She's Out of My League

To put it simply, the movie is funny. It follows a guy who ends up finding a beautiful blonde girl's phone in the airport terminal. The two meet up later in the week so that he can return the phone, and they end up falling head-over-heels for each other. The only problem is that under societal standards discussed in the movie, the girl is a "10" and the guy is a "5" on the attractive scale.

The character, Kirk, played by Jay Baruchel plays the insecure, nerd, that we all fall in love with, fantastically well. He's clearly a natural at these comedic parts, and I think Hollywood will be seeing quite a bit of him for quite a while in the future. Although the movie is a laugh-out-loud comedy, the story line still hits home with a lot of us. The truth is, we all compare our selves at some point to someone else- even the most attractive person has insecurities, and knowing how we rank amongst our peers is a way of keeping ourselves in check-sometimes for the good, allowing us to work harder to become better people inside and outside, but most often for the bad. Sometimes these comparisons prevent us from going after what we really want because we are afraid not necessarily that we actually are too good, or not good enough for the person, but that society will think so.

Without a doubt, the movie is funny as hell, but it also teaches us a little lesson about life and about ourselves....FOLLOW YOUR HEART! TAKE RISKS! The only person ultimately holding you back from anything good in life is you.

The movie is funny, but it in no way matches up to the hilarity of this past summer's hit, The Hangover (2009). You will leave the theater having laughed like hell though, and ultimately feeling good. That's why we go to the movies anyway right?

Valentine's Day

I'm not sure if any one of you went to see He's Just Not That Into You-the movie that came out last Valentine's Day (2009), but Valentine's Day is very similar in its construct and appeal. The ensemble cast of this one is even bigger than that of He's Just Not that Into You.

I can't say that it's a cinematic masterpiece and that you need to run to the theaters to see this one, but I'm sure you knew that anyway. It is a very cute movie though, and an absolute chick-flick and I do not mean that in a bad way. It's a movie about love, and it actually gives very real accounts about the trials and tribulations with relationships that we all go through on a day to day basis-the movie just puts a very, once again, cute, cinematic spin on it.

With the A-list ensemble cast, there is quite a bit of "eye candy" in the movies for both the ladies and the gentlemen, making it a perfect date movie, and a perfect movie for girls night.

For those Grey's Anatomy watchers, McDreamy AND McSteamy are both in this one, and you DEFINITELY do not want to waste a chance at seeing these two warm up the big screen ;)

Shutter Island

So, you saw the preview, and you said to yourself, "A Scorsese film huh? Oh, DiCaprio's in this one too? I don't even need to see the rest of the trailer. This is gonna be good."

This is probably the train of thought most of us have when we see "A Film by Martin Scorsese" under any trailer title, and Shutter Island does not disappoint. Scorsese casts DiCaprio in his films for a reason-he's a damn good actor. It's as simple as that. I've watched DiCaprio for years, and he was good then, and he is even better now.

The movie opens with spine-tingling music that gets you sitting on the edge of your seat from the very start. Scorsese of course uses the camera uniquely well, adding to the constant suspense and whirlwind of a ride the plot of the movie takes you on.

There is a chance that you may guess the ending at the beginning of the film. I personally guessed a form of the ending myself, however, I guarantee that you will have many moments in the film where you are second guessing your own first instincts, and may at points completely neglect your original thought. I did during the film, time after time again, and it's only a 2 hour movie. Either way, you will absolutely not guess the complete, and entire ending-there is far too good of a twist for that.

No matter what, you will not leave the theater disappointed. There is not a dull moment in the entire 2 hours, and if you have not seen it already, get to the theater as soon as possible to see this one. You do not want to miss it!