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: Jennifer Garner (Gray Wheeler), Timothy Olyphant (Fritz), Sam Jaeger (Dennis), Kevin Smith (Sam), Juliette Lewis (Maureen Monette)
For complete info, see IMDb's Catch and Release page.
This movie about a woman learning about her fiance's secrets after his death is actually a pretty touching romantic comedy. Considering how much the release of this movie was delayed (which tends to be a bad sign), I wasn't sure how good it would be, even though I'm a Jennifer Garner fan. Catch and Release wasn't the typical romantic comedy in most ways, which is good. Parts of the movie were standard, but it was refreshing to see a bit of a different take on the romantic comedy.
Grade: B
Labels: 2006, comedy, drama, Jennifer Garner, movie, romance, Timothy Olyphant
Reviewed by Kat at the 8:22 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Jennifer Garner (Jenna Rink), Mark Ruffalo (Matt Flamhaff)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's 13 Going on 30 page.
From the previews, I was expecting 13 Going On 30 to be the female version of Big. I love Big and I'm a big fan of Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo, so the decision to see 13 Going On 30 was simple.
I was very pleasantly surprised that 13 Going On 30 wasn't just a female version of Big. In fact, as much as I love Big, I think I enjoyed 13 Going On 30 even more. Perhaps it's because I'm 30 and all the music took me back to when I was younger, but I really got into this movie. I left the movie dancing. I had so much fun with the 80's music and the story. It was such a great romantic comedy.
Grade: A
Labels: 2004, 80's, comedy, dancing, drama, fantasy, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Mark Ruffalo, movie, romance
Reviewed by Kat at the 5:50 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Ben Affleck (Matt Murdock/Daredevil), Jennifer Garner (Elektra Natchios), Colin Farrell (Bullseye), Michael Clarke Duncan (Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's Daredevil page.
I didn't read the Daredevil comics, so I don't know if they were true to the story, but I've always liked cartoons based on the comics and I found that this movie very entertaining. A man who was made blind by toxic waste which enhanced the rest of his senses being a super hero is a great concept. He's got very heightened senses, he's great at martial arts, and he goes out to defend against criminals.
The daytime job of a criminal attorney is probably the closest to the alter-ego of a super hero than any other super hero has. Fighting crime is what he does as Matt & as Daredevil.
Definitely worth the rental if you missed it in theatres. Besides, this is where Ben & Jennifer met for the first time, which comes into play years later for them.
Grade: B-
Labels: 2003, action, Ben Affleck, Colin Farrell, comics, crime, fantasy, Jennifer Garner, movie
Reviewed by Kat at the 7:10 PM show | 0 screams