You Again

 Released Year: 2010

Directed by Andy Fickman

Casted by:

Kristen Bell as Marni Olivia Olsen

Jamie Lee Curtis as Gail Byer Olsen

Sigourney Weaver as Ramona "Mona" Clark

Odette Yustman as Joanna "J-J" Clark

James Wolk as Will Olsen

Victor Garber as Mark Olsen

Betty White as Grandma Bunny

Billy Unger as Ben Olsen

Sean Wing as Charlie Mason

Kristin Chenoweth as Georgia King

 Story:

In 2002 Marni is an acne-riddled high school sophomore at Ridgefield High School, with glasses and braces, making a video about how much she hates high school, and reveals how she is tormented and bullied by other children, specifically J-J, who made Marni's high school life miserable. She adds that her protective older brother, Will, was very popular as a handsome basketball player. However, at a very important basketball game, J-J pushes the mascot (Marni), who runs into Will, resulting in a loss of the game.

Years later, in 2010, she is a successful public relations executive, recently promoted to a job in New York. When she flies home to her older brother's wedding, she discovers that Will is about to marry a girl named Joanna, who happens to be J-J. When Marni meets Joanna for the first time in eight years, Joanna seems to not recognize her. Marni is also upset to see that Joanna fits in very well with the family. The plot thickens when Marni's mother Gail meets up with Joanna's aunt Ramona, Gail's former best friend who pushed her into a pool at their senior prom. Ramona is now a successful, wealthy woman who owns several hotels and a private plane.

Although Gail seems willing to put the past behind her, she still feels the need to "outdo" Ramona during their interactions together. On the other hand, Marni is unwilling to forget the things Joanna did to her in high school, unless she apologizes, and decides to try to let her brother know of Joanna's bullying past. Her attempts to get Will alone for a conversation fail. When Marni tells Joanna that she knows who she really is, it is obvious that Joanna remembers Marni. She refuses to give Marni a meaningful apology, and treats her disrespectfully, leaving Marni convinced that Joanna has not changed. Meanwhile, Gail comes to Ramona's hotel room for "closure" about anything bad between them that happened in the past. They appear to make up, but Ramona still seems not to be too fond of Gail.

One day on the street, Will and Marni's grandmother Bunny meets a man named Tim. Joanna reveals that they have dated, and Tim appears devastated when he hears that she's marrying Will. Marni decides to bring Tim to the rehearsal dinner as part of her plan to stop the wedding. When it is time for guests to make a toast to the bride and groom, Tim unexpectedly jumps up to give his toast to Joanna. He reveals to a stunned wedding party that Joanna left him at the altar. Later, a video is presented (recovered by Marni) from their old high school time capsule. The video reveals Joanna as she was in high school: an alpha-female bully, with the footage showing proof of her tormenting Marni and other students. However, Will unplugs the video projector before the video is complete and walks out, furious.

Marni is in trouble when everyone discovers that she was responsible for the video at the rehearsal dinner. Joanna's defense for pretending not to remember Marni is: "I thought we could start over." Marni is now convinced that Joanna hasn't changed, and walks away. Joanna then starts a fight with Marni, who fights back. Will walks in and witnesses the fight. He confronts Joanna, calling her a bully and a liar and then scolds Marni for starting the mess behind his back. Joanna tries to reason with Will but he doesn't care about her past and is furious that she lied to him.

Meanwhile, Ramona and Gail argue after the rehearsal dinner, and Ramona accuses Gail of trying to ruin her life throughout high school. A catfight ensues, with both of them falling into the pool. Ramona reveals that she had a grudge with Gail, even when they were best friends, because she always competed with and outdid her, culminating with Gail taking the boy that Ramona wanted to the prom. Ramona stated that Gail was already a legendary head cheerleader and prom queen, and drama was supposed to be hers, yet Gail also defeated her with the auditions. She sarcastically thanks Gail for what she did, because it motivated her to become successful in life. Gail apologizes for being insensitive, but reveals that she is proud of Ramona, and that her loving family is her accomplishment. Ramona, remorseful of her actions, tells Gail that she was jealous of Gail's happy family especially that her marriages didn't work out, and feared that Gail was trying to take Joanna away from her. The two are hugging in the pool when Gail's husband, Mark, shows up. At home, he says that he is disgusted with the wedding and weekend being a disaster and grounds Marni and Gail.

Later that night, Marni finds Joanna in the kitchen binging on junk food. She finally admits to Marni that she feels truly awful for bullying and tormenting her and feels like a terrible person, and that she loves Will and his entire family. She explained that when she found out that Marni is her fiance's sister, she panicked and therefore decided to pretend not to remember her. Marni forgives her and promises to get them back together. The next day, during a jog, Marni apologizes to Will for her actions, saying she was only trying to protect him.

Joanna and Will reconcile in the family's old tree house, but it collapses and injures both of them when Marni and Will's little brother, Ben, loosened the screws as a part of his plan in hiding the tree house. They are both forced to stay at a hospital, which delays the wedding. However, Marni puts together a makeshift wedding at the hospital, with the bride and groom bandaged, but properly dressed and able to walk down the aisle. Gail has a surprise for Ramona, it's Richie Phillips, the boy from high school that Ramona wanted to go to the prom with. Richie welcomes Ramona home and wants to be her date for the wedding, which makes Ramona very happy and they appear to start a relationship. Marni appears to start a relationship with Charlie (Sean Wing), her brother's best friend who has always been kind to her. Joanna introduces Marni's grandmother Bunny to an elderly woman, Helen Sullivan. It is revealed that Helen and Bunny were rivals in high school when Helen stole a boy from her. However, Bunny gets her revenge when she cuts in on Helen's dance and takes her partner.

During the credits, at the wedding reception, Marni presents her wedding gift to Will and Joanna—Hall & Oates in person performing Will and Joanna's favorite and special song, "Kiss on My List" (as the movie's couples, each share kisses—Will and Joanna, Marni and Charlie, Gail and Mark, Ramona and Richie, and Georgia forces a kiss from Tim). Everyone then joins Hall & Oates on stage.

 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment: 

This is a very fun movie to watch. At first I thought the story will go between the 2 young ladies, but who knows their mother and aunty are involved in it as well... Seldom see Sigourney on a comedy... She's not bad, as good as those action movie she is in :)

Frozen 2013

 Released Year: 2013

Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee

Voiced by:

Kristen Bell as Anna

Idina Menzel as Elsa

Jonathan Groff as Kristoff

Josh Gad as Olaf

Santino Fontana as Hans

 Story: 

Elsa, princess of Arendelle, possesses cryokinetic powers, with which she is able to produce ice, frost, and snow at will. One night while playing, she accidentally injures her younger sister, Anna. The king and queen seek help from the troll king, who heals Anna and removes her memories of Elsa's magic. The royal couple isolates the children in their castle until Elsa learns to control her powers. Afraid of hurting Anna again, Elsa spends most of her time alone in her room, causing a rift between the girls as they grow up. When the girls are teenagers, their parents die at sea during a storm.

When Elsa comes of age, the kingdom prepares for her coronation. Among the guests is the Duke of Weselton, who seeks to exploit Arendelle for profit. Excited to be allowed out of the castle again, Anna explores the town and meets Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, and the two quickly develop a mutual attraction. Despite Elsa's fear, her coronation goes off without incident. During the reception, Hans proposes and Anna hastily accepts. However, Elsa refuses to grant her blessing and forbids their sudden marriage. The sisters argue, culminating in the exposure of Elsa's abilities during an emotional outburst.

Panicking, Elsa flees the castle, while inadvertently unleashing an eternal winter on the kingdom. High in the nearby mountains, she casts off restraint, building herself a solitary ice palace, and unknowingly brings her and Anna's childhood snowman, Olaf, to life. Meanwhile, Anna sets out in search of her sister, determined to return her to Arendelle, end the winter, and mend their relationship. When obtaining supplies, she meets an iceman named Kristoff and his reindeer, Sven, and convinces Kristoff to guide her up the North Mountain. On their journey, the group encounter Olaf, who leads them to Elsa's hideaway.

Anna and Elsa reunite, but Elsa still fears hurting her sister. When Anna persists in persuading her sister to return, Elsa becomes agitated and her powers lash out, accidentally striking Anna in the heart. Horrified, Elsa creates a giant snow creature to drive Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf away from her palace. As they flee, Kristoff notices Anna's hair turning white, and deduces that something is very wrong. He seeks help from the trolls, his adoptive family, who explain that Anna's heart has been frozen by Elsa. Unless it is thawed by an "act of true love", she will become frozen solid forever. Believing that only Hans can save her with a true love's kiss, Kristoff races back with her to Arendelle.

Meanwhile, Hans, leading a search for Anna, reaches Elsa's palace. In the ensuing battle against the Duke's men, Elsa is knocked unconscious and imprisoned in Arendelle. There, Hans pleads her to undo the winter, but Elsa confesses that she does not know how. When Anna reunites with Hans and begs him to kiss her to break the curse, Hans refuses and reveals that his true intention in marrying her is to seize control of Arendelle's throne. Leaving Anna to die, he charges Elsa with treason for her younger sister's apparent death.

Elsa escapes and heads out into the blizzard on the fjord. Olaf finds Anna and reveals Kristoff is in love with her; they then escape onto the fjord to find him. Hans confronts Elsa, telling her Anna is dead because of her. In Elsa's despair, the storm suddenly ceases, giving Kristoff and Anna the chance to find each other. However, Anna, seeing that Hans is about to kill Elsa, throws herself between the two just as she freezes solid, blocking Hans' attack.

As Elsa grieves for her sister, Anna begins to thaw, since her decision to sacrifice herself to save her sister constitutes an "act of true love". Realizing love is the key to controlling her powers, Elsa thaws the kingdom and helps Olaf survive in summer. Hans is sent back to the Southern Isles to face punishment for his crimes against the royal family of Arendelle, while Elsa cuts off trade with Weselton. Anna and Kristoff share a kiss, and the two sisters reconcile. Elsa promises never to shut the castle gates again.

 L² Scored: 10/10

L² Comment:

Finally i got the chance to watch this so-call-A-class cartoon :) Everyone has been talking about it since last xmas and i only have the chance to watch it lol~ This is different from any other Disney cartoon, it talks more on the 2 sisters and how they love each other which can help to cut off the bad magic spell~ a very good movie, i will rewatch it if i can find the 3D version~

Scream 4

Released Year: 2011
Directed by Wes Craven

Casted by:
Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers Riley
David Arquette as Sheriff Dwight "Dewey" Riley
Emma Roberts as Jill Roberts
Hayden Panettiere as Kirby Reed
Rory Culkin as Charlie Walker
Alison Brie as Rebecca Walters
Story:

The film started with 2 girls watching Stab series horror movie but only to let the audience discover they are watching a movie when they were killed. After that it was another trick to audience which seems like a movie after 2 girls were killed in another Stab series movie. High school students Jenny Randall and Marnie Cooper are attacked and brutally killed by a new Ghostface on the anniversary of the murder spree by Billy Loomis and Stu Macher.

The following day, Sidney Prescott returns to Woodsboro to promote her new book and becomes a suspect in the new murder spree. She stays with her aunt Kate Roberts and cousin Jill , who is dealing with the betrayal of her ex-boyfriend Trevor Sheldon, while the attacks continue, taking the lives of Jill's friend Olivia Morris, Sidney's publicist Rebecca Walters , deputies Anthony Perkins and Ross Hoss, Kate and badly injuring Gale Riley.

During a gathering at Jill's friend, Kirby Reed's home, Ghostface strikes, killing Robbie Mercer while Sidney arrives to try and save Jill and Kirby. After Kirby is forced to answer horror film trivia questions to spare the life of Charlie Walker, he reveals himself as the killer and stabs her in the stomach, leaving her for dead. His accomplice is revealed to be Jill who intends to kill Sidney and become the "new" Sidney, framing Trevor for the spree. Jill executes Trevor, betrays and murders Charlie and severely wounds Sidney before injuring herself to appear the lone survivor. In hospital, Jill learns that Sidney has survived and attempts to finish her off but with help from Gale, Dewey Riley and Judy Hicks, she shoots Jill in the chest, killing her.

L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:

Holy shit, my teenager's time fav horror movie is back for another sequel. This was supposed to be a trilogy horror film 10 years ago, but the director and producer decided to bring the movie back for another trilogy starring Campbell and both Arquettes.

This time the movie add in a lil bit of comedy inside on the beginning of the movie. The whole film twist and turn until u discovered its the sick psycho Jill who is the killer becoz she wanna gain some fame on all these killing.

Cool, this is a movie not to be missed :)

Burlesque

Released Year: 2010
Directed by Steven Antin

Casted by:
Christina Aguilera as Alice Marilyn "Ali" Rose
Cher as Tess
Cam Gigandet as Jack
Stanley Tucci as Sean
Eric Dane as Marcus Gerber
Kristen Bell as Nikki
Peter Gallagher as Vincent "Vince" Scali
Julianne Hough as Georgia
Story:

Ali Rose is a young, hard-done-by girl who works in a bar in a small town in Iowa. Her boss hasn't paid her for two months and she has finally had enough. She takes what he owes her from the till and decides to leave for Los Angeles to pursue her dream of singing. After a fruitless day of searching for jobs in her new home, she winds up at a burlesque bar and becomes enthralled with the whole concept. She tries to persuade Tess to let her go on stage but Tess won't hear her out.

Ali meets the friendly bartender Jack and starts to waitress for him because she knows this is where she belongs. Later, Tess auditions Ali and hires her as a dancer to replace a newly pregnant dancer named Georgia. One night, Nikki, the most famous dancer in this bar, gets drunk and is not allowed to perform by Tess, so Ali takes her place. Nikki cuts the music out of jealousy, but Ali impresses everyone with her own voice. She becomes the new star of this bar and earns it a reputation.

Ali had some dates with a successful businessman named Marcus before she realizes that her true love is Jack, whom she has to share an apartment with after her hotel room is robbed. Meanwhile, running out of money, Tess is worried that she has to sell the bar to Marcus, who intends to tear down the club and build a skyscraper. Finally, Ali helps Tess solve the problem by selling the air right of this place to another businessman. Tess has financial resources and Ali stays at the bar as its most valuable star.

L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:

After waiting for a long time, Burlesque finally come to Malaysia. I was unable to watch it at the 1st time until now. A movie never to be missed. With her powerful voice and her voluptuous body, xtina definitely owned this film. But Cher's "The Last of Me" is certainly a great performance which is memorable enough until it won several awards, bravo.

The whole film is damn gorgeous, but not so compatible to the bitchy Moulin Rogue, lol. And Cam Gigandet's butt is a must-watch in the whole film, yummy~

When in Rome

Released Year: 2010
Directed by Mark Steven Johnson

Casted by:
Kristen Bell as Beth Martin
Josh Duhamel as Nick Beamon
Dax Shepard as Gale
Danny DeVito as Al Russo
Will Arnett as Antonio
John Heder as Lance
Lee Pace as Brady Sacks
Story:

Beth was rejected by her ex boyfriend Brady Sacks and her baby sister is gonna marry with a guy whom she just met in a plane. Beth attended the wedding in Rome and met gorgeous Nick who she quickly has a crush on. But after watching Nick kiss a hot girl, Beth was dissapointed and get herself drunk at the love wishing pond.

Beth picked up 5 coins from the ponds and went back to USA. The sister called and told her that picking up coins from the pond will make that person fall in love with her, and it became truth. Antonio the artist, Al the sausage business man, Gale the model, Lance the street magician and the last coin was believe to belong to Nick.

The 5 guys went crazily for her and everyone use their best way to tackle Beth. Beth could not accept it and try to break the spell by returning the coin back to them. After returning all the coins, Nick still proposed to Beth and wanted to marry her. Beth happily agreed on it. But during the wedding, Lance the magician told her he has Nick's coin with him while performing magic. Beth thought Nick love her because of the spell and ran away from the wedding.

In the end Beth found out the coin did not belong to Nick but the priest instead. Finally the couple kiss and get married.

L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:

First of all, i think Kristen Bell is so cute and sweet in this movie, absolutely adorable. Which guy will not fall for her? Haha, i think this is why the production team casted her in this movie. As for Josh Duhamel, he's hot. And of course a hot guy like him should marry to a hot girl, Fergie right? :)

As for the storyline, its fun, romantic and created some magical thingy too such as the wishing pond. How i wish i can go there too, hehe. Love the small little car of Antonio in the movie, it is so like Mr Bean's car... haha

Astro Boy

Released Year: 2009
Directed by David Bowers

Casted by:
Freddie Highmore & 上户彩 Aya Ueto as Toby / Astro Boy
Kristen Bell as Cora
Nicolas Cage & 郭富城 Aaron Kwok as Dr. Tenma
Donald Sutherland as President Stone
Nathan Lane as Hamegg
Eugene Levy as Orrin
Charlie Theron as Narrator
Samuel L. Jackson as ZOGStory:

The spectaculars Metro City has float upon the surface with better people living up there with better advance of technologies. Dr Tenma, the powerful scientis there and Dr Elefun has created the Red & Blue Core atom. President Stone wanna use the red core for his Peacemaker machine to continue being elected as the next president.

President Stone force Dr Elefun to give up his red core which is the negative power. The machine was out of control and explode, causing Dr Tenma's son Toby who is nearby to die. Feeling depressed and sad, Dr Tenma created a robots with memory of Toby with the hep of blue core. Toby does not know he is a machine till later on when he discover he can fly. But he was quickly attacked by President Stone and Toby fall out of Metro City on the earth surface.

Toby call himself Astro and met with Cora and gang. Cora brought him to Hamegg who is very kind to all of the orphan. Hamegg has once work for Dr Tenma up in the Metro City and he found out Astro is a robot. Putting Astro on a ring to fight, ZOG the huge machine did not fight Astro as Astro has saved him before with the blue core.

President Stone has send spaceship from Metro City to capture Astro from earth. Dr Tenma finally decided to keep Astro and fought against Stone. Stone used the red core and insert into Peacemaker again. Out of control, the machine swallow in Stone and fought against Astro.

Astro boy finally zoom into Peacemaker heart and used his blue core power to destroy the peacemaker leaving himself die. Luckily ZOG still has the blue core power and gave Astro Boy back to life.

L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

Astro Boy, originated from Japanases Cartoon Series, a super robot boy which wins everyone's heart including mine when i was small :) Not really been following the Japanese series last time due to no subtitles and it was translated in Malay, but heck, thanx to David Bowers :)

Couples Retreat

Released Year: 2009

Directed by Peter Billingsley

Casted by:
Vince Vaughn as Dave
Jon Favreau as Joey
Jason Bateman as JAson
Malin Akerman as Ronnie
Kristin Davis as Lucy
Kristen Bell as Cynthia

Carlos Ponce as SalvadoreStory:

There was 4 couples who find their life miserable. Dave & Ronnie who has 2 boys but Dave seldom wanna take care of the household things which make Ronnie feel tired. Joey and Lucy who has been married for a few years but cannot have any kids, therefore they are fooling around behind each others back. Jason and Cynthia who wanna get divorce because Jason is too demanding and self center on everything. Shane who met Trudy a girl that is 20 years old younger than him.

After being persuade by Jason & Cynthia, all of them went for this couples retreat therapy in Eden West. But when they reach, they found out Eden West is for couples while Eden East is for single party. Desperately Joey and Lucy try to sneak over there for fun. Their couples therapy is boring at first but the girls get excited when they see Salvadore, the hot yoga instructor.

Shane and Trudy has an argument and Trudy run to Eden East by herself. To get Trudy back, the whole gang (which obviously persuade by Joey & Lucy) went to Eden East. While going there, Cynthia cannot stands with Jason's self center and decide to go her way instead. The girls followed her and they met up Salvadore who's swimming naked in a pool. Asking for fun, Salvadore brought all the girls to party.

Eventually, the guys are there too. Dave & Ronnie discover on each other needs and promise to be tolerate with each others. Jason apologize and promise to Cynthia that he will not be selfish again. While watching Salvadore luring around on Lucy, Joey get jealous and win Lucy back. In another hand, Shane decided to broke off with Trudy because they are in different generation. But at the end he met his ex-wife Jennifer who came all her way to Eden to seek for a reunion.

The movie ends with all happy ending.

L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:

Watch this movie with your love one and you will feel lovely :) Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau were one of the writer in this movie together with Dana Fox. Kinda relax and sweet of the movie, nothing too heavy just for me to spend my time while doing my count down with my love one.