Top Ten Beach Movies

This time next week I'll be settling into Paradise, sipping cerveza and looking forward to the morning's light when I can pull up a beach chair and read to the backdrop of white sand and ocean waves. In the meantime, it's freezing here in Canada so I'm queuing up the Blue Ray Player to binge on Beach Movies. Here's my “Top 10″ list. What's yours?




#1 Forgetting Sarah Marshall
#2 Couples Retreat

#3 The Heartbreak Kid

#4 Blue Crush

#5 Into the Blue

#6 Club Dread

#7 50 First Dates

#8 Point Break

#9 Fool's Gold


#10 The Beach

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