Surrogates

Actors: Bruce Willis
Ving Rhames
James Cromwell

Main Characters: Agent Greer
The Prophet
Cantor

Setting: Very Near Future

FBI Agent Greer (Bruce Willis) and his partner are called to the scene of a murder. Murders don't happen very much in the future. During the investigation, Agent Greer discovers a vast conspiracy. He must shed his "Surrogate" self and go after the murderer alone. I highly recommend this movie. I would rate it as 4 1/2 out of 5 stars. It took me about 15 minutes before I knew what was going on. Go see it on the big screen. The End.

Whip It

Actors: Ellen Page
Marcia Gay Harden
Kristen Wiig

Main Characters: Bliss Cavendar
Her Mother
Maggie Mayhem

Setting: Present Day Texas

Bliss (Ellen Page) is a small town Texas girl. Her mother (Marcia Gay Harden) keeps entering her in "Poise Pageants". One day while buying some shoes, Bliss spots some roller derby girls. She decides to try out for the team. She makes it, and becomes a "Hurl Scout". Maggie Mayhem (Kristen Wiig) is the leader of the team. The championship game is scheduled for the same time as the pageant. What is Bliss supposed to do? I highly recommend this movie. I would rate it 5 out of 5 stars. It is the first time that Drew Barrymore has directed a film. It also stars Juliette Lewis, Daniel Stern, Drew Barrymore, and Jimmy Fallon. Go see it immediately! The End.

Jennifer's Body

Actors: Megan Fox
Amanda Seyfried
J.K. Simmons

Main Characters: Jennifer
Needy

Setting; Present day Devil's Kettle (they didn't say where it was)

Needy (Amanda Seyfried) Is a Plain Jane. Her best friend is Jennifer (Megan Fox), the most popular girl in school. One night, Needy and Jennifer go to a bar to hear a band play. Jennifer goes off with the band. She returns later that night, but she has changed. She is evil. And as Needy says, "She's actually evil. Not high school evil." Although I am glad that it was closed captioned. It was in "Teen Speak", so I had to keep looking down at the closed caption. It was written by Diablo Cody. She was the same person that wrote "Juno" (which I thought was pretty good). Or as some teens would say, "OMG". J.K. Simmons was the high school principal. I would rate it 2 1/2 stars out of 5 stars. If you are more than 20 years old, skip it! I am going to see an advanced screening of "Whip It" Saturday. I will write about it next day. It stars Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore. The End.

The Informant!

Actors: Matt Damon
Scott Bakula
Joel McHale

Main Character: Mark Whitacre

Setting: Decatur, IL in the 90's

Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) is an executive with ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) in the 90's. He gets wind of a price fixing scheme within ADM so he goes to the FBI (Scott Bakula and Joel McHale). He becomes an informant. About a half an hour into the show some lady got a heart attack in front of me. I am not making this up! She was alert but they carried her out on a stretcher. The lights went up for about a half an hour. I think she was okay but they took her to the hospital. So I didn't the last 10 minutes of this movie because my bus came. (Remember the half an hour while they took care of the heart attack victim). I got a free ticket, though. I think I will go see Jennifer's Body starring Megan Fox on Thursday. I will wait and see The Informant! when it comes out on video. It is very hard to explain. It's a true story. The End.