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Dinner for Schmucks Review

As of late, Hollywood seems to be stuck in a hot mess. Films just aren’t the same anymore. Action films aren’t thrilling, horror films aren’t scary, drama films aren’t passionate, and, perhaps most importantly, comedies are no longer funny. Throw a popular actor and a few crude sight gags together, and unfortunately, that’s what is sometimes referred to as a comedy. It’s safe to say that we are stuck in a rut of unfunny comedies. However, Jay Roach’s Dinner for Schmucks has come to save the day, at least for the time being.

The Kids Are All Right Review

Lisa Cholodenko’s most recent film The Kids Are All Right is the perfect comedy-drama, with its phenomenal acting and simple yet profound writing.

Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) are a happy couple living with their two children Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson). Joni has just graduated from high school and is getting ready to head off to college. However, Laser wants to know who their biological father is, and Joni is the only one who can legally contact him. They decide to meet up with their father one day for lunch. It turns out that their father is a carefree restaurant owner named Paul (Mark Ruffalo). All goes smoothly, but when Nic and Jules find out about it, they decide that they want to meet him. This sets the entire family off on a hilarious and heartwarming journey.

Charlie St. Cloud Review

Charlie St. Cloud looked to be a melodramatic failure of epic proportions. Just take one look at the tagline on the poster (“Life is for Living” … brilliant) with the photo of Zac Efron and his thousand-yard stare and you get the picture. Charlie St. Cloud is similar to Angelina Jolie’s latest film Salt in that they are two competently made pictures of stories we’ve seen many times in other far greater films. 

Box Office Wizard (7.30.10)

Wanna see a magic trick? Thought so. This one doesn’t involve pencils, but the good part is that you have a chance to outdo me, the magic-man himself. It’s our weekly box office prediction competition. All you’re required to do is predict which five movies will place in the top five of this weekend’s U.S. domestic box office chart. Simple enough, right?

Len Wiseman to direct “Total Recall” remake

Len Wiseman, director of Live Free or Die Hard and the first two “Underworld” films is in final negotiations to helm the remake of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven sci-fi flick starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Columbia pictures just announced the choice, which will see a new, contemporary adaptation of Total Recall, which was based on thestory, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick.

Brett Ratner acquires rights to “The Unknowns”

It’s another day and Brett Ratner has acquired another project, having already attached himself to direct Beverly Hills IV and a untitled heist movie with Ben Stiller. This time his production company, Rat Entertainment, has brought the rights to the comic book series The Unknowns.

The Dinner Game (1998) Review

Wonder where on earth the idea for Dinner for Schmucks came from? Well, it’s this little French farce called Le Diner de Cons aka The Dinner Game. The two films will be far different from one another, but both revolve around a business dinner where men bring idiots to be made fun of.