Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Buy-it - This documentary about Conan's 6-month leave from TV, radio and internet doing stand-up on a 32-city music-and-comedy tour is as funny and intriguing as any documentary you will ever see. Even Letterman and Leno fans will ROTFL and even Conan's haters will find some pleasure in the more raw moments caught on film.

Cars 2

Rent-it - This is a rare summer sequel that is better than the first as Pixar's animated cars voiced by Owen Wilson and Larry The Cable Guy head overseas in a competition to be world's fastest car.

Beginners

Rent-it - Ewan McGregor and MÈlanie Laurent's on-screen "romance" is so affectionate and sensitive it will make you too want to start all over from the begginning.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Red Riding Hood

Skip-it - Amanda Seyfried actually is brilliant and beautiful in Red, however, her supporting cast is as dull as brown basket of bread, and the script is even worse - leaving me to wonder: When commercials for movies say a film is "Exciting" and "Beautiful" and "Superb" can advertisers just grab words out of context (i.e. Red Riding Hood is not at all exciting, and though Seyfried is beautiful, the film is superbly bad.)?

Friday, May 20, 2011

Super

Skip-it - Rainn Wilson's long-awaited dark comedy about superheroes (also starring Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, and Kevin Bacon) oddly combines absurd humor with extremely bloody violence - leaving most movie-goers confused, repulsed and uninterested. Go buy Kick-Ass instead.