Cloverfield (2008)

Director:
Matt Reeves

Writer:
Drew Goddard

Release Date:
18 January 2008 (USA)

Cast:
Michael Stahl-David (Rob Hawkins)
Mike Vogel (Jason Hawkins)
Jessica Lucas (Lily)

Juno (2007)

Director: Jason Reitman

Writer: Diablo Cody

Release Date: 1 September 2007 (USA)

Cast:
Ellen Page (Juno MacGuff)
Michael Cera (Paulie Bleeker)
Jennifer Garner (Vanessa Loring)

Synopsis:
Juno (Ellen Page) is a Mid-Western highschooler, who decides one day, out of boredom or curiosity, to have sex with her friend Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera), a member of her school's track team.

She likes him well enough, but isn't hung up on him. This one time encounter results in Juno's pregnancy. She and her best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) decide to take control of the situation by browsing for prospective adoptive parents in the local Pennysaver newspaper, and Juno settles on seemingly the perfect, affluent couple Mark (Jason Bateman) and Vanessa Loring (Jennifer Garner) who is desperate to have a child.

Junos sensitive father (J.K. Simmons) and stepmother (Allison Janney) are very supportive of her and help Juno with her decision to give the baby up for adoption. Juno and her father check out Mark and Vanessa Loring to see if they are the right couple. As time moves closer to having the baby, Juno grows more into a woman, yet she is still a teenager with all the same problems and a few more.

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Three lively singing chipmunk brothers, Alvin - the unchained leader, Simon - the genius, and the tender rotund Theodore are living their lives in the forest storing nuts away for the winter when one day their tree is cut down and carried off into the city to become a Christmas tree.

They must find a new home and they end up at Daves house. The only thing that makes them different is that they can talk and even sing. Dave Seville (Jason Lee) is a struggling song writer who has a great idea about making the chipmunks a new show act, singing his songs.

The only thing is that you must remember is that they are chipmunks and they act like chipmunks by tearing up Daves house and interrupting his love life. David will adopt the Chipmunks taking care of them as lovely father and manager of their famous rock band.

The chipmunks become a big hit and superstars with cute voices and fancy dance moves. The record company executive Ian (David Cross) sees big money in his future and takes over the act and pushes Dave to the side. Dave must try to save his little family before they becomes a show biz disaster.

The Golden Compass (2007)

Director: Chris Weitz

Writers:
Philip Pullman
Chris Weitz

Release Date: 7 December 2007 (USA)

Cast:
Daniel Craig (Lord Asriel)
Nicole Kidman (Marisa Coulter)
Eva Green (Serafina Pekkala)

It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford's motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra's greatest adventure would begin closer to home, the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary particle. Microscopic in size, the magical dust- found only in the vast Artic expanse of the North -was rumored to possess profound properties that could unite whole universes. But there were those who feared the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it. Catapulted into the heart of a terrible struggle, Lyra was forced to seek aid from clans, gyptians, and formidable armored bears. And as she journeyed into unbelievable danger, she had not the faintest clue that she alone was destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle...

Beowulf - 2007

Director:
Robert Zemeckis

Writers:
Neil Gaiman
Roger Avary

Release Date:
16 November 2007 (USA)

Cast:
Ray Winstone (Beowulf - voice)
Angelina Jolie (Grendel's Mother)
Anthony Hopkins (Hrothgar - voice)
John Malkovich (Unferth - voice)

This ancient tale addresses all the crossroads we encounter in life - love, betrayal, religion, honesty, loyalty etc