The Movie Diaries

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Gone!!!

Want to see a film filled with suspense, thrill and action? Check out Gone directed by Heitor Dhalia and starring Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter and Emily Wickersham. Gone centers around Jill (Seyfried) a young woman that was abducted a few years ago straight from her home but luckily managed to escape. She lives her life waiting tables in the middle of the night and learning self defense, in case one day he comes back for her. One night she takes her sister’s car to work and comes home in the morning to find Molly gone. She desperately seeks her house to find her or to find clues as to where she may have gone. Her one horrifying thought comes to mind. Her abductor saw her car in the driveway and assumed she was home alone, but found Molly instead. Can Jill fight to find out where her sister is or will she be too late?

Crazy, Stupid, Love. is directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and stars Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, and Emma Stone. The film focuses on Cal Weaver (Carell) who discovers that his wife, Emily (Moore) cheated on him with a co-worker, David Lindhagen (portrayed by Kevin Bacon) and wants a divorce. Blind slighted, confused and hurt Cal pathetically tries to take his mind off things by going out, drinking and crying about how hurt he is. Jacob Palmer (Gosling) is captivated by Cal’s story and strives to help him. He encourages him to change his appearance with new clothes, shoes, and teaches him how to talk to women and how to bring them home with him. Can Cal move on after the pain and suffering Emily made him endure? Or will he eventually advert to his old ways and wallow in self pity?

This Means War is directed by McG and stars Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, Chris Pine and Chelsea Handler. The film centers around a young single woman, Lauren, (Witherspoon) looking for love and finds it with two incredible guys. Not only is it a problem that she is interested in two guys but she has no idea that the two guys know each other. Now, she has to decide who to be with and who to break up with.

The Vow is directed by Michael Sucsy and stars Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum as Paige and Leo, a happy married couple living in Chicago whose life seemed perfect until one day, everything changed forever. Paige and Leo are involved in a horrific car accident, Leo walks away with just a few minor injuries, but Paige, wakes up and has no memory of every being with Leo. Her memory of the last four years is completely erased and the most recent memories she has is being engaged to someone else. Now, Leo has to fight to save his marriage and hope his wife can fall in love with him all over again.