I hope everyone (all three of you who read this, haha) had a sensational Christmas! I am a chronically late Christmas present/card giver (it’s always so much easier to shop and write cards post-Christmas), so as a late Christmas present to you, I have decided to do a movie review blog.

In high school journalism, I was never a very good movie review writer, so this will probably sound real cheesy. But, I went to see only three movies in the theater this semester and surprisingly, I really liked all three of them! I suppose I should give some information about my movie tastes: in general, I don’t do scary, I don’t do gross, and I don’t do anything rated R. There are a few exceptions to those of course, but in general those are my qualifiers. So, take these recommendations with that grain of salt, haha.

The first one I saw was Invincible - really an amazing football story. Almost turned me into an Eagles fan, but I could never abandon the Giants and the Colts. I would actually say that Invincible is on par with Rudy - different, but on the same level of awesomeness. If you have not seen Rudy then just… I don’t even know what to say to you. Just go watch it now! Then watch Invincible.

I also saw The Prestige (with Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman). I hesitate to recommend this one with the same amount of enthusiasm that I recommended Invincible with for only one reason: it’s dark. I mean, it isn’t incredibly dark, but it isn’t light either. It really makes you think at the end and I definitely want to watch it again when it comes out on DVD just to figure some things out. That said, I think the storyline is ultimately good - just deep and a little dark… not a real pick-me-upper.

The most recent movie I saw was actually last night with the family, Night at the Museum. We were expecting it to be pretty good and definitely funny, but it far exceeded our expectations. Ben Stiller was hilarious, along with Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Owen Wilson, and many others. I’m pretty sure my family will be buying this when it comes out on DVD.

And there you have it! My theater experience from August 2006 to today. It seems to be a pretty good theater season because I still want to see Charlotte’s Web (one of my favorite books, and E.B. White was definitely a Cornell alum!), The Pursuit of Happyness, Rocky Balboa (I’m a die-hard Rocky fan, what can I say?), and We Are Marshall (football and Matthew McConaughey, could it get any better?). I was really busy near the end of the semester, so I didn’t get to see Stranger than Fiction (with Will Ferrell) in theater, but I would like to rent it when it comes out.

What movies have you seen this year or are looking forward to seeing soon?