Category: Comedy

  • “Blended” Movie Review

    “Blended” Movie Review

    (Sandler & Barrymore Shine) – – Sometimes Adam Sandler gives you stupid. Sometimes he gives you a really good movie. “Blended” is the latter: A low key (for the most part) comedy about two single parents trying to do the best for their kids….99% of the time. On a blind date, Sandler (as Jim) takes…

  • “Don Jon” Movie Review

    “Don Jon” Movie Review

    – – ******This review is rated R.  You have been warned. ****** Joseph Gordon-Levitt (as Jon)  wrote and directed this very unique groundbreaking movie. Gordon-Levitt is an extraordinary actor.  I think we have seen all his movies and his range is incredible.  In “Don Jon” he nails the New Yawk / New Joisey swagger and…

  • “This is 40” Movie Review

    “This is 40” Movie Review

    – – Reprising their roles from “Knocked Up” Paul Rudd (as Pete) and Leslie Mann (as Debbie) are angst ridden, married, 40 year old’s (with kids) celebrating their nearly concurrent birthdays. But….Debbie is resisting the age.  She wants a 38th birthday cake (saying she needs two more years to figure things out), and is determined…

  • “Men in Black 3” Movie Review

    “Men in Black 3” Movie Review

      – – There is one secret the universe does not know about.  But to find out what that is, you have to ride a somewhat uneven MIB3 all the way to the end.  At times MIB3 is funny and exciting, at times it is boring, and at times it is poignant. An escaped prisoner travels…

  • “The Five-Year Engagement” Movie Review

    “The Five-Year Engagement” Movie Review

    – – We re-watched it on Netflix last night (July 6, 2026) and I did not remember even 1 second of this movie! Getting old. :-). BUT…..it was still a good movie. 🙂 Gotta say this movie was much better than I thought it was going to be.  The audience in the theater was small…

  • “Midnight in Paris” Movie Review

    “Midnight in Paris” Movie Review

    (Magical) After multiple viewings  (WOW!!!!  I LOVE this movie!!!!) – – Owen Wilson (as Gil) is a wannabe novelist making a great living as a “hack” Hollywood script writer.  He and his fiancee, Rachel McAdams as Inez, are visiting Paris with her parents. Gil wants to live in Paris when they get married, Inez wants to…

  • Movie Review: “We Bought a Zoo”

    Movie Review: “We Bought a Zoo”

    – Matt Damon (as Benjamin Mee) has lost his wife and is seeking a better life for his two kids and himself.  After his son is expelled from school, Damon finally gets serious and looks to relocate. What he finds is an unusual situation. An old house, with lots of property, 9 miles from the…

  • “The Rum Diary” Movie Review

    “The Rum Diary” Movie Review

    (Johnny Depp plays a great drunk) – – Johnny Depp (as Paul Kemp) starts work at a run down newspaper in Puerto Rico.  His first day starts out well (sic)….in a near coma from a massive alcohol binge the night before.  But, no matter, he is hired, and, even though he spends most of his…

  • “He’s just not that into you” Movie Review

    “He’s just not that into you” Movie Review

      — — We watched this on VUDU. A cast full of stars agonizing over the fact that if a guy wants to call you back (or marry you), he will.  If he does not want to call you back (or marry you) he won’t. DUH. A fun movie, funny in parts, angst ridden. With…