Movies I've Watched This Year
Each movie is given a star rating with five stars being the best.Click on a movie's poster to view information about that movie, a summary, and a small, personal review.
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Director: Adam McKay.
Key Cast: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Run Time: One hundred and eight minutes.
Summary: #1 NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best friend and teammate, Cal Naughton, Jr. But when a French Formula One driver, makes his way up the ladder, Ricky Bobby's talent and devotion are put to the test.
Date Watched: January 4th, 2012.
Quick Review: This was a great movie. I went into this movie knowing it would be pretty great, because hello, Will Ferrell. I was not disappointed. It kept me thoroughly entertained the entire time and gave me plenty of laughs.
Director: Q. Allan Brocka.
Key Cast: Scott Lunsford, Jim Verraros and Emily Brooke Hands.
Run Time: Ninety minutes.
Summary: After getting dumped by his slutty girlfriend, Caleb falls in love with Gwen. However, thanks to Caleb's roommate, Gwen thinks he's gay and sets him up with her roommate, Marc.
Date Watched: January 5th, 2012.
Quick Review: Pretty good movie. I'm not one to turn down a movie with a couple of hot gays so when it was recommended to me I was excited to check it out. The acting could have been a bit better, but in the long run it kept me pretty entertained the entire time.
Director: Michael McCullers.
Key Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Sigourney Weaver.
Run Time: Ninety-nine minutes.
Summary: A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.
Date Watched: January 5th, 2012.
Quick Review: Absolutely LOVE this movie. Tina Fey is one of the very best actresses of all time and I really love the plot of this movie. Makes me laugh every time I watch it. Probably the best way to spend ninety-nine minutes if you have that many free ones.
Director: Quentin Tarantino.
Key Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine and Daryl Hannah.
Run Time: One hundred and eleven minutes.
Summary: The Bride wakes up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The only thing on her mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of.
Date Watched: January 5th, 2012.
Quick Review: When I went to watch this movie I was not expecting much. My parents had led me to believe that this was a movie that wasn't very good, so I watched this kind of reluctantly. However, this movie was actually really great, and full of some really great action. Still need to watch the second one..
Director: Steven Soderbergh.
Key Cast: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Jude Law
Run Time: One hundred and six minutes.
Summary: A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
Date Watched: January 6th, 2012.
Quick Review: Pretty good movie. Was a bit of a different approach to a disease outbreak. It was pretty realistic and there were actually some suspenseful moments, which was good.
Director: Darren Aronofsky.
Key Cast: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel.
Run Time: One hundred and eight minutes.
Summary: A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Date Watched: January 14th, 2012.
Quick Review: Oh my god this movie. It was a bit slow at first but once it sped up I found it was a really great movie, and despite the fact it wasn't actually supposed to be a horror film, i jumped quite a few times. As the movie progresses it gets better and better and.. Better.
Director: Pierre Morel
Key Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen
Run Time: Ninety-three minutes
Summary: A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who was kidnapped on a trip to Paris to be sold into prostitution.
Date Watched: January 29th, 2012.
Quick Review: I've watched this movie before, but watching it again I see that I wasn't really as fond of it as I first thought that I was. The beginning feels really rushed and the man's voice kind of annoys me. But besides that this really is a great movie. The idea that this could actually happen is what makes me like it so much. It's like, what if I go to Paris and get kidnapped too?
Director: Steve Carr
Key Cast: Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell and Jayma Mays
Run Time: Ninety-one Minutes
Summary: When a shopping mall is overtaken by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to the a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.
Date Watched: January 31th, 2012.
Quick Review: This is a great movie. It has a lot of action, as well as comedy and it's pretty entertaining throughout. Not much else to say about this movie, it's a really funny movie, plus the bad guys are badass.
Director: Alex Proyas
Key Cast: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury and Rose Byrne
Run Time: One hundred and twenty-one minutes
Summary: A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Date Watched: February 1st, 2012.
Quick Review: I have mixed feelings about this movie. On one hand I think it was a great movie, the plot was good and the effects and things were really cool. One thing I didn't like though, was a lot of the speech seemed really formal, and the acting was only okay. I was expecting more from Nicolas Cage. It wasn't bad though, and even though I'm pretty sure it wasn't supposed to be scary, there were some parts that freaked me out.
Director: Jeff Tremaine
Key Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and Bam Margera
Run Time: Ninety-four minutes
Summary: Johnny Knoxville and company return for the third installment of their TV show spin-off, where dangerous stunts and explicit public displays rule.
Date Watched: February 2nd, 2012.
Quick Review: Great movie. It kept me pretty entertained throughout, and although a lot of the stunts they pulled were really gross, overall it was pretty good. I really enjoyed watching people get hit in the balls and slapped in the face. If you're looking for a movie that'll keep you laughing without a plot, this would be a good choice.