JULIE & JULIA (2009)

MyRating: YYYYYDirector: Nora EphronCast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris MessinaMPAA: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sensuality US Gross: US$ 94.1 MillionWorldwide Gross: US$ 129.5 MillionThis is one of my most favorite movies in 2009. A very charming story about two women, living in a different timeline but share the same passion, FOOD.Julia Child (Streep) is a legendary...

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)

MyRating: YYDirector: Tim BurtonCast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Matt LucasMPAA: Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillarI am not a fan of Tim Burton. It's not because I do not like his works or the genre he makes, because I do love fantasy, I grew up reading Hobbit. That book gave...

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2010)

MyRating: YYYYYDirector: Dean DeBlois & Chris SandersVoice: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-PlasseMPAA: Rated PG for sequences of intense action and some scary images, and brief mild languageI never love DreamWorks' animated movies as much as I love Pixar's. The reason is because Pixar always has a stronger and more touching story (Finding...

AVATAR (2009)

MyRating: YYYYDirector: James CameronCast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Joel Moore, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle RodriguezMPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smokingI almost never watch the same movie twice in the cinema. This is the one that I did. First in 2D, but when I knew that Avatar was about to break the...

JENNIFER'S BODY (2009)

MyRating: Y1/2Director: Karyn KusamaCast: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam BrodyMPAA: Rated R for sexuality, bloody violence, language and brief drug useUS Gross: US$ 16.2 MillionWorldwide Gross: US$ 31.3 MillionI was so waiting for this movie. One reason, Megan Fox in the genre that I like, horror. Jennifer (Fox) is a popular high school cheerleader who is turned into a hungry demon...

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2009)

MyRating: YYYYDirector: Oren PeliCast: Katie Featherston, Micah SloatMPAA: Rated R for languageUS Gross: US$ 107.9 MillionWorldwide Gross: US$ 192.7 MillionA surprisingly good independent horror movie that was only costed US$ 15,000 to produce, but resulting in US$ 192.7 Million worldwide. It is the most profitable movie in 2009. The story is simple, about a young couple, Katie and Micah (whose...

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (2009)

MyRating: YDirector: Chris WeitzCast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor LautnerMPAA: Rated PG-13 for some violence and actionUS Gross: US$ 296.6 MillionWorldwide Gross: US$ 707.2 MillionThe modern love story between a human, Bella Swan (Stewart) and a vampire, Edward Cullen (Pattinson) is at test when Edward decides to leave Bella and moves out-of-town for the sake of her safety and goodness....

MY NAME IS KHAN (2010)

MyRating: YYYY1/2Director: Karan JoharCast: Shahrukh Khan, KajolMPAA: Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexual content and languageShahrukh Khan gives a heartfelt and powerful performance as Rizwan Khan, a Muslim Indian who suffered from Asperger syndrome, an autism disorder which makes him difficult to interact socially. Faith brings him to the United States to pursue the American Dream and he meets...

SHUTTER ISLAND (2010)

MyRating: YYYY 1/2Director: Martin ScorseseCast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle WilliamsMPAA: Rated R for disturbing violent content, language and some nudity. A gripping crime thriller/mystery about a US Marshal, Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) who is assigned with his partner (Ruffalo) to investigate a strange disappearance of a murderer patient in a criminal mental...

THE SPY NEXT DOOR (2010)

MyRating: BOO...Director: Brian LevantCast: Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Billy Ray Cyrus, George LopezMPAA: Rated PG for sequences of action violence and some mild rude humorUS Gross: US$ 24.3 MillionWorldwide Gross: US$ 31.7 MillionUnfunny, childish and stupid movie about Bob Ho (Chan), a retired CIA agent, who finds out that babysitting his next-door girlfriend's three kids is actually tougher than...

ZOMBIELAND (2009)

MyRating: YYYY1/2Director: Ruben FleischerCast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill MurrayMPAA: Rated R for horror violence/gore and languageUS Gross: US$ 75.6 MillionWorldwide Gross: US$ 102.3 Million I always love zombie movies. Imagining yourself being chased by a bunch of flesh-eating living-deads and you have to run for your life, it's a totally adrenalin-pumping...

2012 (2009)

MyRating: YY1/2Director: Roland EmmerichCast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover, Woody HarrelsonMPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense disaster sequences and some languageUS Gross: US$ 166.1 MillionWorldwide Gross: US$ 769.7 MillionRoland Emmerich has made himself known as the father of today disaster movies. This man has destroyed our world again and again!...