Directed by: Dean Parisot

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Tagline: See Dick Run

Plot Outline: An update of the 1977 comedy, Dick and Jane are living the good life. That is until Dick (Jim Carrey) loses his job shortly after getting a promotion that convinced his wife Jane (Téa Leoni) to quit her job. The money is gone, and the house ends up in foreclosure. Dick decides to turn to a hilarious life of crime to pay the bills with his lovely wife by his side. Then together they decide it’s time to steal back what Former CEO Jack McCallister (Alec Baldwin) had stolen from them.

My Rating: 7.0 [rate 3.5]

Cast: Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin, Richard Jenkins, Angie Harmon, John Michael Higgins, Richard Burgi, Carlos Jacott, Aaron Michael Drozin, Gloria Garayua, Michelle Arthur, Stacey Travis, Timm Sharp, David Herman, Dempsey Pappion

I didn’t see the 1977 original film, but when I saw that Jim Carrey was making yet another movie I knew I had to see it. The plot outline says everything, and come on any comedy with Jim Carrey is bound to be a success. I totally recommend it for a chill out night home.

Directed by: Florent Emilio Siri

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tagline: Would you sacrifice another family to save your own?

Plot Outline: A failed police negotiator turned small town cop, must save the lives of a family held hostage, which draws him into a much more dangerous situation.

My Rating: 6 [rate 3]

Cast: Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Jimmy Bennett, Michelle Horn, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker, Marshall Allman, Serena Scott Thomas, Rumer Willis, Kim Coates, Robert Knepper, Tina Lifford, Ransford Doherty, Marjean Holden, Michael D. Roberts

A former hostage negotiator, turned town sheriff, finds himself facing a past he would rather forget… A failed robbery leaves a family in a house containing incriminating evidence which would see a major crime lord do time. The sheriff must face the danger posed by the hostage takers and the gangsters who will stop at nothing to retrieve what is theirs.

Directed by: John Stockwell

Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller

Tagline: Treasure Has Its Price.

Plot Outline: A group of divers find themselves in deep trouble with a drug lord after they come upon the illicit cargo of a sunken airplane.

My Rating: 6 [rate 3]

Cast: Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Scott Caan, Ashley Scott, Josh Brolin, James Frain, Tyson Beckford, Dwayne Adway, Javon Frazer, Chris Taloa, Peter R.V. Bowleg Jr., Clifford McIntosh, Adam Collins, Gill Montie, Dan Ballard

A nice film about some divers in deep underwater trouble. Nice movie with very cool underwater scenes.

Directed by: Paul Haggis

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tagline: You think you know who you are. You have no idea.

Plot Outline: Several characters of different racial backgrounds collide in one incident, The different stereotypes society has created for those backgrounds affect their judgment, beliefs and actions, This in turn causes problems for each of them.

My Rating: 8 [rate 4]

Cast: Karina Arroyave, Dato Bakhtadze, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Art Chudabala, Sean Cory, Tony Danza, Keith David, Loretta Devine, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Ime Etuk, Eddie J. Fernandez, William Fichtner, Howard Fong

There is nothing more to add here that hasn’t already been said.

Directed by: Lee Tamahori

Genres: Action, Crime, Adventure, Thriller

Tagline: Prepare for the next level

Plot Outline: Darius Stone, a new agent in the XXX program, is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders.

My Rating: 4 [rate 2]

Cast: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Strauss, Xzibit, Michael Roof, Sunny Mabrey, Nona Gaye, John G. Connolly, Ramon De Ocampo, Barry Sigismondi, Michael Don Evans, David Rountree, Ned Schmidtke

It’s a nice enough film, but after the original xXx I don’t know I got the feeling that they are trying too much. At least the “original” xXx had some level of action and adventure, this one is plain predictable almost from the beginning. Have said that I think that it’s a nice film to see but not nice enough to be looking forward to see it.

Directed by: Sydney Pollack

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tagline: The truth needs no translation.

Plot Outline: Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a US Secret Service agent (Penn) is assigned to investigate an interpreter (Kidman) who overhears an assassination plot.

My Rating: 8 [rate 4]

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron, George Harris, Michael Wright, Clyde Kusatsu, Eric Keenleyside, Hugo Speer, Maz Jobrani, Yusuf Gatewood, Curtiss Cook, Byron Utley

There isn’t much to the add to the plot outline without unveiling something from the movie. So I’d suggest you find some time and rent it out.