Blue Jasmine

Woody Allen has been a bunch of hits and misses for me. More of the latter. This one, however, surges to the top of the list because of The Spectacular Cate Blanchett - who plays a neurotic ex-socialite struggling with the turn of events in her life. Heads to her sister's place in San Francisco, who is everything what big sister Jasmine isn't, to seek refuge. Things just get worse as she slowly and comically struggles to stay in the race with the Joneses. Louis C K makes a cameo as a cheating sound engineer and is perfect for a Woody Allen film - straight faced, dark, and makes more out of nothing. 'Blue Jasmine' does have a social angle to it - should be the campaign video for the President's latest brainwave on inequality.

Rating: * * * +

Flight Plan

Jodie Foster rescuing her child yet again - this time its on a plane. Full on action thriller.

Rating: * *

Shattered Glass

A true story of a rogue journalist, Stephen Glass, who made up stories for The New Republic magazine and passed them off as factual investigative pieces. Though seemingly interesting, it bordered on the 'zzzzzzzz...' category of films. But my two favourite actors were there in it: Steve Zahn and Chloë Sevigny.

Rating: * +