Movies that I saw in February.

Since I haven't posted a movie blog in a long time, I'm just going to do a super quick recap of what I did watch in February. It's quite a lot so enjoy :)

1. Jack Reacher (2012)

Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie

Starring: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins

IMBD Synopsis: A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

My Rating: 7/10

2. Ruby Sparks (2012)

Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening

IMBD Synopsis: A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.

Genre:  Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

My Rating:  6.5/10

3. Love Actually (2003)

Directed by:  Richard Curtis

Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth

IMBD Synopsis: Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Genre:  Comedy, Drama, Romance

My Rating:  8/10

4. The Hobbit (2012)

Directed by:  Peter Jackson

Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage

IMBD Synopsis: A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on an "unexpected journey" to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug.

Genre:  Adventure, Fantasy

My Rating:  9/10

5. New Years eve (2011)

Directed by:  Garry Marshall

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher

IMBD Synopsis: The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

Genre:  Comedy, Romance

My Rating:  6/10

6. Wreck it Ralph (2012)

Directed by:  Rich Moore

Starring: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch

IMBD Synopsis: A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.

Genre:  Animation, Adventure, comedy

My Rating:  8.5/10

7. That's my boy (2012)

Directed by:  Sean Anders

Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester

IMBD Synopsis: While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.

Genre:  Comedy

My Rating:  4/10

8. Overboard (1987)

Directed by:  Garry Marshall

Starring:  Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann

IMBD Synopsis: A cruel but beautiful heiress screws over a hired carpenter, who later is the first one to find her when she gets amnesia. Looking for a little revenge he convinces her that she's his wife.

Genre:   comedy, romance

My Rating:  7/10

9. The Amazing Spiderman (2012)

Directed by:  Marc Webb

Starring:  Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Sally Field

IMBD Synopsis: Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner.

Genre:  Action, Adventure, Fantasy

My Rating:  8/10

10. Se7en (1995)

Directed by:  David Fincher

Starring:  Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey 

 IMBD Synopsis: Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.

Genre:  Crime, mystery, thriller

My Rating:  7/10

11. The Silence of the lambs (1991)

Directed by:  Johnathon Demme

Starring:  Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney

 IMBD Synopsis: A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

Genre:  Crime, Drama, Thriller

My Rating:  9/10

12. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Directed by:  David O. Russell

Starring:  Bradley Cooper; Jennifer Lawrence; Robert DeNiro

 IMBD Synopsis: After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Genre:  Comedy; Drama; Romance

My Rating:  8.5/10

13. Argo

Directed by:  Ben Affleck

Starring:  Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman

 IMBD Synopsis: A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran

Genre:  Drama, History, Thriller

My Rating:  6/10

14. Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Directed by:  Genndy Tartakovsky

Starring:   Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg

 IMBD Synopsis: Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teen-aged daughter.

Genre:  Animation, Comedy, family

My Rating:  9/10

15. The adventures of Ford Fairlane

Directed by:  Renny Harlin

Starring:   Andrew Dice Clay, Lauren Holly, Wayne Newton 

 IMBD Synopsis: Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another one of them is that all his employers that want him to find a girl named Zuzu Petals get killed. Why didn't he become a fisherman's detective instead? A must-see for Andrew Dice Clay fans.

Genre:  Action, Adventure, Comedy

My Rating:  7/10

16. The Impossible (2012)

Directed by:  Juan Antonio Bayona

Starring:   Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland 

 IMBD Synopsis: An account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time.

Genre:  Drama, history, thriller

My Rating:  8.5/10

17. Total recall (2012)

Directed by:  Len Wiseman

Starring:   Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine, Bryan Cranston

 IMBD Synopsis: A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.

Genre:  Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

My Rating:  5/10