Young Victoria: This movie goes over Victoria's ascension to the throne and the events leading up to and after her marriage to Prince Albert. It was a nice enjoyable movie but even with my limited knowledge of Victoria and Albert, I was aware of things that were not correct. Nice movie but not overly accurate.

To Have and Have Not: This is Bogie and Bacall's first movie together and was shot while the famous couple were falling in love. The movie is based on a Hemingway book by the same title, I have no love for Hemingway but I do enjoy this movie.

Eat, Pray, Love: I recently took a trip to Italy and was told before I left that I should read this book or at least see this movie. I didn't. I saw it on the shelf at the library though and so I got it. I think that it's a rather interesting story but I didn't love the actual movie. I didn't love Julia Roberts in the main role and I think I would have preferred to see an unknown or lesser known actress in the role. I also felt like the movie itself was dependent on the locations where it was shot for the movie to be amazing; not a movie that's amazing and happens to be filmed in exotic locals. That's my take.

Letters to Juliet: I had heard good things about this movie and so I got it when I saw it at the library. It was cheesy but it was still very good, much higher quality than most movies today, in or out of the same genera. The movie was shot in Italy, it looked cleaner and less crowded than the Italy I went to a few weeks ago but to be fair I never went to Verona or Sienna, they might be different. They were beautiful however. I really enjoyed the woman who played Claire, the movie wouldn't be half so good without her.

Strangers on a Train: This was a pretty good movie, full of Hitchcockian standards, the wrong man being accused, morality with regards to killing, etc. It was very well done and is great visually.

Jane Eyre: I didn't have terribly high expectations for this movie, I knew that several not so great versions had been made and I'd heard from someone who saw it that they weren't too impressed. I thought it was very well done however, good acting, they cut a lot out of course but I believe they left the really essential parts. I did enjoy the fact that there were subtitles for the French, I neither speak nor read French and thus the passages in French in the book were a mystery to me. I thought it was quite good, that being said you should absolutely read the book.

Marnie: I didn't really know what to expect from this movie except that it was Hitchcock. It was such an amazing movie, a fascinating thriller and probably the best Hitchcock movie I've ever seen. Sean Connery in it and the movie would definitely not be the same without him, probably wouldn't be as good without him either.

Bonnie and Clyde: This was an interesting movie, made in the 60s and while watching I could tell that it had been a movie that challenged the conventions of the time. It was interesting. I had a hard time though because I knew how the story ended and that it wasn't a happy ending. I like happy endings.