If you’re going to kill someone, you really should make sure that your victim is a corpse when you call it in as an accident. It is so embarrassing when the police find them hale and hearty. Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman) takes Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) out for a pleasant afternoon excursion on his lake and, thinking her a non-swimmer, drops her in the drink and sets it up as if she went out alone. Distraught, he calls the local constabulary and tells them that she wanted some time away. Unfortunately for him, Sondra wanders in, soaked to the skin, adding that she feigned her inability to swim to meet Peter.

Director:  Woody Allen Writer:  Woody Allen Cast:
Hugh Jackman -  Peter Lyman Scarlett Johansson -  Sondra Pransky Ian McShane -  Joe Strombel Woody Allen -  Sid Waterman Romola Garai -  Vivian Anthony Head -  Detective Julian Glover -  Lord Lyman Geoff Bell -  Strombel’s Co-Worker #2		Christopher Fulford -  Strombel’s Co-Worker #3 Nigel Lindsay -  Strombel’s Co-Worker #4 Fenella Woolgar -  Jane Cook Doreen Mantle -  Joe’s Co-Passenger #1 David Schneider -  Joe’s Co-Passenger #2 Meera Syal -  Joe’s Co-Passenger #3 Kevin McNally -  Mike Tinsley Robyn Kerr -  Tinsley’s Fan #1

Why do some believe there is a nobility and graciousness to bad guys? Most are venal, unworthy of their reps. For example, we all hate Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), the toady of Magneto (Ian McKellen). But when she steps in front of him and takes a dart in the shoulder, we think what a nice thing to do. But then we see that she has been stripped of her shape-shifting ability and she ends up lying naked on the floor of the prison truck van. Most of us think, oh dear, what is going to happen to her now? Me, I’m thinking she’s naked. Magneto seems to be surprised at how vulnerable she appears. Then, in reaching out to him (after her most callous disregard for all things not Magneto), he turns away shunning her, leaving her discarded like any other piece of broken equipment.

Director:  Brett Ratner Writer:  Simon Kinberg; Zak Penn Cast:
Hugh Jackman -  Logan/Wolverine Halle Berry -  Ororo Munroe/Storm Ian McKellen -  Eric Lensherr/Magneto Famke Janssen -  Jean Grey/Phoenix Anna Paquin -  Marie/Rogue Kelsey Grammer -  Dr. Hank McCoy/The Beast Rebecca Romijn -  Raven Darkholme/Mystique James Marsden -  Scott Summers/Cyclops		Shawn Ashmore -  Bobby Drake/Iceman Aaron Stanford -  John Allerdyce/Pyro Vinnie Jones -  Cain Marko/Juggernaut Patrick Stewart -  Professor Charles Xavier Ben Foster -  Warren Worthington III/Angel Ellen Page -  Kitty Pryde Michael Murphy -  Warren Worthington II Josef Sommer -  President

Conspiracies are almost the staff of life on the internet. They’re pervasive. We see them on many sites where someone thinks that one or more someone elses have done something, are covering up some event or are out to do something nefarious. Who is doing what to whom and why? Geez, no wonder there is so much paranoia and skepticism around. Now comes a new threat. Mattie Webber (Kristin Bell) gets a bunch of messages from her dead boyfriend, Josh Ockmann (Jonathan Tucker), via electronic means. It seems that the dead want to return to our world via the internet. They’re pissed and they’re not taking any prisoners. Lots of the usual horror tropes with some pretty good effects.

Director:  Jim Sonzero Writer:  Wes Craven; Ray Wright; Kiyoshi Kurosawa Cast:
Kristen Bell -  Mattie Webber Ian Somerhalder -  Dexter McCarthy Christina Milian -  Isabell Fuentes Rick Gonzalez -  Stone Jonathan Tucker -  Josh Ockmann Samm Levine -  Tim Steinberg Octavia Spencer -  Landlady Jeremy Guskin -  R.A.		Ron Rifkin -  Dr. Waterson Joseph Gatt -  Dark Figure Kel O’Neill -  Douglas Zieglar Tate Hanyok -  Cafe Girl Amanda Tepe -  Grad Student/Margaret Zach Grenier -  Professor Cardiff Corryn Cummins -  Crying Girl Riki Lindhome -  Janelle

What does it take to prove you’re human? Violet Song jat Shariff (Milla Jovovich), a courier, discovers it takes a battery of tests. She’s ushered into a sterile room where they immobilize her, stick probes into her bloodstream and eyes, her mouth and teeth to verify breathing after which she is scanned again for bone, blood and tissue irregularities just so she can pick up a package for delivery and it turns out she is a fraud anyway. Oh dear…

Director:  Kurt Wimmer; Joe Ahearne Writer:  Kurt Wimmer Cast:
Milla Jovovich -  Violet Song jat Shariff Cameron Bright -  Six Nick Chinlund -  Vicecardinum Ferdinand Daxus Sebastien Andrieu -  Nerva Ida Martin -  Young Violet William Fichtner -  Garth David Collier -  BF-1 Kieran O’Rorke -  Detective Cross		Digger Mesch -  Detective Endera Ryan Martin -  Detective Breeder Steven Calcote -  Young Daxus Ricardo Mamood -  Violet’s Husband Mike Smith -  Hospital Hemophage Clay Cullen -  Rebel Hemophage Jennifer Caputo -  Elizabeth P. Watkins Jack Murphy -  Chief of Staff

Who says fashion doesn’t influence our day-to-day life? Not Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) who lectures her 2nd-assistant Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) on how she came to wear her blue sweater. Starting with an Oscar de la Renta show in 2002 who did a cerulean blue collection, through Yves Saint-Laurent and 8 other designers, into selected department stores and on down to the bargain bins, the blue in her sweater has been passed from one to another until it ended up on her back.

Director:  David Frankel Writer:  Aline Brosh McKenna; Lauren Weisberger Cast:
Meryl Streep -  Miranda Priestly Anne Hathaway -  Andy Sachs Emily Blunt -  Emily Stanley Tucci -  Nigel Simon Baker -  Christian Thompson Adrian Grenier -  Nate Tracie Thoms -  Lily Rich Sommer -  Doug		Daniel Sunjata -  James Holt David Marshall Grant -  Richard Sachs James Naughton -  Stephen Tibor Feldman -  Irv Ravitz Rebecca Mader -  Jocelyn Jimena Hoyos -  Lucia Gisele Bündchen -  Serena George C. Wolfe -  Paul