The movie is straight forward and the viewer should not expect any character developments from it. Gothic & Lolita Psycho is just that and nothing more. The plot is thin and illogical. I tried hard to just enjoy the action and gore but the stupidity killed the fun for me.

Gothic & Lolita Psycho is a non-stop action flick from start to finish. I wonder how much fake blood was used because it flowed continuously all through the movie. Limbs are severed backed by silly sound effects. Between the action sequences are some indications of a plot.

Fans of the genre would enjoy Gothic & Lolita Psycho but everyone else should stay away from it. I’m not going to lie. I watched it in the hopes that Rina Akiyama would show some skin but she didn’t shed off her gothic Lolita garb at all. It is disappointing indeed.

Tim meets the right guy for the Dinner for Schmucks in the person of Barry (Steve Carell), an IRS worker. One look at him and you can come up with the conclusion that he’s socially inept. Barry also has this weird hobby of creating dioramas out of dead mice, which made Tim think that he has the perfect man to help him win the contest.

Dinner for Schmucks has the right premise to deliver a funny movie. But the result is bland and not funny at all. The extended runtime also didn’t help its cause. At 114 minutes, it’s just way too long with lots of boring parts. Yes, it could drag you down to hell.

Barry (Steve Carell): So dare to dream. Dream your wildest dreams. You can climb the highest mountain. You can drown in a teacup, if you find a big enough teacup. And if somebody tells you that you can’t do something, you say, ‘Yes, I can. ‘Cause I’m doing it right.

I didn’t find a single funny moment in Dinner for Schmucks. Maybe we were misled to think that it was a comedy. Maybe the director wanted the audience to feel how miserable Tim’s life became after he met Barry. Because that’s the only emotion I got after watching this movie. Better skip this one even if your life depends on it.

Then he meets Molly (Alice Eve), an event planner. She’s out of his league but Kirk manages to make her fall for him. His friends offer him bad advice and his family is not really helpful in nourishing his relationship with Molly. This leads to several embarrassing moments that could have spelt the end of any healthy relationship.

But because it is a romantic comedy then you could have already guessed that things will go their way. His friends suddenly have a change of heart and said that he’s also a 10 and Molly deserves him too. Not only did he get Molly, Kirk also works on fulfilling his dream to be a pilot. Not bad for a guy who had no self-confidence and back bone at the start of the movie.

Patty (Krysten Ritter): Oh, excuse me? Are you a plane doctor? No? So shut the fuck up!

She’s Out of My League is a typical romantic comedy about two people from opposite worlds who met and fell in love with each other. It would make a good date movie and nothing more. It’s a light, feel-good movie that you can reserve for your next DVD movie date with your special someone.

Chiaki has become the resident conductor of the Roux-Marlet Orchestra and he had to move to a new place so that he could concentrate on his music. She was also struggling with her studies at the conservatory. These issues factored to the strain in their relationship. Nodame Cantabile: The Movie 2 is about how Nodame and Chiaki evaluate their priorities. Through the course of the movie, they have to choose between music and their love for each other.

The flow of Nodame Cantabile: The Movie 2 is somewhat choppy that it seemed like the director had to cut some scenes so that the movie can fit into its 2 hour long runtime. But the director made it up with a solid plot and music.

The supporting characters got the spotlight early in the movie but their subplots were quickly resolved and they were swept back into the background to make way for the main story. I didn’t even know who they were or what their relationship were with the Nodame and Chiaki.

As a standalone, Nodame Cantabile: The Movie 2 is an entertaining drama that featured great classical music. I guess I should not have skipped the first movie first. But I’m thankful for this movie because it made me discover the beauty of Nodame Cantabile. After the movie, I read the manga and watched the anime but I have yet to watch the first live action movie.

It is a character-driven story based on a novel that I haven’t read and have no intentions of reading any time soon. The only reason why I watched the movie was because it was directed by Peter Jackson. And he didn’t cease to amaze me with the visual effects he incorporated into The Lovely Bones.

In order to enjoy a character-driven movie, the viewers should feel a connection with any of the characters but I felt none from anyone in the movie. And I can’t blame the cast for it. Mark Wahlberg portrayed the devastated father well and Rachel Weisz should also be commended for her performance in The Lovely Bones.

There were no surprises as to who raped and killed Susie Salmon. This was revealed in the first few minutes of The Lovely Bones. Harvey came out too creepy that you can immediately tell that he’s the one. It managed to suspend the logical mind for 2 hours and 15 minutes but it failed to be suspenseful at all.

I got a bone to pick with one of the sequences when Harvey was about to dump Susie’s bones into the sinkhole. Ruth (Carolyn Dando) saw him and she called Ray (Reece Ritchie) because she saw Susie’s reflection. Susie goes into Ruth’s body and instead of stopping the killer from dumping her body, she asked for a kiss from Ray. I guess for a 15 year old girl, a kiss was more important than catching the killer.

Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan): These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence. The connections, sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it.

The Lovely Bones is definitely not my type of movie. It is also not a book that I would read in this lifetime. The movie had several plot holes that Peter Jackson must have spent his time developing the CGI of the movie instead of devising a good plot. I want to know from those who read the book about their thoughts of the film adaptation. Anyone?

Olive welcomes the attention she got from the rumors. She pretends to sleep with a gay friend Brandon (Dan Byrd) to make him appear straight. Her lies start to balloon out of control and she wants to have her old life back.

Easy A has Emma Stone to thank for its success. Her character doesn’t feel unnatural and she earned my sympathy off the bat. And it looks like she is having fun while making the movie. She makes it believable that Olive is a nobody one day and turns into a somebody the next day.

Amanda Bynes plays Marianne, the school’s religious fanatic and Olive’s archrival. Her portrayal of the character is by-the-book when it comes to comedic stereotypes but it is nice to see Amanda acting again.

Lisa Kudrow is also another actress who is worthy of mention for her performance as Mrs. Griffith, the guidance counselor who slept with Marianne’s boyfriend Micah (Cam Gigandet). While it might just be a minor role, her contribution to the story is important. She kind of reminded me of her Phoebe character in Friends.

Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone): Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80′s movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80′s movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life.

Easy A has creative plot twists to keep the audience guessing and it turns out better than what I expected it to be. It is an intelligent teen comedy that featured great performance from Emma Stone. You should check it out.

In Exit Through the Gift Shop, Thierry Guetta is the filmmaker who wants to make a documentary on street art and he likes Banksy to be part of it. He has several hours’ worth of footage on tape and he thinks that Banksy’s presence will make it complete.

After successfully tracking down Banksy and recording him while doing his art, Guetta tries his best to condense all the footages into a single tape. The result is rubbish and Banksy wants to redo the editing.

Banksy: Warhol repeated iconic images until they became meaningless, but there was still something iconic about them. Thierry really makes them meaningless.

Guetta transforms himself into Mr. Brainwash, a street artist who manages to get the attention of the LA art crowd. He sells art works for a million bucks, much to the dismay of Banksy and other legitimate street artists. Guetta’s documentary about Banksy turns into Banksy’s documentary on Guetta.

Exit Through the Gift Shop is an excellent introduction to street art. Aside from Banksy and Guetta, it features other artists such as Space Invader, Zeus, Borf, and more. It is narrated by Rhys Ifans and has cameo appearances from the likes of Christina Aguilera and Beck.

I’ve always been curious about Banksky and his identity. After watching this documentary, he remains a mystery but somehow I get a feeling that I know him better than before. Exit Through the Gift Shop is an entertaining movie and a must watch for everyone.

The story was a mess. If the writers stuck with a simple revenge story then Jonah Hex could have been better. I know this is based on a comic book and they wanted it to be epic by putting the hero in a situation where he could save the world. Maybe it was impressive on paper but it didn’t look good on screen.

And there were sequences that had Hex ride at night. I had trouble discerning what was happening on the screen during those moments. The actions during those moments were confusing to say the least. And my eyes were strained because of these scenes.

Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin): Christ, woman, how many men you seeing today?

Good thing Megan Fox is there to provide eye candy. She’s easy to the eyes but I can’t say the same with regards to her acting. It was good at first but then she returned to her emotionless self as the movie progressed. Anyway she’s there not for her acting prowess anyway.

I would have said it outright that Jonah Hex was a bad movie if not for the Steampunk props and Megan Fox. It was all about eye candy without the substance. Watch it at your own risk.

Kimi No Yubisaki is 17 minutes of nothing. The first time I watched it, I didn’t get the message that it tried to convey. So I watched it again the second time and I still didn’t get it. I don’t know if the message was lost in translation or I was too fascinated with the stars that I didn’t about the story or what it tried to express.

But no matter what, that was the best 34 minutes of that day for me. You can’t go wrong with Maki Horikita and Meisa Kuroki. And with that, I leave you a couple of screenshots from Kimi No Yubisaki.

Henry’s timing is good because Scarlet is now separated from her husband Brad Nelson (Marc Blucas), the obnoxious gym teacher. To make things complicated, Shasta (Hillary Duff), the 17 year old daughter of his classmates, has a crush on him.

Nobody in his hometown has ever read his book, How Lionel Got Him Laid. And if they did then they could have known that it is not a work of fiction but an autobiography. It is about him and the people around him. Then they could have seen that his intention of going back is not to speak to the graduates but to speak to the one.

Good thing he has his crazy friends helping him along the way. There’s the tattoo artist Wino (Josh Holloway) and the gay hairdresser Big Girl (Sean Astin). But then again, he also managed to screw up their friendship.

The true star of Stay Cool is Winona Ryder. I know you might think I’m just being biased but she did make the movie better with her presence. Without her, it’s just another dull movie about high school. I find Mark Polish’s performance to be lackluster.

I don’t like the ending though. All this time Henry is pursuing the girl of his dream and when he managed to sleep with her, he leaves town. I don’t know what the Polish brothers wanted to convey. Was it all about sex? Why did they end it with an anticlimactic goodbye? Maybe they really left it hanging so that the audience can make their own endings for the movie.

Shasta O’Neil (Hillary Duff): You can say yes now, and you can always say no later. But if you say no now, then you’ll never ever have a chance to say yes.

Stay Cool is a light comedy that tackled the what-ifs in life. Not everyone is as lucky as Henry, who has the chance to work on the questions left unanswered after he left town. Do you have any hang-ups in life that you can’t let go?