I’ve been slacking on my reporting duties, so let’s catch up.

Zombieland-A fun zombie movie. Very simple, 2 months after a outbreak, Columbus makes his way from his college dorm in Texas though zombie land to get back home in Columbus, OH. He’s made it so far by living by a strict rule set, like good cardio for running, beware of bathrooms, double tap, buckle up and don’t be the hero. He meets 3 other people on his trip (woody harrelson rules and Emma Stone is gorgeous) home where they team up to survive. It’s not as violent or gory as I thought it would be, but it’s still good. Fun characters, fun scenes and one of the greatest cameos ever by Bill Murray. Great rainy day movie.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the third movie in the franchise. It’s a good movie, it continues the traditions set by the last movie(s). It’s cute, funny, and really well animated. Simon Pegg’s character is probably my favorite addition.

Pandorum– one of the better sci-fi movies recently made I think. Two crew members on a large space ship get woken up from deep sleep a long time later than they were supposed to. The soon find that they aren’t the only ones moving about the ship on their quest to figure out where they’re going and what happened to the thousands of people that were supposed to be on board with them. The story takes some new twists, it’s well directed and acted. Convincing visual FX and fantastic set design make this a creepy movie. I recommend it.

District 13: Ultimatum is the sequel to 2004’s District 13. The first is famous for introducing the world at large to parkour, or “free running” which became a huge trend. Think Jackie Chan’s famous moves for climbing and moving over objects in fast and unorthodox gymnastic movements. District 13 is one section of a city that is a constant battle zone between politics and gangs. Here, the two unlikely heroes from the first movie team up again to stop the secret service’s plan to wipe out the 5 gangs that control the sector in one devastating and sneaky plan. Some really wild action scenes, though one or two more would have been nice. You watch this movie manly for the stunts, but the story is well done and it’s a well made movie. It’s French and I chose to keep the original language with English subtitles.

Ong Bak 2 It took it’s time getting to these shores, but Tony Jaa continues his run as the best action star today. Forget the story, just fast forward through any talking. It meanders, makes no sense and just gets in the way of the insane fight scenes. More weapon work than the first movie, Tony Jaa is the new Jackie Chan. He’s just amazing. This is simply an action scene show case, plain and simple.

Chocolate– I have no idea why this action movie is called Chocolate. This one is a slow boil, it takes awhile for the movie to break into a run, but when it does! Oh man. This is the story of an autistic girl (Zen) who happens to have a gift. She can learn martial arts just by watching movies. And her favorite movies? Tony Jaa of course! Zen’s mother gets cancer and with the help her friend they find out that people around town owe her a lot of money! So Zen goes around looking to reclaim those debts and no one seems to be willing to pay up. Enter ass kicking Mai Tai fight scenes! This girl is insane! She’s right there in Tony Jaa’s shoes doing crazy stunts and beating the stuffing out of every stuntman they could find. Stick with it, the last half of the movie is practically all action. Great direction, very easy to see and good use of slow-mo.