3:10 To Yuma

This is a remake of the 1957 classic. Watch both. Either way you can't go wrong.

Gripping, suspenseful western from 2007 directed by James Mangold and starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe.

Poor, disbled farmer takes on the task of taking a muderer to a far off town to put him on a train to prison while the bad guy's gang tries to intercept them.

Both stars turn in great performances...Crowe is a bad guy you can't help but like. That is the probelm Bale faces as Crowe tries to psych him out along the way.

I had a couple problems with the ease in which Crowe gets the upper hand, but all in all a taut thriller with spurts of well shot action.

Both films, this one and the original from 1957, are well done action adventures with a psychological overtones.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381849/

Chocolat

Charming, good hearted film from 2000 directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Johhny Depp, Carrie-Ann Moss, Lena Olin, Leslie Caron.

A woman and her daughter arrive in a small French town and prepare to open a chocolate shop during lent much to the dismay of the town's mayor.

This feel good movie is funny, romantic, and has a lot to say about acceptance of others. But most of all it is fun. The cast is wonderful. I have a crush on Binoche.

Definitely worth seeing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241303/