After a failed attempt to stop an asteroid from hitting Earth, the planet’s inhabitants find out that they only have three weeks to live before total annihilation. For Dodge (Steve Carell), this horrific news results in his wife leaving him, which further separates him from a growingly chaotic world. As Dodge sits in a lonely shame spiral, he is suddenly interrupted by Penny (Keira Knightly), a youthful... 

Crazy, Stupid, Love is a mature, funny, warm comedy about a family suffering through a divorce that tries too hard to keep its themes light but meaningful and yet still manages to produce an ample amount of laughs and a few well-timed tears. Steve Carell leads the cast as the Cal Weaver, the patriarch of the family who begins the film learning that his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), has cheated on him... 

To paraphrase Stephen King, “I have seen the future of Comedy, and her name is Kristen Wiig.” In a few short months, everyone will know the name Kristen Wiig. Sure, you may recognize her or remember her from Saturday Night Live or from one of a slew of supporting roles (Knocked Up, Adventureland, MacGruber, Paul) – but her name isn’t likely on the tip of your tongue. Be patient, it will... 

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... 

We jiggle our format around a little bit this week, as our discussion of Woody Allen brings us to movies from within the past decade. For those avoiding spoilers, we move our discussion of those movies to the end and clearly announce when you should stop listening. Before that are reviews of Dinner for Schmucks and the original French picture The Dinner Game, commentary on the new Yogi Bear trailer,... 

After skipping over The Last Airbender and the latest Twilight, we return with reviews of Despicable Me and Predators. Now if we could only figure out how to get our own army of Minions. Universal Studios and Best Buy have released an application that encourages users to keep their cell phones on during movies, which astounds us. We also begin our July discussion on Woody Allen, with his Play it Again,... 

Despicable Me takes a different spin on the normal animated tale, following the villain of the movie instead of any sort of hero. In this case, the villain is Gru, a Bond-style, European-accented hunchback of a man. Gru finds himself unseated as the top villain by a new interloper, Vector. Desperate to reestablish himself, Gru sets out on a plan to steal the moon – a plan that eventually involves...