julie & julia
cast: meryl streep, stanley tucci, amy adams, chris messina
what imdb says: Based on two true stories, Julie & Julia intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends...until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

( Eric, come see the world's most beautiful chicken. )

postcards from the edge
cast: meryl streep, shirley maclaine, dennis quaid, gene hackman
what imdb says: Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother

( Thank GOD I got sober now so I can be hyper-conscious for this series of humiliations. )

julia
cast: jane fonda, vanessa redgrave, meryl streep
what imdb says: At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

( Way down deep he's very superficial. )

i'm not there
cast: cate blanchett, ben whishaw, christian bale, richard gere, marcus carl franklin, heath ledger
what imdb says: Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

( God, I'm glad I'm not me. )

adaptation.
cast: nicholas cage, meryl streep, chris cooper
what imdb says: A lovelorn screenwriter turns to his less talented twin brother for help when his efforts to adapt a non-fiction book go nowhere.

( I suppose I do have one unembarrassed passion. I want to know what it feels like to care about something passionately. )

( it's a slew of meryl up in here )

milk
cast: sean penn, josh brolin, emile hirsch, alison pill, james franco, victor garber
what imdb says: The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White.

( Without hope, life's not worth living )

the hours
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep
What imdb says: The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.

( That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other. )