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

The Town

Ben Affleck and his band of Boston bank robbers, take a female hostage at one of their heists. Once set free, Ben is to determine if she would remember any of the robbers and guess what, love blooms. As the FBI is hot on their trail, the robbers continue with an interesting robbery with disasterous results. Fun with a gun! 3 bananas

Machete

Only seconds into the film and heads are literally flying in this appropriately titled movie. A film in the vain of the Good, The Bad and The Ugly era stars the baddest, ugliest former federale seeking justice with his machete against a US senator and a US/Mexican cartel of dope smugglers. Some pretty big names in this ridculous but fun to see movie that definitely should set back Mexican US relations on immigration. 2 bananas