Will Mila Kunis' hotness outweigh Ben Affleck's Ben Affleckness? . . . No! From the get-go I was expecting a lot from this flick, Mike Judge is a comedic master, serving up Office Space and Idiocracy to the mindless masses about a decade ago now - to say nothing of creating Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill, the latter a vastly successful show in its final season on … [Read more...] about Extract
Comedy
Post Grad
As long as you have a college degree, everything afterward will fall into place, right?? Not quite, according to “Post Grad”. Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel) is about to graduate college. The world is hers for the taking. She is about to lease a beautiful loft apartment, apply for her dream job at a publishing house, and generally have a perfect life. Until Jessica Bard (Catherine … [Read more...] about Post Grad
Bandslam
Why did I want to see “Bandslam”?? Because Vanessa Hudgens stars, and I was hoping that her real-life boyfriend Zac Efron would make an appearance. I didn't expect much from “Bandslam”, but as a fan of the “High School Musical” franchise (that's the 13-year-old girl in me) I was hoping that it would have some of the music, dancing, and fun of those movies. Although it was set … [Read more...] about Bandslam
Julie & Julia
Bon appetite! “Julie & Julia” is based on the book by the same name, which is based on the true story by Julie Powell about “The Julie & Julia Project”. Julie (Amy Adams) is a government employee working in New York City in the year following 9/11. She, her husband Eric (Chris Messina) and their cat live in an apartment above a pizza parlor. … [Read more...] about Julie & Julia
Death at a Funeral
"My father was an exceptional man!" British farce comedy at its finest, this is not pretentious and annoying like so so many other British scripts, you know the ones I mean - Four Weddings and a Funeral, the Bridget Jones series, anything starring Hugh Grant opposite another British lead. This was a guy's comedy, it is chock full of every type of humor imaginable, and … [Read more...] about Death at a Funeral
