“True Grit” is the Coen Brothers’ most heroic, straight forward tale, and for me their most satisfying. Where the original “True Grit” took liberties with the book (which I was not aware of previously), the Coens’ remain true to the cannon, including the first person narrative of Mattie Ross—this time with Hailee Steinfeld reprising Kim Darby’s role. Newcomer 14 year-old Steinfeld is amazing. Matt Damon solidly plays Texas Ranger LaBoeuf—the Glenn Campbell role.

The Coens’ envision “True Grit” as stark and barren existential treatise. Paradoxically, “True Grit” is rock solid with stellar performances, but not awesome. The acting was stiff and I felt the lines were awkward and unrealistic for the times. The cast just did not work well together and were simply reading their lines and had no feeling or expression in the presentation.

Many people will be turned off by the straightforwardness of the storytelling in True Grit. I have already heard complaints that the film lacks poignancy. My extremely high expectations were surpassed. The movie actually surprised all the hype I had, what an incredible film. Overall, it was an amazing cinematic experience that truly transports the viewer to a very real and fully realized time and space that crackles with fire and true grit.

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The film is campy, the story is corny, the villain is wasted and Seth Rogen wrote the script. This movie could have been written more seriously and be on the same map as a Christopher Nolan’s Batman film; I saw a screening of this recently, and walked in with zero expectations, and walked out having laughed throughout the movie and REALLY enjoyed the action and chemistry between Rogen and Jay Chou.

It moves quick, and the dialogue is snappy and funny, the fight scenes are good, and the CGI tends not to be obvious. Seth Rogan plays Seth Rogan, he’s not Al Hodge or Van Williams, and I accepted this from the start. BrittReid has had a troubled relationship with his dad ever since he was a young one. Now grown up and an heir to his dad’s newspaper The Daily Sentinel, he always thought his dad was a selfish jerk, and his dad being found dead from a supposed bee sting doesn’t make it better…Just go in with a open mind, let loose of all your anxiety, and just watch the movie and accept it for what it is.

The film is visually entertaining for what it is. The movie isn’t perfect, I didn’t feel Cameron Diaz added anything to the movie expect being “the hot girl” to create a rift between guys.  I saw the 3D version and there were very few sequences where the 3D effects was worth the extra price of admission. I recommend saving your money and watch the 2D version instead. Rated PG-13 for violence and sexual references. Keep the 10 and under kids home.

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“Writer Jennifer Hills (Butler) takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer’s presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally deprived locals who set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson. They break into her cabin to scare her. However, what starts out as terrifying acts of humiliation and intimidation, quickly and uncontrollably escalates into a night of physical abuse and torturous assault. But before they can kill her, Jennifer sacrifices her broken and beaten body to a raging river that washes her away. As time passes, the men slowly stop searching for her body and try to go back to life as usual. But that isn’t about to happen. Against all odds, Jennifer Hills survived her ordeal. Now, with hell bent vengeance, Jennifer’s sole purpose is to turn the tables on these animals and to inflict upon them every horrifying and torturous moment they carried out on her… only much, much worse. Written by Anonymous”

“Parole officer Jack Mabry (Robert De Niro) has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he’s been assigned. One such case is that of Gerald “Stone” Creeson (Edward Norton), a convicted arsonist who is up for parole. Jack is initially reluctant to indulge Stone in the coarse banter he wishes to pursue and feels little sympathy for the prisoner’s pleads for an early release. Seeing little hope in convincing Jack himself, Stone arranges for his wife Lucetta (Milla Jovovich) to seduce the officer, but motives and intentions steadily blur amidst the passions and buried secrets of the corrupted players in this deadly game of deception. Written by The Massie Twins”

“In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer. Adam “Bug” Heller (Max Thieriot) was supposed to die on the bloody night his father went insane. Unaware of his dad’s terrifying crimes, he has been plagued by nightmares since he was a baby. But if Bug hopes to save his friends from the monster that’s returned, he must face an evil that won’t rest…until it finishes the job it began the day he was born. Written by Anonymous”

“Suzanne is a well to do married woman and mother in the south of France. Her idle bourgeois lifestyle gets her down and she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room for her in their backyard. When Suzanne and the man hired to do the building meet, the mutual attraction is sudden and violent. Suzanne decides to give up everything and live this all engulfing passion to the fullest. Written by Anonymous”

“‘Inside Job’ is the first film to provide a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China. Written by Anonymous”

“Once the ugly duckling in the Dorset village of Ewedown,Tamara Drewe returns to sell her late mother’s house,now a glamorous journalist with a life-changing nose job. She awakens feelings in sexy old flame,Andy,the decent odd job man at pretentious author Nicholas Hardiment’s writers’ school and in Nicholas himself, a serial philanderer who cheats on his loyal wife Beth. But Tamara has a new man in her life,Ben,an obnoxious rock drummer whose marriage proposal she accepts,to the dismay of local girl - and Ben’s biggest fan - Jody. Jody’s efforts to sabotage the engagement lead to Tamara,on the rebound and finding Andy in the arms of another,allowing Nicholas to have his wicked way with her,and also allowing it to be photographed and sent to a distraught Beth. Beth’s secret admirer,American writer Glen,confronts Nicholas out in the fields,but Ben’s dog Boss has got loose and has caused a local farmer’s cattle to stampede towards them, an event which will shape the futures of everybody. Written by don @ minifie-1″

“Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery — with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin — manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in twenty-five years. Written by Anonymous”

“Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean “time machine” invented by slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love - so he can get back to the future. Written by Robert Lynch <docrlynch@yahoo.com>”