2012 has a far share of loopholes and unbelievability and should be taken with a big pinch of salt. However, much credit has to be the biggest attraction, the annilihation of the world as we know it. The special effects as evidenced from the trailers was the main draw and remains so. I also liked to child actors in the movie especially Lily who plays John Cusack's daughter. Despite running for their lives and the survival of mankind, they still managed to slip in a funny moment like starting the Bentley. That was priceless. One of the better end-of-the-world movies.

A grief guru Burke (Aaron Eckhart) finds himself back in Seattle when his agent sets him up for his book tour and self-workshops which he has been reluctant to return to the place where his late wife and family was from. Although he helps people get through their grief of their lost ones, he himself has yet to face his own demons (he lost his wife in a car accident). But when he meets Elouise (Jennifer Aniston) a florist at the hotel where he gives his talks, he was strangely attracted to her and she in turn helps to confront his feelings and demons. If you expect a fluffy sweet rom-com, think you will be disappointed. There were brief romantic sweet moments but these fleet by so quick that you barely get soaked in the sweetness before your focus is switched to Burke trying to help his customers get over their grief esp Walter’s case, a guy who lost his kid son and not got over it by losing his wife and career. Aaron Eckhart hardly gets to play the lead but however, I feel that he has been let down by the plot of this movie. Jennifer’s role felt limited and restricted here, however the special appearance of Martin Sheen and the parrot brought some relief and much needed comical bits. Overall, a nice experience but I did not leave feeling all fuzzy inside.

Waking up in the middle of an empty space shuttle and not remembering a single thing, Cpl Bower (Ben Foster)finds himself frozen for the longest time and that the crew that was suppose to take over his shift nowhere to be found. Along with him Lt Payton (Dennis Quaid)soon wakes up from a time-frozen slumber and both try to figure out what happened to the spacecraft. They soon realise that they were in the company of swift, strong flesh-eating hunting aliens as they find a way to reboot the computer system of the ship and find their way out while fighting against what they call as the Pandorum (which is a little like getting dangerous hallucinations ) effect (this is how the movie got it’s title). The dark and claustrophobic environment was effectively portrayed on screen making the audience feel on their toes however this also played against it as one needs to strain to see what is actually happening. It was exciting as they were being chased and hunted down but the action scenes were lacking in punch and the plot in the end was kinda disappointing. I personally found it not gruesome or squeamish enough. It has been a while since the last alien movie was shown, so if you are a fan of this genre, catch some the Pandorum effect while it lasts.

This is a definitely tear-jerker so get ready your Klennex. When the Fitzgeralds find out that their daughter Kate suffers from leukemia and needs matching body parts, they decide to conceive another their youngest daughter, Anna, via IVF and engineered in a way that Anna’s organs can be used when Kate needs them. Anna, however, gets a lawyer to sue her parents when she turns 11 as she wants her rights to decide what she wants to do with her own body, causing the small cracks in the cancer-stricken family to further deteriorate. Moral, ethical and interpersonal issues arise as each family member deals with the situation. The story is so realistic and issues are true. There are several touching moments like when Kate finds love, how the son in the family was overlooked when the focus was on Kate and how both parents have different views on saving their daughter. Sofia Vassilieva and Abigail Breslin stole the show as the pair of long-suffering sisters who put on brave fronts in the impending death. The entire cast gave their all and made this a wonderfully touching experience from the start till the end of the movie.

J & J is based not on one, but two stories. The 2 stories are cleverly mixed, stirred and diced into bite-size portions and served to the screen. The first is about Julie (Meryl Streep) on how she followed her husband (Stanley Tucci) to France was he was posted. There she took up the prestigious cooking class in Cordon Bleu, where through her determination manages to graduate. Thereafter meets a couple of equally cooking enthusiasts and gets together to write & publish a cookbook. This brings us to Julia (Amy Adams) who in post-9-11 works as a government official and finds solace and happiness in cooking. Bored and inspired, she picks up Julie's cookbook and gave herself a project to cook all the receipes within and blog abt her experience as she aspires to be a writer. Soon she finds out that not that people are reading her blog, she has fans too. But all these do not come without a price as her relations with her husband. Through this project, she soon finds herself and more about her idol, Julie. Peppered with comical and funny moments, J & J is enjoyable especially watching Meryl and Amy light up the screen with their performances. Thrown in with all the right ingredients, the movie simmers to a slow boil, whetting your apetitte, and turns out to be a perfect meal. Not to be watched with an empty stomach!

Tom is a greeting cards writer in LA, believes in true love and finding the ONE, who falls for a newbie in his company, Summer, who unfortunately is the opposite of him in terms of relationships. However, the pair hit it off and goes through the same stages of a real relationship and the eventual breakup. Ok, this is not a spoiler (if you watched the trailer, they did show and say that this is not a love show). However, the presentation of the movie plays out like listening to your music playlist on your iShuffle, alternating from the past to the present. The movie will relate to anyone (that's means literally most of us) who have gone through a relationship, past & present. The one thing I was dismayed abt was the disappointing and forgettable soundtracks (essential for rom-coms! even indie ones for that matter!) The leads were convincing in their roles and played out the comical, sad and angry parts well.