The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest.

The final chapter in the trilogy, explains all the missing parts. My favorite of the 3 and one of the best movies of the year. Most of the movie is spent with Lisbeth Salander either in the hospital or courtroom and her magazine champion doing most of the heavy lifting by trying to dig up info to secure her release from custody. Don't miss this one if you liked the other two. 4 bananas

Paranormal Activity 2

Intense drama depicting unseen goings on in a young couples home. Things aren't what they seem as strange and deadly happenings begin to center around the couples baby boy. Movie leaves you, like the first one, with more questions than answers but it does get you hooked. 2 1/2 bananas

Tamara Drewe

Beautifully filmed English comedy with a bit of drama at the end. The "new" beautiful Tamara comes back to her English countryside home upon the death of her mother with a reconstructed nose and sets the town a rocking. Only the English can roll humor, sex, infidelity and a great story into something so enjoyable. 3 1/2 bananas

Stone

Robert DeNiro,probationary officer, and Edward Norton, jailed convict, square off in this psych drama regarding the release of Norton. Interesting conflicts been the two but I haven't a clue what happens at the end. Slow paced but worth seeing to figure out the ending. 2 bananas

Hereafter

Clint Eastwoods latest movie as a director is fast out of the gate with terrific water devastaion scenes but slows to a crawl as it weaves 3 different plots centered around death into a feel good ending. Matt Damon plays a psychic who doesn't want to see what he is capable of seeing. Enjoyable but the 3 unique plots take to much time to come to a conclusion. 3 bananas

Conviction

Hilary Swank gives another terrific performance in this true life drama. Swank's older brother is sent to jail for a murder he supposedly committed. The bond between the two has always been very strong, thus she takes it upon herself to free her brother by getting her law degree and spending 18 years from the date of his incarceration trying to prove his innocence. Well worth seeing. 3 1/2 bananas

Social Network

Interesting portrayal of the young Harvard student, Mark Zuckenberg, and how he and a few friends founded and dealt with the startup , sucess and ultimate betrayals that happened along the way of Facebook.com. Just goes to show you, Nerds will rule the world. Well done and definitely worth seeing. 3 bananas

Inside Job

Want to know what created the 2008 market crash? This documentary does a great job in showing what lead up to Setember 2008, who was responsible, and explains the financial minipulations going on in the verious banking and government institutions. Gets your blood boiling when see all the red flags. See it to get an understanding of how the investor got screwed and the big boys on Wall St got even richer. 3 1/2 bananas

Red

Enjoyable comic/spy spoof with an all star cast. Willis, Malkevich, Mirren and others are being hunted down and killed by their previous emplyer, the CIA. They decide to turn the tables and go after the powers to be which lead them to the highest levels of government. Well done, fun to see and highly entertaining. 3 bananas

Wall Street: Money never sleeps

Michael Douglas as Gordon Gecko, is back from jail and out for revenge. Interesting portrayal of how wall street functions. Gecko's daughter is dating an up and coming super star on wall street who trys to play with the big boys and gets burned. Shaddy dealings and behind closed door deals spark this into a very enjoyable movie. 3 bananas

The Girl who Played with Fire

2nd in Seig Larsons triology, has Noomi Rapace, computer hacker extrodinaire, framed for murder and on the run from a human trafficing cartel trying to kill her. Along the way her past is exposed with dramatic surprises while her publisher friend lends close support. Well done, as good as The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo. Sub titles but easy to read and well worth the effort. 3 1/2 bananas