I guess I’d better ‘fess up – I’m a huge Angelina Jolie fan. Even when she’s bad, she’s still hot! My second confession is that I’m also a fan of spy and thriller-type movies. The action and intrigue just draws you in when you see it on the big screen. I really like the idea that there are people out there like James Bond and the team from “Alias”, just jumping on planes on a whim with their fake IDs and whiz-bang gadgets. It’s definitely better than thinking about all of the boring bureaucracy and paperwork that seems to operate in our daily lives!

The story has its twists and turns as we try to work out who’s good and who’s bad. As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Jolie) is bound by her own honour and the allegiance she swore to her country, but her loyalty is tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. At this point her choices are limited so Salt goes on the run. And really, what better plan could you have with all of those secret squirrel skills and years of experience as a covert operative to help you elude capture? Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues.

While this film makes it difficult to know who to believe, you should definitely believe me when I tell you that Salt is a must-see Film Group movie.

The Other Guys is the buddy cop film that doesn’t get made. We always see the good cops. The cops who are bad-asses and good at their jobs. But what about the other cops? Well, Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson are the best, go-getter cops New York has to offer. Will Ferrell (surprisingly not typecast here) and Mark Wahlberg (in a great over the top role) are the no-getters, the do-nothing cops. But what happens when the no-getters stumble across what could be the biggest crime in the Big Apple?

The film starts out hitting all the marks. There are a lot of quick fire jokes thrown in and a good amount of tongue in cheek parodying of regular buddy cop films. There are some decent action scenes towards the end of the film, but the story slots into some standard plot fare around this time. You will also need to pay a reasonable amount of attention along the way as it gets a little more complicated towards the end. The stand out for me was Eva Mendes, who I felt delivered a lot more humour than the other guys [Ed – and I bet being the only hot chick in the film had nothing to do with her being the stand out]. Overall it’s a fun night out which won’t turn you off your doughnuts.