Plot:  A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

What we thought: I wasn't really sure how this movie was going to be until we went and saw it. I must say I was never really a big Johnny Cash fan but this movie was very well done and held my intrest threw the whole movie. I was amazed to find out that Johnny Cash had toured with Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbitson and a lot more big names in music. The acting was very well done. I can see why Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix both won Golden Globe awards for this movie. I would definately go see this movie again in the theatre and will be adding it to our DVD collection when it comes out. I'll have to give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Plot:  Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom... Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA-their elite Marine Unit.

What we thought: Well I can honestly say that this was definitely not the movie I thought it was going to be. I won't spoil the movie for you but it was different. The acting in the movie was great and I'm sure it will win a few awards for that but I couldn't sit still in the movie. I will probably not be buying this one on DVD. I'm going to give this a 2 out of 5.

Plot:  This was a great sequel to the movie Meet the Parents. All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time. Having given permission to male nurse Greg Focker (Stiller) to wed his daughter (Polo), ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes (De Niro) and his wife (Danner) travel to Detroit to "meet the parents", who this time around are Mr. and Mrs. Focker (Hoffman and Streisand), who are as different from them as can be.

We have a Christmas Day tradition that after the family get together a lot of our family and a few friends get together and go see a movie. This year we picked Meet the Fockers, I think we made a great choice. I haven't laughed at a movie in the theatre in awhile. This was a great Sequel to Meet the Parents. All of the characters were well casted and their acting was great. I'd definitely see this one again and again and when it come out to DVD I'll be sure to purchase it.  I'm going to give Meet the Fockers a  4 out of 5.

Plot: 

Mr. Incredible is a superhero; or he used to be, until a surge of lawsuits against superheroes submitted by the people they've saved forced the government to hide them in witness protection programs so they could lead normal, anonymous lives. Now known exclusively by his secret identity, Bob Parr, he lives with his wife Helen, formerly Elastigirl, and their three children Violet, Dash, and Jack Jack. He works as an insurance claims specialist, and he's fed up with his pushy boss and his immoral profession, but his wife's worked too hard to build a normal life for her family to abide his nostalia for heroism. When Mr. Incredible's offered the chance to play the role of hero again by a mysterious informant, he jumps at the opportunity.

Another Pixar Masterpiece, not only is this movie great for kids I think the adults will really like it too. Jenny and I both enjoyed this one! I'll give it a 4 out of 5.

Plot: 

Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) can't seem to catch any kind of break. Being Spiderman has brought him nothing but problems as far as his personal life is concerned. Not only that, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is engaged to astronaut John Jameson, and Peter may lose her forever. Things are so bad for him that he is pushed past his breaking point, so he decides that he doesn't want to be Spiderman anymore, until a freak accident transforms Dr. Otto Octavius into Dr. Octopus, a super-villian with four metal tentacles coming out of him. Peter realizes that only Spiderman can stop him, but of course, problems arise. Mary Jane gets caught in the middle, and Harry Osborn, who still blames Spiderman for the death of his father, Norman Osborn, also the Green Goblin, wants him dead. Spiderman will have to push himself past his limits if he's going to survive.

This has to be the best superhero movie I have seen. In fact it was the best movie I have seen in a long time. Special effects were amazing, characters were once again well cast. I liked Spiderman 2 better than the first Spiderman.

Plot: 

The Fellowship divides to conquer as Frodo and Sam, with the help and hindrance of Gollum, continue their way to Mount Doom. Gandalf and Pippin ride to Minas Tirith to help defend Gondor while Merry remains with Eowyn and the other Rohan fighters. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli seek aid from those that live in the Cursed Mountains. All these battles have one goal in mind: distract the Eye of Sauron and buy Frodo a little more time to destroy the ring.

Another excellent Lord of the Rings movie, this had to be the best out of all three for me. The scenes were absolutely stunning, acting was excellent and very well cast.  I'm giving it a 5 out of 5. I will definitely be purchasing this movie on DVD when it comes out.