This is 40

This is another Judd Apatow film starring the family of Paul Rudd's character in Knocked Up. It shows the two daughters, now about 13 and 9, dealing with puberty and fighting, and the wife and husband dealing with sex and money difficulties. There are many funny moments and eventually things turn bad. Tension builds up, and there is a big fight with the husband and wife. There is great character development and some hilarious day to day occurrences that mostly everyone can relate to. It is a feel good family movie worth watching, although it is a bit long.

7/10

The Canyons

This is a movie starring Lindsay Lohan and James Deen about some actors and movie producers. James Deen plays a villain who is super rich and has jealousy issues. He does a pretty good job of making you hate him. There is a lot of sex and drama going on. There is plenty of T & A in the movie, and you do see Lohan plenty naked. I imagine that this movie has elements that are present in her real life. The writing and acting is kind of lame, but you can't help but continue watching. The movie was written by Brett Easton Ellis who also wrote movies like American Psycho and The Rules of Attraction, both of which I really enjoyed. This one takes itself way too seriously and makes you hate everyone in Hollywood. The ending was awful.

4/10

Lovelace

This was a biopic of the porn star, Linda Lovelace, famous for her 1975 movie "Deep throat". That porno was about a woman who was born with a clitoris in the back of her throat. The movie starred Amanda Seyfried and there were plenty of shots of her nude. She is quite attractive and I thought she did a decent job acting.  The first half of the movie is all about the good that came from her career, making her husband happy, she seemed to be enjoying the fame, and an upgrade in their lifestyle. The second half was about the dark side, all the abuse she endured by her husband, the rape, and her escape. Some scenes are hard to watch without getting angry at the villain, Chuck. It is interesting to look up what she looked like in real life, they did a pretty good job with casting, fashion, and styling. The pacing towards the end got weird and the ending was kind of anticlimactic.

6/10

Uncle Buck (1989)

This is an old movie that I have caught parts of here and there while growing up. It has John Candy and the Macaulay Culkin before he starred in Home Alone. This movie is about a brother-in-law that is asked to watch 3 kids for about 2 weeks. They give him grief and he is tough on them, especially the 15 year old girl who is eager to go out and lose her virginity. There are some good dialogue between various characters, especially during the awkward late 80's. Many of the themes are timeless, and you can't help but root for Buck. It is funny to see the yellow and crooked teeth that many people had back then. There are some corny parts (it is a family movie for both kids and adults), but also has some muttered sexual language that is pretty laugh out loud funny.

8/10

In Bruges

This movie was recommended as 'really good' and I checked it out. It has some likable actors in it, including Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes. Its about some hit men laying low in Belgium, in a famous town called Bruges, famous for it's fairy tale scenery: waterways, old towers, and brick roads. It is sort of a dark comedy, and there are some funny moments. The ending was pretty shocking.

7/10