Rambo

Cast
Sylvester Stallone
Julie Benz
Matthew Marsden
Graham McTavish
Rey Gallegos
Jake La Botz
Tim Kang
Maung Maung Khin
Paul Schulze
Cameron Pearson
Thomas Peterson
Tony Skarberg
James With
Screenwriters
Sylvester Stallone
Art Monterastelli
Director
Sylvester Stallone
Running Time
90m 55s

Having spent 20 years as a fisherman, John Rambo (Stallone) returns to action when a group of relief workers he led into war-stricken Burma are captured by vicious militia. And this time he’s not alone...

I've seen the first three on TV now and again over the years or bits of them and of course they were probably censored pan and scan versions. I thought that they were OK and right up to the final fight I was thinking about the same with this one, maybe a little better, when all hell broke loose. Metacritic is giving this 46% but just for the outrageousness of the final firefight it's 4 stars.

Penelope

Cast
Christina Ricci
Catherine O’Hara
Richard E Grant
Peter Dinklage
James McAvoy
Reese Witherspoon
Screenwriter
Leslie Caveny
Director
Mark Palansky
Running Time
89 minutes

Due to a family curse, blue-blood Penelope (Ricci) is born with a pig’s snout for a nose, and must fall in love with “her own kind” to break the curse. Enter a succession of suitors, including Edward (Simon Woods) and Max (McAvoy), keen to try their luck...

I was pretty tired when I saw this. I thought it was fine. It was strange to hear so many british actors speaking with faked american accents.

Juno

Cast
Ellen Page
Jason Bateman
Jennifer Garner
Michael Cera
Allison Janney
J. K. Simmons
Screenwriter
Diablo Cody
Director
Jason Reitman
Running Time
92 minutes

When 16-year-old Juno MacGuff (Page) gets pregnant by her not-quite-boyfriend (Cera), she elects to have the child adopted by a wealthy suburban couple (Bateman and Garner). Then the problems really start...

Smart and funny, a tremendous movie. Great performances with Ellen Page a standout.

Cloverfield

Cast
Blake Lively
Mike Vogel
Lizzy Caplan
Michael Stahl-David
Greg Grunberg
Odette Yustman
T J Miller
Screenwriter
Drew Goddard
Director
Matt Reeves
Running Time
85 minutes

During a leaving party for Rob (Stahl-David) something attacks New York and stands between him and the woman he loves (Yustman). So begins a race to rescue the girl and avoid getting eaten, all viewed via camcorder.

I really enjoyed it. The camcorder eye view works well but I wouldn't want to see a lot of films made like this.