Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things

Whip It is the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore about Bliss (Ellen Page), a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small town beauty pageant crown for the rowdy world of roller derby. Starring Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wigg, Juliette Lewis, Sarah Habel, Whip It opens on October 2, 2009.

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Inception is an action sci-fi thriller about a CEO-type becomes involved in a blackmailing scandal. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Inception opens on July 16, 2010.

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Smart People is a movie about the life of a widowed professor, Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid). Also starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church and Ellen Page (yes, the star of Juno).

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Juno is an American/Canadian comedy-drama film that revolves around a 16-year old pregnant high school girl. The film has been raking in some USD $120 million up to the time of writing and has earned many positive reviews, making many critics’ top ten lists for 2007, as well as receiving four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. And guess what? The budget for this film is only $6.5 million.

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Juno meets the parents who’ll adopt her baby

It all started with a chair. Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) is convinced she’s more than two months pregnant after taking three pregnancy tests in a convenience store. The father-to-be is her best friend and long-time admirer, Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera) whom she has sex with on the “chair”.

Initially, Juno opts for an abortion, but after some thoughts as well as seeing Su-Chin (Valerie Tian) anti-abortion calling outside the clinic has made her change her mind. She later decides to have the baby for child’s adoption. With the help of her hot friend, Leah (Olivia Thirlby), Juno searches the Pennysaver and finds a couple she feels will be perfect for the baby. Together with her father, Mac (J. K. Simmons), Juno meets the couple, Mark and Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), in their luxurious home and finalizes the adoption arrangements.

Juno is not just an ordinary 16-year-old like her other school mates from Minnesota. Her conversations has shown she’s as smart as any other adults. When the cinemas are showing movies about war, aliens attack, ruthless zombies and vampires flicks, meaningless basketball “slam dunk” movie, Juno is the only film that stays in touch with the reality and ordinary life issues as it touches sensitive issues such as teenager pregnancy and the way she copes with it. The movie even has a 93% rating from RottenTomatoes. Simply brilliant.

My ratings: 9 out of 10.

FirstShowing.net has hinted that there may be possibly a sequel for Juno.

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