Katherine Heigl plays an unlucky-in-love neurotic young professional who gets love tips from a manly man’s perspective in bagging her ‘perfect’ man.

It’s R16, so expect some crude adult humour and four letter words. Why the people in front of us wanted to bring their little kid along to this I’m not quite sure.

A cute, though predictable story line. I still enjoyed it – after all it’s a romantic chick flick.

By the way, I had a feeling that the guy who played Mike Chadway was from 300. Turns out I was right. He looks much better in The Ugly Truth sans the spray painted abs! (Update: Ok, so I thought those abs looked a bit too fake to be in 300, and Ms Constantine pointed out that the link I gave was to the spoof Meet the Spartans. Lol. King Leonidas has better abs in the real 300 movie.)

Scene from The Ugly Truth movie

I didn’t know much about the movie except for the trailers. Hubby explained in a nutshell that whilst awaiting the OK for Halo, Peter Jackson jumped at the opportunity to produce District 9 – a movie that has had rave reviews due to the talent of little known or unknown actors and a very good story line involving aliens stranded in South Africa. Sounded good.

And it was.

I’m not sure how much sway Peter Jackson had on the story, but there were scenes reminescent of his splatter movies like Brain Dead.

I found myself swapping sides a lot in the movie – I was for the humans, then the aliens, then the main character, then I wished he would stop being an ass, then the aliens again.

Scene from the movie District 9

The story is based on the issues of racial segregation and it was hard not to compare the situation with the Apartheid policy, being set in South Africa and all. It made me a bit ashamed that we as humans possess traits such as racism, prejudice and selfishness.

Good acting, story line, action and special effects, plus popcorn and ice cream make for a great movie experience :)

It’s a bit of fun, with some good laughs and lessons that Oprah Winfrey would be proud of.

Unfortunately, it’s also another movie that links popularity with being happy. To be a teen in America is something I’ll never really know about.

Scene from 17 Again

However, I’m glad I watched it with him, and it was’t at all as unbearable as I thought it might be.

I was thinking it was another men-are-bastards (let’s throw stones at them) type of movie that was all one-sided. But I think it was evenly split, and explores a handful of scenarios that make love so complicated for us humans.

The line up of stars is rather impressive. Ben Affleck’s character Neil reminded me of my own husband Neil. Besides the name, he’s always getting stuck with dishes and other chores at family affairs – of course I help him too because I’m nice as well :)

He’s Just Not That Into You is overall a fun, feel-good movie. with eye-candy for all.

Scene from He's Just Not That Into You movie

After having seen Borat, I knew I was in for more themes and scenes that push the boundaries of public cinema.

Some might think it’s sick and stupid, but I think Brüno is hilarious! Rarely do you laugh out loud and get teary-eyed for most of a movie. I laughed so much I was getting short-breathed, but that’s expected of a pregnant woman. (I wouldn’t recommend heavily pregnant women with weak bladders to watch this movie though!)

I haven’t really looked into how much and what was staged, but I have to admit that Sacha Baron Cohen has got some balls.

Just like Borat, a lot of the humour relied on the closed-mindedness of people. I am lucky that I live in New Zealand where issues such as homosexuality do not flare such public rage.

If you’re not a homophobe and have no issues with any form of obscenity then you’ll enjoy Brüno.

Your king Osama looks like a dirty wizard or a homeless Santa.

Brüno and OJ

Driven by guilt, Ben Thomas is on a mission to help others in life-changing ways, both for them and him.

Ben also has amazing box jellyfish as pets. I didn’t realise how mesmerising they could be, especially in a lit fish tank.

The characters are portrayed beautifully by talented actors and the story line strong enough to hold on to you until the twist at the end.

Seven Pounds is an excellent movie. I definitely recommend it.

Will Smith in Seven Pounds

Answer my question - can you also make toast?

Jam-packed full of action, the latest Terminator installation is quite entertaining, especially with the choctop icecream and popcorn to keep the pregnant woman going (movie goodies are just as expensive as ever, ouch).

I spent a bit of time fretting about the little bub inside me jumping at every loud noise – which there was plenty. I think the Embassy Theatre had the volume specifically cranked up for Terminator Salvation.

The only thing I found annoying about this movie was the whole time-travelling thing. I can never get my head around it, and to me it ruins the story. John has to save a teenage Kyle Reese so that he can go back later and shag Sarah to create John so that he can lead the Resistance in the future – a role that sees him having to save his father and we loop back.  Does it ever end?

There is a very weak story line, and hardly any vampire scenes. In fact, there isn’t much to the movie really.

It isn’t thrilling so it’s not a thriller, and there’s not much action either except for the single battle scene which was ‘meh’. I won’t go as far as calling it a love story, so I’ll say that for the most part it was a story of infatuation.

There are however some good special effects and breath taking scenery. I found the colours were a little washed out most of the time, probably to emphasise the paleness of the “cold ones”.

I’ll put this one in the category of teenage drama. An average movie for when there’s nothing else on TV.

Why so pale? Lack of iron?

As in the The Sixth Sense, Anna sees dead people. They’re everywhere (like stupid people). Well almost. They’re mostly in her home and she thinks they’re all trying to tell her that the evil step mother is their murderer.

And like The Ring which is a remake of the Japanese movie Ringu, The Uninvited is a remake of a Korean one called A Tale of Two Sisters. I’ll be looking out for that one too.

Although there are the usual “why the hell would you” moments, it’s a well written story with an ending I didn’t see coming.

Worth a watch if you’re not too wussy, but you might want to watch it with a friend.

Uninvited

A movie more for kids than adults, although we did watch it with our puppy Fez, who fell asleep as usual about 10  minutes in.

Skeeter finds that the bedtime stories that he and his niece and nephew make up seem to come true. He uses this to try and make life the way that he’s always wanted.

The moral of the story is that if you believe, anything can happen. Unfortunately in the real world this is bollocks. But hey, it’s a positive outlook for those young minds.

Look out for the cowboy dwarves and their miniature horse and cart. Miniature horse – eee!

Skeeter and Bugsy