The Adjustment Bureauhttp://www.youtube.com/v/jDVVyGRPyZYBoss flick... the premise is essentially that we live our lives exercising a limited range of free choice, with the rest being scripted for us. Every now and then we go "off plan" and that warrants "an adjustment", where the adjusters step in, freeze us (and anyone else necessary) programs the right action plan into our heads and we carry on back on plan. Straying too far off plan might cause the adjusters to reveal themselves to us (we normally have no recollection of the adjustments) and if too huge an adjustment is necessary or if we reveal the adjusters to anyone else then a total "reset" (sorta like a disk format) is done and we have no recollection of anything, not even our families.
Some really cool special effects, simple as they are they are employed to great effect.
The King's Speechhttp://www.youtube.com/v/-aS4hoOSlzoIt's no wonder this movie one Best Movie at the Academy Awards two weekends ago... powerful movie. The story is essentially that King George V (Queen Elizabeth's grandfather) is old and needs an heir. He has two sons, Princes Edward (Guy Pearce) and Albert (Colin Firth), but Edward is taken with an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson (a scandal to the Church of England, who can't have its head marry a divorced woman), and Albert lacks confidence and has a serious stutter (or "stammer" as we and the Brits call it). George dies and Edward as older son becomes king, but abdicates the throne to marry the twice-divorced Ms. Simpson.
Albert in the mean time has been working with Lionel Logue (Geofrey Rush) to improve his speech impediment. By the time of Edward's abdication Albert is mortified at speaking in public, but has begun to make improvements. He becomes King and keeps Logue, despite the protest of some of his advisors. WWII breaks out, Hitler starts his invasion of European nations, Great Britain is threatened and Albert, now King George VI, must reassure a restive empire. The advent of radio puts an even greater premium on the ability to speak to the citizens... and so Logue sets out to prepare the King for this all important speech.
One of the best movies I've seen in quite some time.