Camp 2003  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Todd Graff
Cast: Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesus, Sasha Allen, Tiffany Taylor, Anna Kendrick, Alana Allen, Steven Cutts, Vince Rimoldi, Don Dixon
Kids who are considered misfits at home come to upstate NY for a summer camp that fits the needs of those who aspire to perform on the musical stage. Good music and a fun movie.
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New Moon 2009  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance
aka: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Director: Chris Weitz
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Rachelle Lefevre, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Anna Kendrick, Christina Jastrzembska, Dakota Fanning, Graham Green, Nikki Reed, Justin Chon, Michael Welch, Jackson Rathbone
Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is looking forward to celebrating her birthday with her boyfriend, vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson), and his vampire coven, known as the Cullen family. At the party, Bella cuts her finger, and the vampires thirst for her blood. In order to protect Bella from their world, Edward and the rest of the Cullens leave town. Bella is heartbroken, until her old friend Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) gives her comfort and helps her renovate an old motorbike. Jacob is a member of the Quileute Indian tribe that has supernatural powers, and Bella discovers that Jacob is a werewolf. In her decision between Edward and Jacob, who will Bella choose?
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Rocket Science 2007  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Cast: Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas D'Agosto, Vincent Piazza, Aaron Yoo, Josh Kay, Steve Park, Maury Ginsberg, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Denis O'Hare, Lisbeth Bartlett, Candace Scholz, Virginia Frank, Marilyn Yoblick
Shy, high-school student Hal Hefner (Reece Thompson) stutters; however, with encouragement from debating star Ginny Ryerson (Anna Kendrick), Hal joins the debate team. Hal adores Ginny, and to help her win the New Jersey State Debate Championship, which she lost the previous year, he adopts a number of ploys to correct his stuttering problem. One solution: memorize his speech and then perform it to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2010 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson, Brandon Routh, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Ellen Wong, Aubrey Plaza, Ben Lewis, Nelson Franklin, Kristina Pesic, Ingrid Haas
Toronto dweeb Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) has fallen for Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but she tells him that if he wants to date her he must battle all of her seven ex-boyfriends who have threatened to crush any guy she becomes involved with. Scott takes on the challenge and must use his ninja skills to defeat the seven guys who have superpowers and will stop at nothing to prevent Scott's victory.
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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 2010  PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Thriller / Romance
Director: David Slade
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dakota Fanning, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Xavier Samuel, Paul Jarrett, Justin Chon, Anna Kendrick, Michael Welch, Christian Serratos, Jackson Rathbone
In this third film of the "Twilight" series, the Werewolf pack and the Cullen Clan fight the Newborn Vampire Army. Bella Swan's (Kristen Stewart) graduation is on the horizon, and she must make a big decision in choosing between her Vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), and her good friend, Wolfman Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner).
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Up in the Air 2009 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, J.K. Simmons, Sam Elliott, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Lowell, Steve Eastin, Marvin Young, Lucas MacFadden, Adrienne Lamping
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) spends his life traveling by airplanes to offices around the country. His job is to fire people who he doesn't know and then moving on to the next office for another set of firings. The good part about his job is that Ryan is on the verge of reaching 10 million frequent flyer miles, and he has met frequent flyer Alex Goran (Vera Farmiga) and has fallen for her. But, that is about to end when Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick) wants their company to save money by doing the firing over the Internet. Not wanting to stop his business travels, Ryan convinces the boss, Craig Gregory (Jason Bateman), to allow him to take Natalie on some trips in order to teach her what goes on when firing someone. Six Academy Award nominations were received which included Best Picture, Actor (Clooney), and two Supporting Actresses (Farmiga and Kendrick).
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| 1. Camp (2003)
2. New Moon (2009)
aka: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
3. Rocket Science (2007)
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
5. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
6. Up in the Air (2009)
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