Demi Moore and Michael Caine in a quiet semi-caper film that’s unexpectedly engaging.  It’s got plot holes but don’t let them bother you.  Just sit back and watch.

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Jason Statham stars in this procedural supposedly based on a real 1971 robbery.  It involves all strata of British society, from vicious pornmongers to the Royal Family.  An engaging cast and no lags in the drama, with genuine suspense along the way.

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A good, fun story (based on Ben Mezrich’s book about MIT students taking on Las Vegas) good acting, with satisfying (if predictable) symmetry.  A bit too long (my ongoing complaint with Hollywood – okay, one of my ongoing complaints with Hollywood) but I remained engaged.

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Pretty good.  Wanted to see this on the big screen but couldn’t find the time.  Not as wonderful as the hype led me to believe (I was never a fan of the Iron Man series) but very enjoyable. I doubt it would have been half as good without Robert Downey’s charm.

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I mentioned this classic in Ground Zero and decided to revisit it.  The opening sequence in Fort Zinderneuf, with all the dead manning the walls, remains a masterpiece of the teaser opening: no way you can’t keep watching.

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A romantic comedy a la “Topper” with Ricky Gervais playing his misanthropic self.  On most days I would have thought it a bit slow, but I was in a mellow mood and simply sat back and watched.  Easygoing fun.

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A paranoid thriller a la “Enemy of the State.”  Farfetched, straining even my well-exercised suspension of disbelief, but the action never lags, and the film adds a new twist to the de rigeur car chase.

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Very enjoyable.  I loved Heath Ledger’s Joker.  And I think what people have been telling me since the summer is true: Somebody somewhere along the line, in researching the character, had read “Definitive Therapy” (which you can read here: http://www.wattpad.com/story/18499153-definitive-therapy)

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Goofy fun.  A guy gets fired from the CIA.  A woman decides she needs plastic surgery.  These two unrelated incidents set in motion a complicated story that leaves a lot of people dead.  It meanders, but I was engaged.

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Richard Jenkins, a supporting actor in “Burn After Reading,” stars in this sad but charming film.  It’s deliberately paced, but the characters captured me and I never felt it dragged.

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