Jay Roach brings us the next in a long line of Apatow-like, raunch comedies with Dinner for Schmucks. Unfortunately for the audience, Roach doesn’t seem to know how to properly set up a joke or when to stop when the joke isn’t working. Tim (Paul Rudd) is a 6th floor minion striving to be a 7th floor exec, if only to impress his girlfriend who refuses his marriage proposals. After coming up with... 

In Hollywood’s tradition of remaking 80’s films, Louis Leterrier brings us an up-to-date version of the 80’s action-adventure Clash of the Titans. However, unlike other titles that Hollywood has updated, this one may have been begging for it. Technology has finally caught up to the needs of this film to depict the epic creatures and Gods in the glory and magnitude needed to convey this story.... 

Heartfelt and sentimental are not two words used to describe Adam Sandler’s nitch in comedy, although that is what he is shooting for in his new movie Grown Ups. Along for the ride are fellow SNL alums Chris Rock, David Spade, and Rob Schneider. Add on Kevin James to play the fat guy and Selma Hayek as the stunning wife and you have a star studded cast. However, Director Dennis Dugan could not piece... 

In this original, inspiring, and truly remarkable docu-drama, we are witness to the rebirth of a revolution in the Asian country of Burma. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country follows Joshua, a video journalist in a country that forbids freedom of the press. This renegade and his cohorts, armed only with handy cams and a strong defiant will, at great risk to their own life, capture the sometimes... 

The one thing that separates a good raunch comedy from the many, many bad ones is heart. There needs to be a heart-felt bond created between one or more of the main characters and the audience so that you are not just stringing along the actors between one testicle joke to another. This is where Get Him to the Greek succeeds. The over-the-top (and sometimes annoying) Russell Brand reprises his role... 

MacGruber is the latest recurring character from Saturday Night Live to jump from late night to the big screen. In the skit we find a MacGuyver-look-a-like who is always just seconds away from death but able to throw a quick one liner before the bomb goes off. One would think that would be difficult to translate into a 99-minute movie but surprisingly Will Forte pulls it off. The film opens with MacGruber... 

Have we not seen this before from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? In this adaptation of the same ol’ Rock movie, the athlete with his priorities out of whack gets his world turned upside down by an unexpected event, except this time he plays hockey. In the Tooth Fairy we find a washed up, veteran hockey player living the life in the NHL’s minor leagues. He is a star on the team but for the... 

Comedy duos seem to be just that: duos. Rarely does one or both of the members of the duo break off and have success without the other half. When most people hear the name Walter Matthau they immediately think of his partner Jack Lemmon, largely in part due to the ten films they did together. However, Matthau and Lemmon both had very successful careers apart. This month we are going to look at... 

Jeff’s Five and Dime is not your typical top-five list. Then again, what’s typical about Jeff? In this weekly column Jeff will bring you a top-five list meant to amuse and on the rare occasion, make you think. April is Autism Awareness month. If you do not know someone suffering from this awful disease then you should count your blessings. According to the site Autism Speaks, 1 in every 110... 

Jeff’s Five and Dime is not your typical top-five list. Then again, what’s typical about Jeff? In this weekly column Jeff will bring you a top-five list meant to amuse and on the rare occasion, make you think. One of the hardest science fiction topics to tackle in storytelling is time travel. In theory, if you do go back in time and even change the smallest thing, it can alter the present. The...