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What Pam Watches

Bottle Shock

Grade: B+

Premise: An English Wine Snob living in Paris decides that to increase business to his wine shop, he needs to do something big. He goes to Napa Valley to test wines and has a US vs French Wine competition. This is set in 1976 and is a true story.

Recommend?: I liked this a lot. Alan Rickman was fantastic as the English Wine Snob. Really nice movie.

Bottle Shock, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Chris Pine

Angels & Demons

Grade: A

Premise: This is the prequel to "The DaVinci Code" (although the movie, references "The DaVinci Code" as being first). Robert Langdon is summoned to the Vatican to help find the four top replacements for the Pope before they are killed by members of an ancient underground organization. Anti matter created by the hadron collider is set to explode and demolish the Vatican by midnight.

Recommend?: I thought this book was much better than "The DaVinci Code" book and this movie is a lot stronger than the other movie. It is a faithful adaptation of the book. This time around, Tom Hanks' portrayal of Robert Langdon was true to the book character. The movie itself had a nice balance of action and puzzle solving. I would recommend it to watch. I don't think I need to see it again.

Angels & Demons, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Dan Brown, Ewan McGregor

Star Trek (2009)

Grade: A

Premise: We are put back to the time where all our favorite Star Trek characters are just joining Star Fleet. There is a big baddie out there from the future who is threatening to blow up all the federation planets. Kirk and the team must stop him.

Recommend?: Oh heck yes! I like Star Trek but am not a "trekkie" per se. I loved this movie. Strong on action, story and character building. The whole time-space thing was a little tough to swallow but just go with it. I could see it again.

Star Trek,
Chris Pine,
Zachary Quinto

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Grade: C+

Premise: Connor Mead is a womanizing a*hole who is on his way to losing the woman he truly loves. The ghosts of girlfriends past, present and future run him through his life, he becomes a decent man and wins his girl back.

Recommend?: It's cute but not remarkable. I would rent it as there are a ton of great movies out right now. Lacey Chabert as the super Type A bride was great.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert, Matthew McConaughey