The Ghost Writer

Smart, stylish and filled with political intrigue and overtones, this Roman Polanski film is a great view. The Prime Minister of England, vacationing on Cape Cod, gets caught up in the political battles of terrorist torture at home while at the sametime finishing his memouirs with a ghost writer who mysteriously is killed. A second ghost writer is called in to finish the book and is caught up in the deepening mysteries surrounding the PM. Keeps you hooked till the end. See it, Crawford forget it! 3 1/2 bananas.

500 Days of Summer

Cute, clever and funny story of a guy who falls in love and gets dumped; and then relives the how's and whys as he works for a greeting card company. One of my favorite actresses, Zoey Deschanel is charming as the girl who can't make a commitment. 2/2 bananas

Shutter Island

Interesting mystery story that is full of twists and surprises. Deputy Federal Marshall(DiCaprio) is called to a remote island that houses the criminally insane to find an inmate who has escaped. To say much more would ruin a good story. See it for good entertainment. 3 bananas

The Last Station

Beautifully filmed era film that should have been nominated for best picture and best actor and actress. Christoffer Plummer and Helen Mirren give Academy award performances in this early 1900s film depicting Leo Tolstoys years after he published War and Peace and the people he surrounded himself and how they tried to influence how he should leave his estate upon his death. Helen Mirren is drop dead GREAT. This factual movie is set on Tolstoys commune outside of Moscow and has some very funny scenes mixed with a couple love stories. Definitely see it before it disappears from the theaters. 4 bananas

The Wolfman

Great job on remake of the original. Terrific special effects in turning man into beast. Same story, man is bitten by a wolf(man) and then he turns into a wolfman when the moon is full and creates havoic amongst the villagers. However, this time there is a twist to the story. Fun viewing but a bit gory. 3 bananas

Dear John

Well it's definitely more a girl flick than a guy flick; but with that said I enjoyed this movie though it is a bit long. Not at all as the movie title would emply, though there is the Dear John letter after a two week romance, but so much more. As much about father/son relationships as romantic relationships. Well done and great endings! 3 bananas

From Paris with Love

John Travolta at his bloody best. Travolta(a cia killing machine) is assigned a rookie and a job to cleanup a terrorist cell in Paris. And boy does he clean it up. Lost count of the bodies but Travolta gets the job done, the right way. See it for the action not the acting. 2 1/2 bananas

The Spy Next Door

Typical Jackie Chan movie but geared to kids(that's me)! Chan wants to settle down with his next door girl friend but the bad guys want a coded message that is in his computer. Also his girl friends 3 kids hate him. Usual mass butt kicking, climbing walls and low comedy. Kids might like this! 1 banana

When in Rome

Comedy with cute Kristen Bell who goes to Rome for her sister's wedding and takes 4 coins out of a fountain. This in turn sets in motion four men(who threw the coins into the fountain) trying to win the love of Kristen by sorts of goof ball actions. Sometimes clever and sometimes soapy. See it if you have nothing better to do. 1 1/2 bananas