa theatre. long, not too much action, great character development, a bit of unnecessary scenes but overall great film.

the kite runner

*** good movie. missing some parts of the book but overall no complaints.

wall*e

*** fell asleep for part of it but overall really good. saw with andrew and john. great animation and cute plot. opening pixar short film with rabit / magician was cute.

darjeeling limited

** i like wes andersons most movies. this was a just a bit too weird.

the happening

? fell asleep on pre-fathers day with parents;)

bigger, stronger, faster

**1/2 decent. with ori,hilary and tim f. nothing spectacular. glorifies steroids a bit but makes some decent arguments.

indiana jones and blah

*1/2 really just shit. so contrived, poorly acted, direction was okay. waste of time, i fell asleep. watched with chris/andrew

iron man

*** really well done acting, cinematography and writing. semi-usual plot but overall super entertaining. actually saw it in a theatre.

zodiac

*** awesome. watched at jenns. great movie.

love on a diet

** decent chinese flick.

door in the floor

**3/4 good acting. no real plot. kind of cute. kim bassinger is hot!

hoffa

**1/2 nice to learn the story about him. better than a lot of other movies.

the namesake

*** really liked the book and the movie. kal penn surprisingly did great.

the game plan

** i like the rock. semi-okay. yawn. another in-flight movie.

into the wild

*** love the book and the movie was just as great

enchanted

**1/2 surprisingly cute. i like.

we own the night

*1/2 great actors but stupid movie. kept wanting to change it on the plane.

last king of scotland

***1/2 perfect. great plot, acting. intense!

4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days

*** greatness. plot was good. acting was perfect. interesting story. worth watching.

tiger's tail

**1/2 decent. interesting plot.

tarnation

**1/2 really emotional. great story. touching.

city of men

*** not as good as the first but independently still a good movie!

there will be blood

*** great acting, great cinematography. strange parts at times. enjoyable but could be shorter.

control

*** interesting story. amazing acting.

before the devil knows your dead

***1/2 really freaking good. suspense. different points of view. great acting, plot. nice!

the number 23

* i like jim carrey but this was meh.

once were warriors

**** perfect. great recommendation from grant. hard lives in new zealand. amazing. touching. loved.

dan in real life

** decent. i like steve carrell. plot is decent. music is great. not enough on his character about his work. kind of flat.

king of kong

**** awesome. really well done. watched on my bed. see it.

buena vista social club

*** all in spanish. great story. glad i found out about it.

juno

*** good but a bit over-rated. had chills but could be cause i was cold.

gone baby gone

*** almost similar to mystic river. good. casey affleck finally gets some light and ben does something decent but more of a copy in my opinion.

once

** got great reviews on RT (rottentomatoes). movie was good. not exceptional, maybe i was just tired.

no country for old men

***1/4 goodness. super intense and scary. jorge bardem is awesome. ending is... you'll see for yourself.

open water 2: adrift

*** i freaking loved both films. realistic and well done.

the great debaters

*** good.

eastern promises

***1/2 bomb. watch it. i want more. saw penis. good times.

fahrenheit 9/11

** another propaganda from michael moore. kind of got bored half-way. should have focused on one thing but was a bit over the place with how much bush sucks. should have called the movie 'bush sucks.' not disagreeing with it but surprised how many $$$ he made from the movie. did he give it to the dead soldiers families or to the town of flint michigan?

eragon

** at the campo. had to.

28 weeks later

*** i freaking love this series. 28 days and now weeks are both awesome. watch it.

the juror

*** seemed decent. watched most of it. i like demi moore. tough ass kicking mom.

coach carter

*** much better than expected. not the cheesy sports movie we are used to:)

pirate of the caribbean 3

**1/2 that plot is so confusing i was thinking during the whole movie how the F are young kids supposed to get it. do you think they really get it? watched in argentina with candice / juampi / mimi and manue.

out of time

**1/2 kind of weak ending but overall entertaining movie.

hot fuzz

**** watched at marti's. amazing movie

straw dogs

***1/2 damn scary. great plot. old school. dustin hoffman is amazing.

urbania

** meh.

children of men

*** great movie. plot was confusing to follow but overall great.

duece bigelow male jigalow european

*1/2 stupid. at home.

we dont live here anymore

*** decent. great cast. fun plot. semi-interesting. couple-swapping.

the detachment (french)

**1/2 decent but could have been much more intense. about girl who's bf was like go cheat on me with a nasty dude. she then blah. nothing interesting:)

la confidential

***1/2 watched from zack's floor. amazing movie!

superbad

***1/2 my type of movie. alamo draft house with chris, andrew and neville!

spiderman 3

** saw on the way to israel. the series really needs to end;)

blades of glory

**1/2 surprisingly funny. jon heber kind of sucks. no offense.

disturbia

*** very scary and well done. i love the actor shila lebouf. watched in pismo beach for grant's bday.

premonition

* stupid. or maybe just cause i wasn't paying attention. at sasha's

the shooter

**1/2 another i was framed let's kill people movie.

ratatatouille

*** saw with victoria and cap. i fell asleep. seemed decent.

knocked up

*** 1/2 great movie. almost teared. i liked it=) saw with gabe, pras and omer

transformers

*** great story line! kind of shitty ending. did enjoy it.

ocean's twelve

*** better than what others said. ending and parts where it seems like shit went wrong were a tad weak.

inside man

*** really good. clever plot

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

**1/2 Decent but I missed the plot early and it got away from me.

Matchstick Men

** I heard it was an amazing movie and it turned out to be, whatever. Watched at Devins

13 Tzameti

***1/2 Amazing. I loved it. Don't want to talk about it. Just watch.

unknown

** A wannabe Saw movie that had amazing actors. I realized I LOVE Jim Cavaziel and a few others but the plot was okay and a tad slow.

music & lyrics

** predictable. saw on Airplane back from PIttsburgh.

deja vu

***1/2 great movie. at sasha's house. go watch it. denzel plays same role as always.

blazing saddles

***1/2 freaking awesome. super funny. tons of great lines. old school rules for new school fools. brilliant.

the prestige

*** great ending. not entirely predictable. great acting. hard to hear accents. not bad.

stranger than fiction

***1/2 so damn good. loved the special effects, acting, story. everything. definitely worth watching.

james bond: casino royale

** too long. hot chicks as always. decent. at sasha's house with parents.

superman returns

**1/2 amazing special effects. saw with norm. story line is yawn/predictable.

the departed

***1/2 entertaining. great plot. twisted ending. yay. well done martin. great cast! at sashas

fantastic 4

**1/2 action oriented but the end was pathetic. jessica alba is too hot.

US vs. John Lennon

*** i love the beatles and johny lennon specifically. listened to it when i was young with my dad. we need to go, stand up, do something and try to make it happen.

john tucker must die

*1/2 stupid. watched with marti/audrey and ivan. plus potatoes.

melinda melinda

***1/2 amazing movie. i love woody allen. so brilliant. same story in 2 different ways

half nelson

**1/2 . i love ryan gosling. wanted more dramatic. too deep to think about relationship between him and the student. overall decent.

16 blocks

** mos def's voice was so annoying. movie was okay. watched at JTs.

300

***1/2 saw with sundeep, lawrence, jason and grant. really amazing visuals, story line was great. maybe some more character development could have helped.

babel

*** made for the grammies. entertaining and very crash bring the full story full circle after awhile. worth watching but not super amazing.

lives of others (german film)

*** this was a great emotional film. not sure if it is for everyone but i enjoyed the plot, characters and the overall feel for the film. great character development. i want to watch pan's labrynth

the edukators

*** great german film i picked up at random. one of the actors i am a huge fan of. seen him in the stalin film from before.

jackass 2

*** not bad. entertaining. i hope they dont have to do a #3, looked really painful.

the illusionist

*** i love edward norton and paul giamatti. accents are weird but fun.

running with scissors

**1/2 not bad. not great. just like anybody elses Fucked up life. overall relatively entertaining

science of sleep

** a little too weird for me. i love gael garcia but it was just too random.

saw 3

*** scary. twisted. overall good. i love the series.

crank

*** the main actor always has the same roles (transporter) but the action was great. plot was a tad difficult to follow at first.

texas chain saw massacre: the beginning

*1/2 watched with sasha. not scary and bad acting

devil's playground

***1/2 really amazing documentary. well done movie about amish kids rumspringa and what happens to them when they can do whatever they want after 16. they have to decide whether to join the church or not....

blood diamonds

**1/2 watched with parents at shoreline. i would say it was a lot of action but you don't care at all about the characters. story was fine. i was not emotional. a tad long. leonardo's accent was annoying.

beerfest

*1/2 not even funny. i like the acting crew because they were in super troopers. it was ney.

sophie scholl

*** decently interesting. never knew about her and the white rose. read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl

following

**1/2 from the director of memento. at home. not bad, interesting twist.