Randoms

A-Team: Bradley Cooper.

Lies & Alibis: Steve Coogan plays a man who runs a company that essentially helps men and women get away with cheating on their spouses in order to save the relationship by them never finding out about the infidelity. Rebecca Romijn plays his newly-hired assistant tasked with helping him create the cover-up of a lifetime when one of his clients accidentally murders his mistress and all hell breaks loose. A very cute comedy with a fantastic twist at the end, and a wonderfully pessimistic view of the modern "happy" relationship.

Scoop: Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, and Woody Allen are all three fantastic in this movie. Scarlett plays a journalism student who is investigating Jackman's character after the spirit of a recently deceased famous reporter appears to her and tells her that he is responsible for several murders in the area that she is visiting. While investigating him, however, she begins to fall in love with him because he's charming and, well, Hugh Jackman is impossibly hot. Some scenes are completely ridiculous, but the ending is the best. I will say no more to ensure that I don't ruin it for anyone that hasn't seen it...

Let the Right One In: AMAZING foreign film. It's described as a Swedish horror film, but I didn't find it scary at all. It's one of those movies that you have to see to understand how awesome it is. The plot is extremely simple...Young boy meets "young girl" who turns out to be a vampire. They become friends and eventually an awkward couple, until untimely events surrounding her food of choice force her to leave.

Fargo: Odd movie...I liked it, but it was a much darker comedy than I had anticipated it to be. However, you really can't go wrong with William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi. Those two guys are always awesome. Macy plays a car salesman who has his wife kidnapped by Buscemi and Peter Stormare of Constantine fame (he played Satan) in order to extort money from her very well-off father. Stormare shoots a police officer who pulls them over as they are fleeing town, and then runs down and shoots a couple that drives past and sees Buscemi trying to get rid of the body. Enter the lovely Frances McDormand who plays a pregnant police officer investigating the murders, and finds herself questioning Macy about a beige Oldsmobile Sierra; the car he gave the thugs to kidnap his wife with. Needless to say, dear Macy's scheme does not go according to plan and he finds himself running from McDormand as the bodies pile up.

All About Steve: Bradley Cooper.

...And Sandra Bullock, who plays Mary, a very interesting character of a lady that wears fire engine red patent leather go-go boots and makes crossword puzzles for her local newspaper. Then her parents set her up on a blind date with a guy named Steve (Bradley Cooper) who is an amazingly hot camera man for one of the local news stations. Their date does not exactly follow tradition, Mary is smitten and ends up chasing Hotty McHotpants across the US; cue hilarity and impending emotional disasters. The end of the movie is my favorite, as it holds a wonderful message of self-acceptance, holding on to the people that really matter, and staying true to yourself.