The Box

The movie The Box is my favorite suspense movie, it never gets boring or to a point that you have no desire to see it anymore. Cameron Diaz plays Norma and James Marsden plays Arthur. They are a young couple with a son, and Arthur is a NASA employee. One day Norma was at the house and there was a man named Arlington Steward (Frank Langella) who rung the doorbell. He had a box in his hands and made a deal with Norma. The deal was if you push the button you will receive 1 million dollars in cash. But someone you don’t know in the world will die. They needed the money and they didn’t know how the person would die. They decided to press the button and from there on secrets come out. This movie has a great plot but the acting could of been better. The only thing I don’t like is the ending but you can find out why once you watch it. If you’re interested in this suspenseful thriller you can watch a thriller here. The Box

The Back-up Plan

In the Back-up Plan, Zoe (Jennifer Lopez) has always wanted a family and for many years and she has been looking for the one. Zoe decided she’s been waiting to long so that’s where her back-up plan comes in play. She planed on having a baby by getting inseminated. On the day of her artificial insemination, Zoe meets Stan (Alex O'Loughlin). When she meet him she didn’t appear to be interested but she was. Stan ended up asking her out and it improved from there. Zoe didn’t think she would get pregnant after one time because some women need it 2-3 times. Just to make sure she took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. Zoe didn’t know how to tell Stan because she thinks he’s going to leave her. Zoe tells Stan at his farm and he was upset about the situation but stayed with her. Stan supported her threw everything and then they went to the doctors office. The doctor said she was going to have twins. Zoe thought if Stan leaves, he should go now but he wanted to be the father. After that they got into a fight and broke up cause of the word choice Stan used but Zoe grandmother made her realize she needs him so they get back together and deliver Zoe’s twins. Stan opened up his store of wine, bread, and cheese and asked Zoe to marry him. I really liked this movie, there are a lot of funny parts in it. My favorite part of the movie is the last scene, when Stan picks Zoe up and hugs her and she runs to the garbage to throw up cause she’s pregnant again. If you’re interested in watching this movie you can watch a trailer here. The Back-up plan.

The Karate Kid

Jaden Smith plays Dre Parker, he’s a boy that won’t give anything up. Dre and his mom moved from Detroit to China. Dre feels so lost and confused like he cant fit in. Having to go to a different school where you don’t know anyone can be hard at his age. Dre was teased and beaten by some of his school members but his apartment building handyman came to help him. His name is Mr. Chan played by Jackie Chan. Dre asks Mr. Chan if he can help him learn how to defend himself and agreed to it. Dre went threw a lot of difficult times when training, and for the student and teacher trust one another. Mr. Chan wanted to teach Dre martial arts correctly. I really like this movie cause it has an inspiring motive. If you’re interested in watching Dre story you can watch the trailer here. The Karate Kid.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is taken place in the land of Persia. If you like action movies than this is the one for you. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Dustin who is the main character. When he was born he was a normal child in the city but he didn’t have a family to care for him. He wasn’t born with royal blood, the king of Persia saw him and asked if he had a family. The king decided to bring Dustin in to the family. 15 tears later he was use to the royal life. Another town was making weapons planning on selling them. But nobody knew what it was or what this amazing weapon can do. Dustin found a dagger and found out if you press the top, the sand inside it makes you go back in time.  The sand inside it wasn’t regular sand, it was a certain one and very little that Princess Tamina had. He had the weapon that everyone wanted and fought over. Many people were fighting over this dagger to have power and use it for the wrong reasons. Everything that the prince and princess went threw is intense and you can’t look away. This is a really good addition for Disney to have. If you’re interested in this adventurous movie you can see the trailer here. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Awakenings

The Awakenings isn’t a newly released movie but its one of my favorites. Robin Williams plays a doctor called Dr. Malcolm Sayer. Dr. Sayer needed a job so he found one at the Bronx psychiatric hospital in 1969. When he was in medical school he said he had only worked on earthworms so he was nervous to work with people especially catatonic people. One day Dr. Sayer received a new patient and she had no response like the others but she had reflexes. He would drop her glasses and she will catch them. Dr. Sayer didn’t want to give up on the patients so he did research and all of the catatonic patients have one thing in common, it was they all had an infection and it attacked their brain. Their brain swelled up creating them catatonic. No one found out how they got it and he was the one who figured it out. He wanted to help them all but he needed to test a drug on only one patients named Leonard Lowe, played by Robert De Niro. Dr. Sayer gave Leonard a small dosage of the drug and he was able to swallow food and water. The doctor gave him a very high dosage of the drug and the next morning Leonard wasn’t in his bed. The drug worked and he was able to walk feed him self talk, everything. His boss was surprised so he let him give the drug to all the patients. Unfortunately Leonard began getting side affects, and wasn’t getting any better. Dr. Sayer couldn’t give another dosage of the drug because its dangerous. Leonard went back to being frozen and Dr. Sayer couldn’t believe he was able to give all the patients their life back and then take it away. This movie is a tear dropper. It made me feel so grateful for not being frozen or seeing anyone I care for in that position. There are a lot of funny parts also. This movie is very moving and I’m sure you would want to tell your friends about it. To watch the trailer click here. Awakenings

The Social Network

The Social Network is a movie about a college student named Mark Zuckerberg who had invented the Facebook we know today. The only reason he created Facebook was because he wasn’t asked to join any of the clubs in Harvard. A leader of a club asked mark to help them make a network called the Harvard connection, which is kind of like Facebook, but mark didn’t steal any codes or anything. His idea was just better. Facebook was invented just for the students at Harvard but since it was so popular he opened it up to a couple more schools in New York and then around the United States and also in Europe. Eduardo Saverin was his best friend at that time. He was the co founder of Facebook and was always there for mark. Mark gets advice from a man that created Napster but someone stool it away from him. Eduardo gets jealous and closes down the Facebook account at the bank creating a huge dilemma. Eduardo signed a contract that was setting him up for disaster. It basically said that he would no longer be paid 35% but now .03%. Eduardo comes back with lawyers and the need to resolve that problem. Mark was the first youngest billionaire in the world. I loved this movie. It was so interesting to know how Facebook was created and the only reason why it was created. One thing I didn’t like was the beginning, it was a little bit confusing but i was able to figure it out by the end. This movie is completely true. Every name, every person, and all the dates. If you’re interested in watching this movie you can watch the trailer here. The Social Network