Bad Teacher 2011 Comedy Starring: Cameron Diaz (Night and Day), Lucy Punch (Dinner for Schmucks), Jason Segel ("How I Met Your Mother"), 5X Emmy winner Justin Timberlake ("SNL"), John Michael Higgins ("Community"), Jillian Armenante ("Desperate Housewives"), Alanna Ubach ("Eli Stone"), Emmy nominee Molly Shannon ("SNL"), & Emmy nom Dot Jones ("Glee"). Directed by: Jake Kasdan ("New Girl"). Written by: 3X Emmy nom Gene Stupnitsky ("The Office") & 3X Emmy nom Lee Eisenberg ("The Office") Plot: A scheming and coarse-tongued middle school teacher (Diaz) gets dumped by her wealthy boyfriend and rebounds by sinking her claws into a handsome substitute teacher (Timberlake). There's just one problem, though: He's already dating Amy Squirrel (Punch), the most revered teacher on campus. And Ms. Squirrel is not at all eager to hand over her beau, who is slated to inherit his family's fortune. Trailer: http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/movie/trailer/479759 Review: This movie was funny as hell. It just didn't have much of a plot or any likeable characters. Fine for one watch, but it ends suddenly and leaves you wanting more. Rating: Not the brightest crayon in the box but sure is pretty. Watch with: The Sweetest Thing
Monte Carlo 2011 Romantic Comedy Starring: Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy ("New Girl"), Leighton Meester ("Gossip Girl"), Cory Monteith ("Glee"), Indie Spirit award winner Andie MacDowell (Sex, Lies, and Videotape) & Brett Cullen ("Make It or Break It"). Directed by: Thomas Bezucha (The Family Stone). Written by: director, April Blair, Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee Maria Maggenti (Puccini for Beginners), & Kelly Bowe based on the novel "Headhunters" by Jules Bass. Plot: Disappointed with their uninspired tour group in Paris, Emma (Cassidy), Meg (Meester) and Grace (Gomez) are swept into a breathtaking whirlwind of wealth, glamour and excess when one of the young friends is mistaken for a British heiress. While the girls are whisked away to Monte Carlo and find themselves falling deeper into the lie, the alluringly extravagant lifestyle opens up new opportunities and unexpected romance. Trailer: http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/movie/trailer/491119 Review: I love travel movies as well as Leighton Meester. My girly side is looking forward to watching this. Rating: TBD. Watch with: TBD.
Sundays at Tiffany's 2010 Made For TV Drama Starring: Alyssa Milano ("Romantically Challenged"), Eric Winter ("The Ex List"), Ivan Sergei ("Gravity"), & Oscar nominee Stockard Channing (Six Degrees of Separation). Directed by: Mark Piznarski ("Gossip Girl"). Written by: Emmy nom Jennifer Heath ("Roseanne"), Heather Maidat ("Mad"), & Nancey Silvers based on the novel by James Patterson (Kiss the Girls) & Gabrielle Charbonnet. Plot: In this supernatural romance, imaginary friend Michael (Winter) revisits one of the children -- now an adult (Milano) -- he used to watch over. Now he's surprised to find that not only does he want to help her again, but he's falling in love.Trailer Review: I never finished the book. I got bored with it and a little creeped out that her imaginary friend when she was a little girl was an adult man in the book. Creepy. When I saw the trailer for the TV movie they made for it, I stopped reading the book and decided to watch the movie instead. In the movie, the imaginary friend is a little boy and becomes an adult later in life when they bump into each other again. I liked that they made that change. I really liked Winter in the role of Michael. I found him to be quite charming. I thought all the actors were well cast. My only caveat is that there wasn't enough time spent with the 2 as children IMO. Those Sundays at Tiffany's are such a huge part of the book, that it needed more time to lay that as the foundation of the story. All in all, though, a nice way to spend a Sunday evening. Rating: Stamped out but worth watching Watch with: The Lake House, Only You, The Wedding Planner.
Freerunner 2011 Action movie Starring: Sean Faris (The Lost Valentine (TV)), Danny Dyer (Malice in Wonderland) & Oscar nominee Seymour Cassel (Faces). Directed by: Lawrence Silverstein. Written by: Matthew Chadwick, Raimund Huber, & Jeremy Sklar. Plot: In a thriller spotlighting the urban acrobatics of free running, a champion runner (Faris) is forced into taking part in a macabre death race. First prize is $1 million, but with the runners wearing explosive collars, losing could prove fatal. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4K4xbyRMIM DVD features: behind-the-scenes featurette; outtakes; bloopers; making-of featurette; trailer. Review: Cookie-cutter premise in the vein of Gamer & Death Race. Even so, the free-running phenomena is really interesting to me so I'll watch and see. Rating: TBD. Watch with: TBD.
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