Young Adult
R.L. Stine, Is This What It’s Like? Starring: Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt Review written by Robert Patrick Counterculture queen Diablo Cody cuts her teeth on dialogue that is rife with alliteration, hipster-like musings, and fanged insults. Many would think her writing is a modern, barbed version of Howard Hawks’ spitfire snark. The reality is that Cody’s banter is young, angst driven, and spattered with acid...
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Outfitting a Strategy to Bolster the Economy Starring: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy By Stella J. Kim In the midst of America’s current fiscal crisis and devastated economy, watching a film about over-spending and being in debt would seem to be about as enjoyable as rubbing salt into a deep wound. Ill-timed and ironic, this type of film would be an unfortunate reminder for many Americans who spend their money on films to get away from the...
He’s Just Not That Into You
A Swan Dive Into the Hearts of Many Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Ginnifer Goodwin, etc. By Allie Willis Based on the wildly popular bestseller from Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo (also scribes for the recent Sex and the City mania) He’s Just Not That Into You thankfully veers from the overplayed blissful endings of most romantic comedies and gives it to you straight. Well, not quite straight. But straight enough,...
Bride Wars
Let Them Eat Cake Starring: Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson By Stella J. Kim In the world of weddings, there can be no bigger nightmare for a bride-to-be than a bad hair day, an enormous zit, or an incorrect delivery of red roses, when white lilies were specifically indicated. Except in Bride Wars where a new nightmare of having a best friend and maid-of-honor married in the same dream venue, mistakenly scheduled on the same date of...
The House Bunny
The only thing worse than dumb is boring. In The House Bunny, director Fred Wolf’s inescapable mess of a comedy, there is better dialogue to be found by a whispering movie patron, than the actual cast of the film, which says just how boring this movie really can be. We’ve all seen Anna Faris as the goofy, wide eyed idiot savant in the Scary Movie franchise. She has also donned her half cocked, brainless facial expressions in...
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Does One Size Really Fit All? Starring: Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively By Robert Patrick No matter how diligently I tried, and I did try for this review, there’s no possible way that I can adequately understand what it’s like to be a girl in my lifetime. Unfortunately, as you can see here, I have my apprehensions about reviewing a movie concerning adolescent female bonding, because, well, I don’t really have a connector to those very...
