Jennifer Garner, of TV’s “Alias” plays Elektra. She’s a troubled soul, with a shady past, a dark back-story typical of this genre. We first saw this character in another Marvel film, “Daredevil.” She supposedly died, but guess what? She was brought back to life by her Ninja Sensei! Elektra is beautiful (of course) and lives by her own code of conduct, trying to find her own way. She doesn’t fit in to “standard” society – and she doesn’t much mind given her OCD and other quirks. Yet she is emotionally caught off guard when she meets a handsome widower (Goran Visjnic) and his teenage daughter. The relationship that Elektra develops with this family helps her to work out some of her own demons and she ends up fighting some mighty nasty bad-guys in the process.

The special effects are pretty interesting. One of the bad guys has tattoos that comes to life; haven’t seen that one before! And oh, that fiery red costume – a girl can really kick some butt in that outfit!

If this movie does well, expect to see some sequels. I think we’ve seen the last of Ben Affleck’s “Daredevil” but with some decent box office returns, Elektra will live on!

Italy is all about the food, hence the “Eat” part of the title.  India is about discipline, and meditation, the “Pray” part.  And Bali is where Liz finally gives in and allows herself to “Love” again.  Javier Bardem is the sexy Felipe who becomes her new boyfriend.

My favorite aspect of the movie was getting to see these beautiful locations.  But as I wrote in my blog recently, people don’t need to travel to the ends of the earth to get in touch with their spirituality.  I wrote the blog before I saw the movie, and I feel it applies more than ever.  The supporting case is very good.  Though the “Richard from Texas” character mostly expounds cliches and for some reason is thought of as brilliant.  Liz comes off as a little whiny at times, but for the most part, she’s got that open-eyed and open-hearted attitude that gets a person where they want to go.

It’s all a little Hitchcock, a little Kubrick, and the two leads make it work.  Good date night movie, escapism and not too much violence given the subject matter, although there are plenty of scary parts where you hold your breath.  PG-13, there were lots of kids in the audience, and they’re probably all Shia LeBeouf fans.