I thought this was going to be a stupid and immature guy flick. Instead, this movie was hilarious and surprisingly heart warming! Steve Carell stars as Andy, the 40 Year Old Virgin. He works as a stock boy at a Best Buy sort of place, rides a bike instead of a car, has an apartment filled with action figures sealed in their original packaging and thinks the most exciting thing he’s done all weekend is make an egg salad sandwich. It’s really no wonder he’s never gotten laid. One night his coworkers are down a person for their poker game, so they reluctantly invite Andy and subsequently find out he’s a virgin. From that point, his coworkers’ mission is getting Andy laid. They do nothing more than guide him in the right direction, leading him to talk to women instead of shying away from them. To their shock, he’s really pretty good at it!

Andy falls in love with a woman who works across from him as the owner of a “We Sell Your Stuff On eBay” store and starts dating her. He’s nervous about telling her he’s a virgin and she’s just nervous to be in a relationship again, so they agree to no sex for 20 dates! Everything goes very well for both of them, but you know there’s gotta be some conflict, otherwise it would just be a perfect movie. (Personally I don’t see what would be wrong with that, but they tell me without conflict, the movie will flop.)

If you liked Office Space, chances are you’ll like this movie. If you’ve been avoiding this one because it looked too stupid, give it a try! It has more substance than you’d think!

This was the dumbest, most confusing movie I’ve ever seen. Or at least one of the worst. The only reason this got such a high rating (of 1.5) is because of a few cool explosions. It’s all a shame because the idea isn’t a bad one, but it was executed so poorly. Three fighter pilots get paired up with a new aircraft which can think for itself and will hopefully replace humans one day. Of course, something goes haywire and the aircraft takes on a mind of its own.

Please believe me when I say, the coolest parts of this movie were in the trailer. There is no need to see this one for yourself.

Sarah (Diane Lane) is recently divorced and has a huge family who is always trying to set her up with someone. In fact, her sister Carol (Elizabeth Perkins) sets up a profile for Sarah on perfect-match.com including the qualification, “Must love dogs,” as it pertained to an earlier conversation they had joking about personals ads.

Sarah goes out with a number of losers, but two candidates seem to be coming back to her mind over and over again.

Bob (Dermot Mulroney) is a recently separated father of one of Sarah’s preschool students. Sarah knows going out with him will only complicate matters between the student-teacher relationship, but Bob seems very interested in her and he’s really cute.

Jake (John Cusack) is also recently divorced. He builds boats and has an egotistical friend. Other than that, we don’t know much about him. In fact, for a movie costarring John Cusack, there’s really way too little of him in it. Cusack’s character is quirky, funny and poetic (sort of like every other character Cusack ever plays) and it would have been nice to see more scenes with him and Sarah together, or really even him alone.

This was a good movie, but it was just missing something. The movie’s focus was apparently trying to make Sarah and Jake’s relationship work out, but everything sort of fizzled. There were few scenes with Lane and Cusack together and far too much focus on Mulroney’s character. Of course there was conflict when Jake found out about Bob, however it was as anticlimactic as the movie’s ending.

It was funny, there were some cute dogs and I really wish I could give it a higher rating, but the plot just wasn’t fleshed out very well. This is definitely worth seeing if you’re a Cusack fan or enjoy a light hearted romantic comedy. Wait for this on cable, don’t bother paying to rent it.

My husband and I had friends over Saturday night who own three quarters of all the movies you’ll ever want to see in your life. They recently condensed their collection into three small black suitcases rimmed with shiny chrome-like metal. It’s very classy looking and they seem to be very proud of their ability to take their collection everywhere they go. They pulled out Saving Grace and explained it was a movie about a woman who lost her husband and starts growing pot to sell to make ends meet. Sounded similar to Showtime’s Weeds which I like, so I couldn’t wait to see it.

Unfortunately the problem with seeing movies with a group of friends is that they’ll invariably want to talk. All through the movie.

Craig Ferguson, of The Late Late Show, wrote, produced and starred in this movie. The ending seemed kind of lame, but they tied it up together nicely with a cute closing montage, so I’ll forgive them.

TV shows and movies about pot are usually wildly entertaining, and this one’s no different. It may not be the best out there, but Saving Grace has its moments. And its moments are true, even if the ideas surrounding them are a little ridiculous. It’s funny and heartening and you’ll see some of the prettiest weeds you’ll ever lay eyes on.

I didn’t catch too much of the plot the first time around, but this is a movie going back on my “to watch” list as soon as possible.

Victor and Victoria are part of an arranged marriage and their wedding is approaching. At the rehearsal, Victor can’t nail his lines, so the priest sends him away to learn them. Strolling through the woods at night, he practices his vows, recites them perfectly, and places the ring on a twig. Except, of course, it isn’t a twig, it’s the finger of a dead bride-to-be. Victor finds himself married to a corpse and is drawn into her world of the dead, which is far livelier and more colorful than the drab world of the living he comes from.

This was a beautiful movie. The world of the living is very drab, with few colors and nothing fun going on. The world of the dead is filled with fun characters, gorgeous colors, and lots of great music. The story itself is no surprise, but there are several unexpected and funny moments. This one may not be worth renting for the plot, but the claymation, colors and music more than make up for its other shortcomings.

I’m not big on comic books, though I do enjoy a good comic book movie, as long as the plot and characters are explained enough that I don’t need to know the comic itself. It’d been a long time since I’d seen Daredevil, which I felt was a sub-par movie to begin with, so I really didn’t remember this Elektra chick or what her deal was. That was my biggest problem throughout the movie. I didn’t really know what was going on with the main character. Aside from a few flashbacks which only spawn more questions than resolutions, the movie didn’t do a good job of informing me of her backstory, either.

I get the fact that Elektra is some ninja killing machine. She’s sent on a mission and told she’ll be contacted in a few days with her targets. While she has down time, she happens to get close to a man and his daughter, who live next door. And of course, she finds out that they are her targets.

It was a cool movie despite the fact that I couldn’t really follow what was going on. I have no inclination or care to find out more about the world of Elektra, but if I did, I’m sure I would have enjoyed this a lot more. This movie got an exceptionally high rating for me considering I could only barely follow along with the plot.

Zathura is a kid’s adventure movie, almost identical in concept to Jumanji. Danny finds an old board game called Zathura in the basement of his father’s brand new house. He’s bored and wants his brother to play with him, so he unknowingly starts the game. A card is spit out when it’s your turn and whatever the card indicates happens in real life. Danny and his brother find themselves in the middle of space, travelling to Zathura and unable to stop the game in progress.

I would have loved this movie as a kid. Unfortunately I can no longer classify myself in such a manner, however, so a few things about this movie left a bad taste in my mouth. The plot twist they tried to throw with The Astronaut was extremely transparent. The children were at times so stupid their hesitation to do relatively easy things had to be written into the script as a way to draw out the length of the film. Finally, the 6 year old playing Danny was extremely annoying. I’m not sure if his character was intentionally supposed to be annoying, but I could barely listen to him argue with his brother with his huge bulging eyes.

Overall, this was much better than I expected. I’d happily watch it again.

This was a silly stupid movie and it’s no wonder it didn’t do well in the box office. The ending was very touching and made the whole odd, drawn out movie worth it though.