Monday Movies: Movies to Watch For

After the strike in Hollywood (not the writers, this time it was the actors) there has been kind of a lull in good movies; a lull which has been defined by really…NOT good movies. Thankfully, there are a few soon to release that look like they will be worth seeing.

1. Surrogates – Bruce Willis stars in a not-so-far-fetched science fiction in which humans now live through robotic “Surrogates” which have allowed for mankind to live out any fantasy without any danger, until someone dies when their surrogate gets killed.

Check out the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwTJ7mCcFoY

2. Law Abiding Citizen (10/16/2009) – Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx star in this action-packed movie about a man who watches his family get murdered, and then watches as the justice system lets the murderer go free. Done with watching, Clyde (Gerard Butler) embarks on a jihad to kill every single person related to the injustice that befell his family.

Check out the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA10RDU9quU

3. The Box (11/06/2009) – This moral question of a thriller stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsters as a couple who are at the end of their financial rope when a box mysteriously appears at their doorstep. They are told that if they push the button within the box two things will happen; 1) They will receive a payment of one million dollars and 2) Someone, somewhere in the world whom they do not know will die.

Check out the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVK-hVGqCpo

4. The Fourth Kind (11/06/2009) – Since 1972 there has been a system for rating encounters with extra terrestrials; the First Kind is sighting, the Second is evidence, the Third is contact, the Fourth is Abduction. Milla Jovovich stars in this thriller reminiscent of “The Blair Witch Project”, not in style but in spirit of making the audience believe it to be true. The story is of a psychiatrist (Jovovich) who is interviewing patients who all claim to have been abducted by aliens.

Check out the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbQXxNWNxyY

5. The Blind Side (11/20/2009) – Sandra Bullock stars in this film depicting the true story of an upper-class suburban mother (Bullock) who takes in a young man who is homeless. I am going to go ahead and declare this as a must-see for anyone who likes a feel-good movie.

Check out the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khtBvQdxta4