Youth In Revolt
2009
Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart
While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.
Knight and Day
2010
Cameron Diaz, Tom Cruise
June Havens finds her everyday life tangled with that of a secret agent who has realized he isn't supposed to survive his latest mission.
I actually enjoyed watching this. It was a light and breezy movie, and my first Tom Cruise experience.
The Social Network
2010
Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Justin Timberlake
A chronicle of the founding of Facebook, the social-networking Web site.
I love Andrew Garfield, and my heart broke a little for that guy.
Steel Magnolias
1989
Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Dolly Parton
Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there...
A Killer Among Friends
1992
Patty Duke, Tiffany Thiessen, Margaret Welsh
The film tells why a girl was killed by two of her best friends.
Emma
1996
Gwyneth Paltrow, Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Jeremy Northam
In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman.
The Other Bolyen Girl
2008
Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Strugess
Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.
Whip It
2009
Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Wiig
In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Suburban Girl
2007
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alec Baldwin
A Manhattanite book editor finds her take on the game of romance changed after she lures the attention of an influential older man.
Life as We Know It
2010
Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Melissa McCarthy
Two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident.
I would have liked it better if there were more romance, but seriously(!) is there anything cuter than a man with a baby?!
Inception
2010
Leo Dicaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy
In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date: Inception.
The Edge of Love
2008
Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Cillian Murphy
Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.
I thought I'd like this a lot more than I did. It actually kind of bored me.
Vacancy
2007
Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and finds hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Buffalo 66
1989
Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).
Welcome to the Rileys
2010
James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Leo
On a business trip to New Orleans, a damaged man seeks salvation by caring for a wayward young woman.
"It's hard to believe that's the same girl from Twilight", my sister.
Blindness
2008
Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Yûsuke Iseya
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down.
Spiral
2007
Joel Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Zachary Levi
A reclusive telemarketer has only one semblance of a friend: His telecommuter boss. But the telemarketer's social circle seems to improve greatly when a whimsical co-worker enters his life...