Sucker Punch: PG-13

A young girl is sent to a mental institution by her evil stepfather after her mother dies and leaves the estate to her daughters. The mental institution turns out to actually be a place for prostitution, where the girls will dance to get 'clients'. The main girl, who is nicknamed Baby Doll, is scheduled to get a lobotomy in 5 days. The other girls are desperate to escape too, and Baby Doll comes up with a plan. Every time she dances she retreats to an alternate reality, where she and her friends are able to retrieve all the items necessary for their escape before it's too late.

This movie was, well.... odd. It had a good soundtrack, and decent special effects. It was a very actiony movie, because every time she goes to her alternate reality she and her friends become some elite fighting group. The fight scenes were really cool, except they were all dressed really slutty, and I thought if I had to see one more slow motion scene I would die. I felt like the subject matter was really awkward, but the focus wasn't on the whole prostitution thing and more on the fight scenes. So it didn't show anything awkward, but the implication was there. However, it had more depth than I was expecting. It was cool how they made the alternate reality tie in with actual reality. It also had a really big twist at the end that I was NOT expecting. It was very artsy and had lots of cool cinematography. I liked the feel of how it was filmed regarding the picture, but it was very different. This is probably the hardest review I have written so far, because I can't decide if it's worth seeing or not. I think I will say that I kinda liked it, but I don't think I would recommend it to other people. It's not for everyone.

It was rated PG13 because of subject matter and violence. Lots and lots of violence and peril. And the subject matter of them all being hookers.

I think the age for this would be an iffy 15-17. I don't think I would take my 14 year old little brother to this one.

Again, I'm not sure what I think about this one. It was difficult, but I don't think it's worth rushing out to see. Maybe dollar theater, since it is a larger format movie and wouldn't be as cool on a regular home TV. So, it is worth seeing (eventually) for the art and action, but not for the subject matter. HOWEVER this movie is NOT for everyone.

Limitless: PG-13

Limitless is about a broke writer with writers block who comes across an amazing pill, thanks to his ex-brother in law. If one takes said pill daily it will make them 'limitless', helping them to remember everything they ever learned, saw, or did. Pretty much all the information in the world is now available to the pill's user. Eddie (the writer) begins taking this pill and is suddenly able to do everything. However, of course there's a catch. First of all, the pill is highly addictive causing the user to go through massive withdrawals and eventually die if they stop taking it. Eddie learns this when he stops taking the pill because his mind is skipping time, making it so he can't account for the last 18 hours of his life. Also, there are a lot of people who want to kill him for this pill, obviously making life very difficult for him. So, is it worth it?

Well, I really wanted to like this movie, unfortunately that was not the case. It seemed to drag on forever, like it was limitless! And they never seemed to complete their thoughts, storyline-wise. Something interesting would start to happen, then they wouldn't expound upon it, and just move on to the next thing so it was no longer interesting. I felt like the same things kept happening, over and over again, leaving me wondering when the movie was ever going to end. Then when it did end, it did just that. Ended. Period. It ended so abruptly that I said out loud "Are you kidding me?" And the girl next to me yelled, "WHAT???" Then the guy on the other side of her said, "Maybe we missed something..." But alas, we didn't miss anything. It looked to me like they were going for more of an Inception type ending, where you're not sure what happened and you go home and think about it, but Limitless failed in their delivery of that idea.

It is rated PG13 for language (including the F-bomb), sexual content, and a scene of graphic violence. The graphic violence scene was just gross and had everyone in the theater going "eeew!!" And I agreed with them!

If you still feel that you must see this movie, I'd say you should be at least 15.

Once again, I really wanted to like this movie, but they didn't give me much to go off of. This wasn't just me either, everyone I saw it with was on the same page of opinions with this one. Save your money, this movie is not worth seeing.

Red Riding Hood; PG-13

Valerie (red riding hood) is a young women living in a small village plagued by a wolf. The village sacrifices their best livestock every full moon to the wolf so it will leave their village alone, however the wolf finally kills Valerie's sister, breaking the peace. On a side note, Valerie is promised to a young blacksmith named Henry, but is not in love with him. She is instead in love with a local woodcutter, who she has been friends with for years. Back to the wolf, the village priest invites a man who is said to be an expert on wolves, to come help the village before the wolf kills again. The man who comes then reveals to the village that they are not just dealing with any wolf, but a werewolf! Not only that, but the wolf is someone living in the village with them! Who could it be?

I didn't have high hopes for this movie to begin with, seeing as how it's by the director of Twilight. However, it wasn't as bad as I thought, granted it still wasn't great. It was full of cheesy dialogue, and had a few really lame romance scenes. In other words, there were points in time when I felt like I was watching Twilight. But there were some decent parts. The wolf was cool looking and there were some interesting parts. I got sick of them trying to make us think the wolf was a certain person just so they felt as though they had the element of surprise when they revealed who the wolf was. They didn't really get into the actual red riding hood story until about the last 30 minutes. The rest just seemed like The Village. But, it was far from the worst movie I've ever seen.

It's rated PG13 for sexual content and violent, scary images. There were a lot of pretty scary deaths by wolf and other things. There were also a lot of 'jump out at you' moments, which made the people in front of me scream. I thought those moments were way overdone though, they would have that 'jump out at you' music, then end with somebody opening a box or something anti-climactic. I would say you should be 14, almost 15 to see this movie.

I wouldn't really recommend this movie. It wasn't the best, but it wasn't horrible. No need to rush out to see it.

The Adjustment Bureau: PG-13

The Adjustment Bureau is about Politician, David Norris, who meets a rebellious contemporary dancer named Elise. They instantly fall in love, but don't really ever see each other because they don't know how to find each other. However, soon he meets her again by chance and finds he is still in love with her. There are then mysterious circumstances keeping them apart. A group of people freeze time and take Norris away, revealing to him that he was not living life 'according to plan', and it was their job to adjust that. They tell him he can't see her anymore and that if he ever reveals them they will 'reset' him, but he refuses to give up. However, the Adjustment Bureau makes it nearly impossible for him to ever see her again.

I feel like the way I just explained that doesn't give it justice. It was a really good movie! Not my favorite, since I'm not a fan of the whole, "we just met, but we're in love!" type of thing in a story. However, I really enjoyed the originality of the idea and how they were able to keep it interesting. I've heard a few people say that it's just like Inception, but I didn't see the similarities. I'm not quite sure how to explain this movie. I guess it's one of those, "you have to see it" kind of movies.

It's rated PG13 for some sexual content and language (including the F-bomb). I would say you should be at least 14 to see this movie. Not necessarily because of inappropriate things, but because it seems like you need to be a little older to appreciate this movie.

Yes, it is worth seeing. Go see it!