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is a light, not-so-romantic comedy about a modern day Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter. Emma Stone plays an unknown teenager who decides to boost her popularity by fabricating a wild sex life. Stone joins an all-star cast that includes Gossip Girl hunk Penn Badgely, funny girl Amanda Bynes, Lisa Kudrow, and Stanley Tucci. This movie is the perfect way to escape from the stresses of fall quarter and spend time with friends or even your boyfriend or girlfriend.
The Town
This messed-up love story thriller puts newcomer Jeremy Renner and everybody’s favorite nice guy Ben Affleck together as partners in crime. Set in Boston, The Town is about a group of bank robbers that act as a family but slowly fall apart as one of their members falls in love with a woman that they had previously been taken hostage by the gang. Sounds like a movie you and your significant other would thoroughly enjoy after a week of work and school!
Machete
Director Robert Rodriquez brings us Machete, a story about a former Mexican Federale who is assigned to assassinate a senator for some quick cash. After the task goes awry, Machete realizes he’s been set up and turns to a trigger-happy Padre, a socialite, and a taco queen. The cast includes Cheech Marin, Michelle Rodriguez and everybody’s favorite child star turned jailbird Lindsey Lohan. Jessica Alba also graces the silver screen in this rowdy action film.
Catfish
Originally making its premiere in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Catfish is a documentary about a relationship that develops on Facebook and over the phone. The film takes viewers through the innocent text messages, emails, and phone conversations of photographer Nev Shulman and a hot artist he meets online. After many conversations Schulman and his friends decide to take a road trip to meet his new love interest and things quickly take a turn in this twisted documentary. Viewers say you will both laugh and cry and your jaw will drop in this tale of identity and love.