Gone

Well, obviously I got tired of the movie game...so, I'll go back to regular movie posts....I have a short attention span. Anyway...

Gone (2012)
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, and Wes Bentley
Directed by: Heiter Dhalia
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Grade: A-

I am a huge fan of Amanda Seyfried. She always stars in good movies and she's always good in them. This movie is no different. It's much different and scarier than her usual movies, but it was still good. Jill (Seyfried) is the only victim that escaped from an elusive serial killer. She goes to the police and tells them the story of how she was abducted from her bed, thrown in a hole in the middle of the forest with human remains in the bottom, and left for dead until he was ready to kill her. The police find no evidence to support her story and put her in a mental institution after only a week of searching. A year later, she is living in a new house with her sister, a recovering alcoholic and trying to get on with her life. She is erratic and paranoid, leading the police to believe that she made the whole event up. When her sister (Carpenter) disappears on the morning of an important exam, regardless of the police's doubts, she resolves to find her sister before it's too late. With only one detective (Bentley) on her side, she has to find the killer before it's too late.

In Time

In Time (2011)
Starring: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, and Cillian Murphy
Directed, Written, and Produced by: Andrew Niccol
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Grade: A

I have been wanting to see this movie for a while and I'm so glad I did. I loved it! This movie stars Justin Timberlake as Will Salas, a man living in the future where everyone stops aging at 25. So, time is currency, with the poor having only enough hours in a day and the rich living forever. After saving a mysterious, wealthy stranger (Matthew Bomer), the man gives Will all of his time, 116 years. Tired of living, the man "times out", leaving Will with more money than he knows what to do with. After his mother (Olivia Wilde) dies without time, Will starts gambling at an expensive casino, where he meets Philippe Weis (Vincent Kartheiser), a man with more than a million years. He also meets Sylvia Weis (Seyfried), his daughter. At a party, head timekeeper Raymond Leon (Murphy) catches up with him, forcing him to take Sylvia hostage. Also on their tail are time thieves called Minutemen, led by a man named Fortis (Alex Pettyfer). As Will and Sylvia avoid everyone after them, they also start to realize that no one should die when other people never have to.

Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood (2011)
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, and Billy Burke
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
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Grade: A+

I had wanted to see this movie in theaters, but couldn't find the time. So, I bought it as soon as it came out on DVD. I loved it! Amanda Seyfried once again proves how talented she is. Both Shiloh and Max were very hot leading men. And I love Billy Burke in anything. Valerie (Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She's in love with the brooding outsider, Peter (Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when they learn that Valerie's sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls around the town at night. While the men go to hunt for the wolf, the town priest (Lukas Haas) sends for famed werewolf hunter Father Solomon (Gary Oldman). After the wolf strikes again, the townspeople have no choice but to trust Father Solomon as he tries to find the wolf that is clearly someone in town. The wolf also can talk to Valerie and wants her to come with him, or he will kill everyone she loves. It soon becomes clear that the wolf is someone Valerie loves, so she can't trust anyone. Not even Peter.