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.

the descent

*** very scary movie about girls climbing underground. i dont really like it when pseudo aliens show up but i could tolerate it for this movie. saw it at marti's house.

dream girls

* either i completely missed it on this or it is just a horrible movie. i dont like the singing parts and found it funny at times. saw it with jenn at mercado 2 nights ago

pursuit of happyness

*** overall it was a decent movie. i was expecting more character development. touching, inspirational, you care for the character but i wanted more history. saw it with jenn at mercado

fearless

** jet li's final movie , wow he did another one of his cookie cutter asian-filmed style movies. by asian-filmed meaning a lot of fake stunts

singles

***1/2 really great. much better than expected. some great cameos of jeremy piven and paul giamatii. they look so young. great find at the library.

invincible

*** was much better than i expected. inspiring and touching.

the wicker man

**1/2 okay but stupid. nothing that spectacular. overall bad movie night;)

down in the valley

* waste of time. wtf was this movie made for?

little man

** stupid. white chicks was so much better. watched at home.

wordplay

*** cute movie about crossword puzzles;) kind of like spellbound.

chasing amy

***1/2 so far so good. i love kevin's early work. i almost dont want to watch it so i can enjoy it and it wont end.

clerks 2

** kind of boring. not really funny. i enjoyed dialogue in mallrats and clerks 1 much more. watched with seth.

american graffiti

** i think i have seen this before but it was kind of boring for the first 10 minutes i was watching.

lucky number slevin

**1/2 decent. with seth, mom and norm. a copy of usual suspects with a twist. entertaining.

fun with dick and jane

* stupid. seth fell asleep. yawn again. damn horrible movies. how the F did that make $200 M worldwide. uh jim carrey i guess draws that much. crazy.

monster's ball

** horrible except for halle's. saw with my brother/ no idea why this won best picture. save your time.

devil wears prada

**1/2 good but predictable. decent.

final destination 3

**1/2 not bad. at home. better than expected. like the whole series

annapolis

*1/2 yawn. better than expected. it is a boxing flick not a tough times at the naval academy i was expecting.

pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest

** with jt. decent.

wassup rockers

* stupid. director of kids so i had high hopes. freaking lame.

jesus' son

**1/2 at my house while working. decent movie. okay plot. slow development. indie film. add it to the list.

edTV

*1/2 stupid. ehdecent.

riding in cars with boys

*** surprisingly good. at johnnys. not too emotional but decent.

borat

**1/2 funny but over-rated. saw with jenn, ori, mehul and hilary. in sf

old boy

***1/2, like the korean version of counte of monte cristo. really enjoyed the movie. watched from home.

you, me an dupree

*1/2 saw it on the plane back from boston. what a waste. can owen wilson stop acting the same way everytime?

hustle & flow

such a great fucking movie. ***1/2. really touching, more so than i expected.

thank you for not smoking

** at johnnys with a glass of wine. overrated. it was okay at parts.

hard candy

***1/2 with seth and jenn. freaking scary and perfect. not sure why it didn't get more attention. really well done scary movie.

suicide club

* stupid japanese movie. girls commit suicide. i konw the movies are going to be bad but i keep watching. i know. with jenn and seth at jenn's place.

poseidon

* horrible movie. can't believe people thought it would be a major motion picture.

capote

***1/4, decently interesting. never heard of him before.

the squid and the whale

well done ***1/2 with jennifer at home. drama great movie.

atl

** stupid.

my date with drew

***1/2, you feel very connected to the character. great idea and execution.

ATL

kind of stupid. with johnny.

v for vendetta

been waiting to watch this for so long. rating coming.

broken flowers

** boring. no point to it. winston guy was funny. watched at home.

little miss sunshine

***1/2 with jenn. great movie.

north county

*** decent.

firewall

stupid. * freaking harrison ford plays the family gets kidnapped he saves them role way too many times.

an unfinished life

** busy doing other things. kind of whatever story.

find me guilty

vin diesel. ***1/2 so far so good out of 5 stars. by myself

talladega nights: ballad of ricky bobby

decent *** with jennifer in fremont.

when a stranger calls

*** scary. with marti and now finally at home.

when a stranger calls

**1/2 fell asleep but seemed good.at marti's

domino

**1/2 started strong but died off

running scared

*** really good with paul walker.

blue crush

**1/2 eh. decent. kind of predictable.

get on the bus

** too political. eh

mission impossible 3

*** very active. with grant

da vinci code

** not too bad. with grant. a little slow.

x-men 3: the last stand

*** very entertaining. with jennifer.

the believer

**1/2 confusing but ryan gosling is great. good discussion relating to judaism.

grandma's boy

* dave and grant

da vinci code

**1/2 grant, yvonne and jason.

mission impossible 3

with grant.h ***

shooting gallery

horrible. * with david x and jenn

the aristrocrats

**1/2 wei-ming, jennifer, mike li. someone walks into a talent agents office.

ice age: meltdown

***1/2 really funny with dad and jenn.

the grizzly man

*** with bob