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Not Yet Reviewed:     4 Stars     Rated:     14A

Here comes the bacon with a side order of ham, pork, and a few knock-knock jokes in this crazy cranked-up comedy cop caper film called Cop Out,  directed by Kevin Patrick Smith

Plot: Nine year NYPD partners get themselves suspended when a set-up goes south.  Jimmy Monroe and Paul Hodges, played by Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, track down a thief who stole Monroe’s rare baseball card.  This then leads them to a Mexican drug dealer and more trouble.

While I really enjoyed Cop Out it comprises two distinct genres that are seemingly incongruous, but, in this case they work together pretty well.  The story follows the two mismatched cops while they battle a drug cartel and handle a wisecracking thief (Sean William Scott).  The two main characters play off each other very well and while not a pairing you might expect to see it definitely worked.  Watch out for Sean William Scott who did, in my opinion, steal every scene he was in.

The movie had the entire audience in peals of laughter many times, but this was tempered by some pretty brutal scenes; there is no real gore or hard core violence, but you know what is going on without it being shown.  The comedy and the ‘hard’ violence are mostly kept separate, and I think this is what lets them work together, the movie makers didn’t try to make the violence funny.  If they had I don’t think I would have enjoyed it so much.  The comedy does come and go, but there were two scenes where it was hard to breathe from laughing.  I would say that the first 5 minutes alone definitely makes this Worth a Ticket so that you can experience the laughs with others.  Make sure you stay into the first part of the credits!

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-Andy Hughes

Review:    2 Stars     Rated:     PG

The peoples Tooth Fairy flies into theaters fully loaded with manly wings and leotards.

Plot: Derek Thompson (Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock) is a Hockey player enforcer thats lost touch with his dreams and expresses his ill-faith bluntly to people that have their own.
Fairy land has declared that Mr. Thompson is a menace to hopes and dreams and is sentenced to two weeks Tooth Fairy duty.

As much as this film Sucked overall,  I found myself laughing more times then I expected to.  Kids 10 and under will probably enjoy this silly film more then anyone and it should do quite well when the DVD comes out.  Wait for the DVD and spend it with the kids cuddled up on the couch.

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- Dan Kersey

Review:     2.5 Stars     Rated:     PG

A cute family movie staring Jackie Chan and Amber Valletta, (who recently starred in Gamer).

Bob Ho (Chan) plays an international spy ready for retirement and settle down with his new found love, Gillian (Valletta).  Everything is going as planed for Bob until a new mission is assigned to him and its his most challenging one yet, looking after Gillian’s kids.

Jackie Chan is one of my favorite action stars and is always fun to watch.  This movie is really geared towards kids and more-so to the 13 and under crowed.  However, in saying that, I still had fun watching Jackie Chan’s Martial arts moves in this low budget bad acting film.  Wait for the DVD, kids will love it.

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- Dan Kersey

Review:     3.5 Stars     Rated:     PG

Rock-out to some Irish music and drink the beer, walk along the old country roads and checkout a castle.  Dance a little, crash a wedding and eat yourself a good’ol hang sandwich.  All this in a little love story called Leap Year

Anna Brady (Amy Adams) is on her way to propose to her boyfriend of 4 years.  An old Irish Tradition or Folklore, allows a woman to propose on Leapday; this is what Amy plans to do, but…… Due to stormy weather Amy is forced off her schedule into an uncharted  adventure with a man she pays to get to her destination, Declan O’Callaghan, played by Matthew Goode.

Watching this movie made me want to go on a vacation with all the beautiful scenery and landscapes shown.  This is truly a romantic movie and never deviates away from its romantic grounds.  It has some good funny and even sad moments.  What I really liked about this film is how inviting and simple it is, yet it could still draw your emotions in with the characters.  This is definitely a date movie and Worth a Ticket for that night out, but Wait For The DVD if you are a cheap date.

- Dan Kersey

Review:     3 Stars     Rated:     R

Its not how you apply the sunblock to the pretty girl, its how long you take before you get burnt.   Nick, is the “I’m going to die a virgin” geek, in which he finally finds a girl that is interested in him.

Boy meets girl, girl makes boy do bad things. Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) plays a 135lb teenager thats in love with the only girl that has ever paid any attention to him. Nick is doing everything and anything he can to be close to Sheeni Saunders, the girl (Portia Doubleday). Nick creates an alternate persona with a bad ass attitude in order to get what he’s after, and at the same time is trying to lose something, if you get the meaning.

LOL, I’d be sticking my fingers in my ears and saying “lalalalalalala” at the conversations between Nick and his friend Lefty if I was in the same room with them. This is a silly and funny film which is geared towards a younger crowed. All this for a girl, but Wait For The DVD, unless you have a hot date and can’t say no.

- Dan Kersey

Review:     4 Stars     Rated:     R

Up In The Air is a character fueled film with  George Clooney leading the way.  Canadian film director Jason Reitman seems to fly this one home with very little turbulence from critics.  Supporting cast members included: Jason Bateman, Vera Farmiga, and Anna Kendrick.

Ryan Bingham (Clooney) flies the globe as a hired terminator, in a matter of speaking, his job is to fire people in the most decent way possible.  Ryan lives his job in somewhat of a religious fashion and loves his self isolation with nothing to weigh him down.  As the story progresses Ryan starts to come out of his isolated life, relationships and family events are things that he has always avoided until he meets a woman that completely captures him, Alex.  He then finds himself  inviting Alex, (Vera Farmiga),  to his sisters wedding.  In the midst of all this, Ryan’s company is making changes in the way they operate, leaving him grounded and more-so with a chip on his shoulder about the new change.

Clooney plays his roll exceptionally well and at the same time is perfect for the character.  As much as I enjoyed this film, even with all the critics raving about it,  it doesn’t meet up to the Did It Suck standers and quite frankly was a little long winded.  Wait For The DVD, but only if theres nothing else to rent.

Review:     3.5 Stars

In the words of Weird Al Yankovic, ”Dare To Be Stupid“.  Men Who Stare at Goats is stupidly good in a serious way.  Based on a true story of actual non-events or so they say.

We follow Bob Wilton, a reporter played by Ewan McGregor as he tags along side a Super Spy named Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who developed Super Powers of the mind thanks to secret government training.

All in all this movie was nothing special, not much of a story and yet,  it was the funny obscure seriously ridiculousness that kept it interesting to watch.  I laughed more times then I expected to and sometimes just because it was plain stupid. “The little man inside me was screaming like a little girl”

With a cast including Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey playing smaller rolls that could have been played by anyone,  I still didn’t feel too bad paying for a ticket to see this film.  Some people may find this movie a little off in left field, but I think that was intention.  I’m leaning towards, Worth A Ticket more than not, as its a good movie to see in or out of the theater.

-Dan Kersey

Review:     2.5 Stars

Not the best 3D movie I’ve seen and it really didn’t live up to a Disney film standard.  Jim Carrey stared as the main character in this animated version of  A Christmas Carol.

This film is targeted towards kids more than adults and the 3D was downplayed as it could have been much better.  The best parts of this film were already depicted in the previews  giving the illusion of a much better film.    Aside from the 3D,  what attracted me to this movie was the fact that Jim was staring;  however,  I feel that he didn’t live up to my personal expectations of  a funny Carrey movie.   It seemed as though his personality was held back by either the director, or maybe it was just a lack of effort on his part.

Final thoughts:  Half the attraction to this movie was that fact it was in 3D;  failing at even that aspect, I wouldn’t consider renting this one.  However, kids will undoubtedly enjoy watching this movie

-Dean D

Review:     4 Stars

A refreshing film from the norm and retro perfect.  The Coen brothers do an amazing job on this film but No Country For Old Men is still my Fav’.  Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) is an average working man in the 60’s with a wife, two kids, a simple house and a neighbour he finds annoying.  His life starts to fall apart around him and gets kicked, a few times, while he’s down.  Not really a LMAO comedy but it does have its moments.

Little warring:  Quite a few ‘F’ Bombs in this movie, mainly done by the kid actors as part of their rebellious characters.  This being said,  the fowl mouth kids have some of the funniest parts in the movie.

If your a Coen brothers fan then you won’t want to miss this movie while its in theaters;  for the rest,  It’s a a great movie but, Wait For The DVD.

Recommend The Informant as a better pick for your money.

-Dan Kersey

Review:     3.5 Stars

I’m happy to say I was quite pleased with this movie, it has a good combination of humor and story.  As far as the funny is concerned, the film goes  just to the borderline of ‘over-the-top’ humor in some scenes,  I found this approach to be refreshing and a nice change.

The Movie has a group of friends agree on a get-away together to a resort called Eden.  The friends/couples agree to journey to this paradise in support for their mutual friends who are having problems in their marriage and can only afford to go on a group rate.  Unknowingly to everyone,  all the couples are forced to take part in the group program or they must leave the island.

I enjoyed this comedy because it put the funniness into plausible situations.  Even with the supporting eccentric characters through-out  story,  the director seemed to place a cap on overdoing unrealistic personality’s and situations just to get a laugh.  This in turn, made the film more ‘true to life’ funny and also relative.  I would also like to say that it’s nice to see Jason Bateman playing in a movie that he can be remembered in.    This is a great date movie and is well worth a ticket.

-Dan Kersey

Review:     3 Stars

This is a nice relaxing film, it has a some good laughs and even some touching moments.  I was expecting this movie to be a bit funnier then it was.  Don’t get me wrong, it had its moments, but very few of them.

We start our adventure in a world where everyone only speaks the truth, or even worse,  speaks everything thats on their mind at point blunt.  No one knows how to lie or what a lie is until Mark (Ricky Gervais) discovers that he can tell people what isn’t.

I felt like the film wasn’t quite thought through somehow as it left a lot of loose ends that needed to be addressed as the film seemed to change lanes but stayed on course at the same time and then realizing this is a run-on sentence that doesn’t have anything to do with what I started saying.  ….Which concludes my point.

I did enjoy the film,  however,  was quite disappointed overall. Wait for the DVD when you need a nice relaxing movie watch at home.

-Dan Kersey

Review:     4.5 Stars

LOL,  eeeeeeew funny!  Gore shy need not apply, so don’t see this movie if you get squeamish with gory movies.   Right from the get-go Zombieland oozes entertainment without holding back those ‘leave it to your imagination on what happened’  scenes.   Not your typical zombie movie as this is in no way a horror film its more like comedy meets horror in a shooting gallery of the undead.  The premise of the story backdrops where an infection spreads through the human race,  leavening it to the survival of the fastest.

Putting aside all the crazy zombie killing,  the inner story and interactions between all the characters worked well and added to the movie as a whole.

The only reason for not giving this move 5 Stars is the fact that the characters were portrayed as generally smart, and a few dumb director decisions put the characters in some stupid situations where they should have known better.  I had some good laughs and for zombie lovers of all genres this movie is killer.  Definitely  worth a Ticket.

-Dan Kersey

Review:     2 1/2 Stars

I was optimistic about this film going in but unfortunately it was not that great.  I did however enjoy the story, somewhat, and some of the silly characters thrown into the mix,  but it just felt like it was made for TV.  It had very few laughs and was quite dull.  The reason I liked this movie at all is because it is so plain and simple and just relaxing to watch. Extract is a really basic movie with not a lot to offer except that being simple works for this film.  Its a silly story about a company, its owner (Jason Bateman) and the people surrounding his life.  This movie is probably going to rate for most people something like this ….  ” um, yeah, it was alright”, -or- , “it was boring and stupid”.

I am going to have to say that this film marginally made the ‘just a renter‘ category, but, its a renter for those “i just need something to watch tonight” moments.

-Dan Kersey

Review:     4.5 Stars

This movie is really out there in a good way, a strange bizarre fun ride.  The ride never lets up,  it twists and turns leaving you guessing and anticipating to what comes next.  Funny and brilliant, goofy and classy.  The game show type music, the bad hair and clothing fit the look and feel of the movie perfectly.

Matt Damon is great in this film as he plays one of the most interesting characters I’ve seen in quite some time; and he does it beautifully.  I believe its best not to elaborate on his character do to the fact that it really needs to be discovered  for yourself.  Definitely worth a ticket to see this one.  I will probably rent it once its out on DVD just to see it again.

-Dan Kersey

Review:     4 Stars

I laughed, and laughed again.  Some good ‘Shock Value’ and ‘OMG’ moments.  Well worth a ticket for this Comedy

-Dan Kersey