The gorgeous Catherine Zeta Jones is at it again!!!

Though the movie is the second of its kind, as in restaurants, kitchens, cooks, cooking and food, the other one being the animation Ratatouille, explores a different plot; one that involves family values and kids, yes, a kid; testing Jones’ ability to be a good mom.

Enter handsome, loyal, trustworthy, goody goody, Italian dude, fascinated by Jones’ cooking and wants to work with her. Guess what happens next; you guessed it, they fall in love. How these movies fail to amuse me!!!Anyways, the story is not spellbinding but a good entertainer over the weekend. Recommended for all girls who are a bit stuck up in their lives, so take your girlfriends to the movies quick.

There’s not much else to say about this movie as there isn’t much substance in it. But stay tuned, I’m watching the critically acclaimed “The Lives of Others” and will be reviewing it soon.

Links: http://imdb.com/title/tt0481141/

A very typical Robin Williams movie, where he is out and about, doing stuff that normal people hesitate. In fact something common between Williams and species from the planet “Dickhead Central” is that they all think they are funny, where in reality they are terribly annoying. More so like it’s a case of acute ADD.

The movie is different, well, annoying really. I mean, seriously, the concept of having to go through preliminary rounds to make sure the couple is ready for marriage is like slapping every freedom martyr in the face. What is worse is the method of establishing whether someone is ready to be bound by matrimony. Bugging a couple’s bedroom to keep them from making out is like denying a prisoner his one phone call. It’s as if the person who has written the script for the movie has terrible post marital issues. Take counseling or something, I say, and save us the trouble of going through the torment of having to watch a movie about how to avoid the shit you got yourself into.

You’re better of playing Monopoly or something. Overall, a complete waste of time and having said that do not watch with girlfriend or fiancé as they may get volatile on you.

P.P.S. I have not actually seen this one. Thanks for the heads up Kylie.

One of the most pleasant animation films this year though not as good as some of the earlier releases in the previous years. But still, watchable.

The only thing bothering me is the idea of having a rat cook me my dinner at a restaurant. I feel the writers should have considered a rabbit or a hamster, but that’s just my opinion as I’m not much of a rat fan.

The story leads on to how a petty restaurant cleaner hooks up with a rat that can read, write and surprise surprise, COOK. Hmmm… should have joined the circus. The other side of the story is the rat’s family who wants him back home and expects him to be a normal rat and do things that normal rats do like disgust humans and make like another million more babies so they can disgust humans more and probably take over the world…!!! That last bit is my improvisation. Then there’s also the drama involved of who is going to take over the restaurant and blah, blah, blah!!!

A good one, if you’re looking for an easy weekend evening with kids, or your girlfriend as she just might start appreciating the jerk inside you.

Links: http://imdb.com/title/tt0382932/

A very comprehensive layout which is different to the regular Die Hard sequels, though the concept and the amount of action involved remains blatantly similar; how Mr. Willis takes it upon himself to save the day. But here he goes to a different level and tries to save the whole of U.S. in a cyber active era full of geeks and hackers.

I’m going to stop bagging this movie because it in fact is one that is worth a watch, if you’ve enjoyed the action pumped, daring earlier sequels of the Die Hard series. Worth mentioning is also that the writers have made an effort not just to cater to the old fans of Die Hard but to zombify new teenagers through a different style of action; I quote the lines Mr. Willis uses, “I was out of bullets”, before ramming a car into a chopper and taking it down.

Though entertaining, I think Die Hard’s existence should be brought to an end soon as more of it would only taint the glory it has accumulated over the years.

P.S. Same goes for the Rocky series as well.

Links: http://imdb.com/title/tt0337978/

Not the best animation this year!!! And as I was not entirely impressed with Happy Feet, I’d rank this a bit better than that one as both Happy Feet and Surf’s Up have penguins walking around and doing weird shit such as dancing and surfing (surprise, surprise), respectively.

I’m going to stop comparing now, just because it’s lame.

Surf’s Up sums up as your average “where there’s a will, there’s a way”, sort of movie that showcases a young rebellious penguin’s efforts to become a champion surfer although everyone else, including me, disagree. The story takes us through a surfing competition to another island where the wannabe surfer penguin meets his all-time surfing legend, who the whole world thinks is dead; which makes me think the story was written by some middle-aged, midlife crisis suffering, desperate guy locked up in a prison cell with nothing but comic books that never hit the real world as they were too lame.

A predictable movie from the start to end, but if you’re up for a laugh on a Sunday afternoon with a slice of pizza, I’d say there’s no harm.P.S. Keep an eye out for the chicken. He's GOLD!!!

Links: http://imdb.com/title/tt0423294/

The first impression I got was another version of “Brokeback Mountain”, but I was relieved to learn that it was not. So that’s 3 points straight-up for the movie.

I am going to refrain from bagging the shit out of this movie as I did have a laugh here and there, because Mr. Sandler does not fail to amuse me, in his own stupid way.

The movie inches forward in the weirdest way, going from scene to scene, leaving you wondering, WTF??? But to ruin everything the climax decides to turn around, bend forward and fart in the faces of every soul watching the movie and shattering the little expectation left that the movie ‘might’ have redeemed itself. On the contrary something worth watching in the movie is Jessica Biel, who does a fabulous job with her specially by taking her clothes off.

P.S. Not suitable for children below 16 and homo-phobes.

Links: http://imdb.com/title/tt0762107/