Cast: George Clooney (Ryan Bingham), Vera Farmiga (Alex Goran), Anna Kendrick (Natalie Keener), Jason Bateman (Craig Gregory)
For complete info, see the IMDb Up in the Air site.
I'd heard mixed reviews about Up in the Air and while I didn't need to see it in a movie theatre, I'm very glad I rented it. I think Up in the Air was very well done. The cast is amazing and the story is well thought out.
If you missed this in theatres, I definitely recommend renting it. The story isn't just about a guy who loves his jet setting lifestyle and is fighting to keep it. The movie is much more interesting than that.
Grade: A-
Labels: 2009, Anna Kendrick, drama, George Clooney, Jason Bateman, movie, romance, Vera Farmiga
Reviewed by Kat at the 7:30 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Will Smith (John Hancock), Charlize Theron (Mary Embrey), Jason Bateman (Ray Embrey)
For complete info, see IMDb's Hancock page.
I rented this movie based solely on the fact that Will Smith was in the movie. I'd see anything he does, really (and clearly many fans agree with me on this one, since his movies do very well - every genre). Hancock was better than I anticipated, since the plot didn't really look that interesting from the little I'd seen in previews.
The thing I like most about the previews for Hancock is that they do not give away the entire plot of the movie. Though this made it seem like I'd be less interested in the outcome of the movie, I appreciated the fact that I didn't know most of the details of the plot before seeing the movie.
Hancock is an action movie and a comedy, so clearly it's not an intellectual film. Though the special effects would have been better on a big screen, Hancock is more of a rental for me and I think I made the right choice. There's a bit more to it than just a super hero who has a bad reputation, so it's worth renting if you didn't think it was worth seeing in a theatre.
Grade: B
Labels: 2008, action, Charlize Theron, comedy, crime, drama, fantasy, Jason Bateman, movie, Will Smith
Reviewed by Kat at the 6:00 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Ellen Page (Juno), Michael Cera (Paulie Bleeker), Jennifer Garner (Vanessa Loring), Jason Bateman (Mark Loring), Allison Janney (Bren MacGuff), J. K. Simmons (Mac MacGuff)
For complete info on this great cast, see IMDb's Juno page.
I've had Juno at the top of my Netflix list for what seems like ages. Of course, there was a long wait for it, so it took a while to get to me (I didn't time my return of the DVD just before Juno was released well enough).
Juno got a lot of hype and I think it was worthy of almost all of it. This is definitely a very dark comedy, but it's got a lot of funny moments and is very real. This movie had the courage to attack a lot of issues with teen pregnancy that I'd never seen in a movie.
The cast is amazing and the story is really well done. If you missed this in theatres, I definitely recommend renting it!
Grade: B+
Labels: 2007, comedy, drama, Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Michael Cera, movie, musical, romance
Reviewed by Kat at the 8:00 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Zach Braff (Tom Reilly), Amanda Peet (Sofia Kowalski), Jason Bateman (Chip Sanders)
For complete info, see IMDb's Fast Track page.
It seems that The Ex is like the movie Satisfaction which they later renamed The Girls of Summer thinking it would make it more popular. I never heard of it as Fast Track, but thought that it was worth renting when I saw something about it this time around.
It's definitely not the funniest movie in the world, but The Ex is worth renting. The cast is really good and the story is entertaining. Nothing stellar or amazing in this fairly standard romantic comedy, but it's entertaining and that's all I really ask of movies that I rent.
Grade: C+
Labels: 2007, Amanda Peet, comedy, Jason Bateman, movie, romance, Zach Braff
Reviewed by Kat at the 4:30 PM show | 0 screams