White House Down

What I liked:

• Channing Tatum is easy on the eyes.
• Great casting.  Joey King looks like she could be the daughter of Tatum and Rachelle Lefevre.  Plus there is Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, James Woods, and Lance Reddick.

The Lone Ranger

What I liked:

• Armie Hammer played a good Attorney/Texas Ranger.
• William Fichtner and Tom Wilkinson are great bad guys.
• Helena Bonham Cater has a great leg.
• It also stars Ruth Wilson, Barry Pepper and James Badge Dale.
• It points out that the white man took what wasn't his from the Indians and the from land and how greed destroys all.

Admission

What I liked:

• Lily Tomlin!
• Paul Rudd has never looked better.
• Sonya Walger, Wallace Shawn and Michael Sheen!
• Nat Wolff and Travaris Spears were funny and adorable.

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

What I liked:

• Glen Hansard's Love Don't Leave Me Waiting plays in the background of one scene.
• Olivia Wilde has great hair.
• Alan Arkin.

Safe Haven

What I liked:

• Noah Lomax and Mimi Kirkland are cute kids.
• Cobie Smulders!
• David Lyons played a good bad guy.

Alex Cross

What I liked:

• The movie was filmed in Cleveland (although the story takes place in Detroit).  It was cool the see the city in the background.
• It appears that Edward Burns found the fountain of youth because he looks great.
• Dr. Cox!
• Cicely Tyson!

Bachelorette

What I liked:

• This cast had so much potential: Kirsten Dunst, Rebel Wilson, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, Andrew Rannells, Hayes MacArthur, Kyle Bornheimer, James Marsden, Adam Scott, and Horatio Sanz. 
• There is a great shout out to My So-Called Life.
• There are actually a lot of cool pop culture references.
• It was nice to see Marsden in more of a "cocky jerk" type of role.

Jack And Jill

What I liked:

• Elodie Tougne and Rohan Chand were super cute as Sandler's kids.
• The cameos were fun.  Spoiler Alert: Be on the lookout for David Spade, Norm MacDonald, Dana Carvey, Regis Philbin, Shaq, Drew Care, John McEnroe, Christie Brinkley, Bruce Jenner, and Johnny Depp (?!)
• I am not the biggest fan of Katie Holmes but she was alright in this.

Rango

I am not a parent.  I don't even hang out with any little kids yet I feel that this movie is inappropriate for children under the age of 35.

What I liked:  The animation was great.

The Dilemma

I wasn’t expecting much from this movie but since it was a Ron Howard/Brian Grazer film, I had hope. That being said…

What I liked:

• The Black Keys had two songs featured in the film.
•  I am not a big Jennifer Connelly fan but I liked her in this.
• There was just the right amount of Kevin James. I am not a fan so a little goes a long way.
• There was an amusing scene where the Vince Vaughn’s character is asking people their opinions on when to tell a friend that his girl is cheating on him. Vaughn’s character uses the Chicago Bulls as an example and says something like “If Noah found out that Derek Rose’s girl was cheating on him, should Noah tell him?” Someone asked “is it the playoffs?” This made me think of the LBJ/Gloria/D. West/Game 5 rumors so I couldn't help but laugh.

What I didn’t like:

• For a comedy, it wasn't funny. Some people in the audience laughed, but besides for the basketball comment, I found no humor in it.
• The storyline was frustrating.
• Winona Ryder was annoying.
• The stylist must have been blind. They put Vaughn in all of these drab suits that did not look good on him. He has a beer belly. You don’t have him button his suit jacket. It just makes it worse.
• Channing Tatum was all over the place and had some weird hair thing going on. It was hard to even see him as a nice piece of eye candy.
• Queen Latifah’s character was over the top and not in a good way.

Grade: D


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How Do You Know

What I liked:

• Paul Rudd and Reece Witherspoon have very pretty eyes. 
• Larry Appleton from Perfect Strangers! 
•  Kathryn Hahn, as always, was enjoyable to watch.

The Tourist

I don’t get the allure of Angelina Jolie and I don’t swoon over Johnny Depp. However, even if this movie had two of my favorite actors in it, I still wouldn’t find the appeal in it.

What I liked: The supporting actors all did well. Angelia’s wardrobe was nice.

What I didn’t like: 1st The storyline was just ok. The trailer makes this looked action packed but it’s not. 2nd Every time the camera was on Angelina, it felt like she was trying to say “Look at me. I am the most beautiful woman in the world.” 3rd The chemistry between Angelina and Johnny was nonexistent. They just seemed to be fighting over who was the prettier one in the scene. 4th The special effects were horrible. Most of the nighttime scenes in the water seemed like the borrowed the water tank from Baywatch.

Don’t get me wrong, I like spy/fun capper type movies. Ocean’s 11 is great. The Tourist just never comes together for me.

Grade: D