Julie and Julia: I quite enjoyed this movie, it was interesting, sweet and way funnier than I thought. Kudos to Meryl Streep on her Julia Child, she didn't nail the voice 100% but I'm not really sure that anyone could. Or mayber I just know voice better from when she was older and more warbely. Either way I reccomend it, there were multiple points of laughing out loud.

The Italian Job: This is the more recent version of the movie with Mark Walberg. I really enjoy this movie, it's one of those all around action movies, exciting plot and cool gadgets, humor, an enjoyable cast of characters and romance. Watch it.

Memoirs of a Geisha: This movie is so beautiful in many ways and so ugly and sad. I know next to nothing about about Japan and it's history and culture, and this movie represents all I know about Geisha, I found it fascinating but I have no idea how accuratly everything is portrayed. The world of the movie, the city, the setting, the clothing is so beautiful, it's stunning. The story, while it has a happy ending, is a very sad story and quite hard to watch at times. I reccomend this movie. P.S. For anyone who has seen Shall we dansu?? you'll recognize the Chairman's buisness partner.

Mamma Mia: This movie is a collection of ABBA songs thrown together with a plot, based off of the Broadway musical. I've never seen the musical and so I don't know how it compares but I have heard the soundtrack from the original cast and the singing's much better in the soundtrack. If you watch this you can't be expecting a phenomenal plot, you have to take it for what it is, a plot built around some unrelated ABBA hits. I like being able to see the story in the movie, that can be hard to get from just a soundtrack. Over all I'm not largely impressed with the movie, the acting's pretty good (Meryl Streep, Colin Firth...) but the singing leaves a lot to be desired in most cases. I wish that Pierce Brosnen hadn't been cast because he's sketchy as a singer and not a great actor even in action movies... Anyway that's what I think about this movie.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: This is the movie that Mr. Deeds was based off. I've never seen Mr. Deeds, but I'm inclined to think that this movie is better, but to each their own. This movie was directed by Frank Cappra and stars Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. Mr. Longfellow Deeds of a small town in Vermont has just inherited 20 million dollars and has to adjust to a fantastic new life in New York. I really enjoyed the messages of this movie, they were by no means subtle, however I believe they are very much needed. This movie talks about kindness towards fellowman and about being satisfied with enough, not always wanting more. It's not my favorite movie ever but it is a good one.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding: I quite enjoy this movie, it's both very funny, and very sweet. I don't really know any Greeks and so I imagine that the way they're presented in this movie is exagerated. I really love the family message of this movie, and that family is so important.

Star Wars A New Hope: I have to say that of the original trilogy, this is my least favorite, and I usually skip it when I watch Star Wars, but I couldn't really remember the plot of this movie so I gave it another chance. There are some good parts of this movie but the same things that have driven me away in the past (e.g. whiny Luke) are still a deterrent.

Xanadu: Wow, it's hard to find the words for this movie. 80s, neon, go-go boot rollerskates, Gene Kelly, Olivia Newton-John, dancing, bad special effects, animation....it's a wonderful if sort of awful combination. Something about the 80s made bizzare things like this work.

Stalag 17: Billy Wilder's movies are well known for being darkly comedic, I've heard it had to do with what happened to his family in WWII, anyway this movie is very darkly comedic. Hogan's Heros is loosely based off of this movie and leaves out a lot of the blackness. William Holden plays a cynic p.o.w in the German Stalag (Prison) and when it's discovered that someone is leaking information to the Germans, Holden's character gets the blame. This movie is very dark and serves as a good warning against jumping to conclusion in judging people and jumping on a mob mentality.