Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps

Steph...This movie was worth the wait. The movie starts with Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) getting out of jail and trying to reconnect with his daughter Winne (Carey Mulligan) with the help of her Wall Street boyfriend Jake (Shia LaBeouf). Jake and Gordon strike up a friendship behind Winnie's back and your never really sure if Gekko is using them to get revenge on the people who sent him to jail or if he's really changed. There is plenty of talk about bailouts,"too big to fail,"stocks, trading, etc. I didn't understand any of that stuff but it was still fun to watch.

Kris.... I really like this one. Shia LaBeouf is one of my boys and he is really good as usual. Micheal Douglas and Carey Mulligan were really strong as well. All the stock market banking talk was very confusing though. I made a comment to steph half way through the movie about how confusing it was and the last time i was that confused was the last wallstreet movie. Anyways this one is a little long but it moves along good and has strong acting so i say see it.

The Town

Kris...I have been looking forward to this for a long time and it didn't disappoint. Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner lead a crew of bank robbers while Jon Hamm leads the FBI's effort to stop them.Blake Lively and Chris Cooper have smaller parts but both play them well.Rebecca Hall was good, as was Affleck but the real power of this film might just be Renner who is such a wild card that you never know what he is going to do next.Jon Hamm was very good but not used enough. Also directed by Affleck this is his second movie after 2007 Gone baby gone. With that movie and this one, it is looking like Affleck might be turning into one of the best directors around. So all in all this is a top notch movie and you should totally check out The Town.

Steph...I think Kris said it all. The movie was really good but not enough Jon Hamm. And it was nice to see Blake Lively branch out and play a grittier character. The Town is a must see.

Takers

Kris... I had no expectations going into this one so I was pleasantly surprised by it. This is a heist film following a crew of bank robbers and the two detectives chasing them. Matt Dillon, Chris Brown, Idris Elba, T.I., Jay Hernandez, Paul Walker, Hayden Christensen and Zoë Saldaña all costar and I thought they all were solid. T.I. was a bit much in some of the scenes. Its a solid heist movie and worth checking out.

Steph... It was ok. I'm not a big fan of Hayden Christensen's wooden acting, although it wasn't as bad in this movie. It was just ok. T.I's commentary during the heist was really annoying and there were no real surprises. The whole movie felt really over stylized. It was very check me out walking slo-mo as something blows up, aren't I a cool bank robber? No thank you.

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Kris.... The first resident evil movies was one of the best movies of that year. This one is not. However we didn't see it in 3-D. I dont think that would have helped. It was better than the last 2 movies and it did keep me some what interested. But still they never live up to the first one so I am always disappointed. I can't recommend you see this unless you have seen all the others and you want to know where they are going with the franchise. Hopefully the next one will be better........ Probably not :(

Steph...I'm really glad I saw this at the drive-in so I could spend my time watching other movies besides this one. It was your typical post-apocolytic zombie movie. And the super slo-mo every 2 seconds was annoying as hell. This is a definate don't