Currently in Theaters

Currently in Theaters

I've actually been to see 6 movies that are still currently in theaters. I honestly don't know that this has ever happened. So in case you're in that small subset of humans that trust my opinions, check these out. And some of these are almost out of theaters and you already have to drive 34.7 miles to see them, so don't dilly-dally.

Cabin in the Woods (9 bugs): If you liked Zombieland, you'll like this movie. In fact, I think if you have a sense of humor, you'll like this movie. It's a horror that doesn't take itself too seriously. And Joss Whedon, the Avengers guy, wrote and produced this. So there ya go, nerds. Oh, and hustle. You're gonna need to drive a bit to get to this one.

Avengers (8 bugs): There isn't much more to say about this movie, but it is worth the hype. You don't need to see the previous 5 Marvel movies to watch this either. Just stop being such a lazybones and/or contrarian and go see the damn thing. This will still be in theaters in two months.

Men in Black III (8 bugs): Roger Ebert says it might be better than the first. I don't necessarily disagree. Josh Brolin's version of Tommy Lee Jones is worth the price of admission alone.

Hunger Games (6 bugs): Listen, you're going to see this movie. Come to terms with it. No one will think less of you for not reading the book and no one will question you when you say that it wasn't as good as the book. Though I hear this movie stayed pretty true to the book. Regardless, it's not without its flaws and I'm not a big fan of it being a mandate that all teen books/movies have female characters with two love interests and that's just OK nowadays. This fad better be over in 25 years, when I allow my daughter to start dating.

What to Expect When You're Expecting (5.5 bugs): What to Expect When You’re Expecting is exactly what you’d expect. Unless of course, you expected it to be anything like the book. But I wouldn’t expect you would. This is the latest movie trying to spin off of the success of the Love, Actually formula. The great thing about having 5 or 6 storylines in a movie is that you don’t really have to spend the time developing any of them. Each was amusing, some were attempts at touching, some were silly, but it was all as expected. Which is probably why that word is in the title twice.

The Five-Year Engagement (4 bugs): For most of the more than 2-hour long movie, the couple gives us a realistic back and forth about a real couple’s struggles, sacrifices and compromises that gives this viewer hope this will be something real. Then the movie bends to the will of the genre police and becomes that formulaic rom com that Taylor Swift is usually in.

Review of Men in Black III

Review of Men in Black III

I was still in college when the original Men in Black came out. Just in case you couldn’t count the wrinkles on Tommy Lee Jones’ face.

Josh Brolin is not going to get the credit he deserves for what he did. He didn’t just play a character, he played an actor playing a character. The problem is that after about 5 minutes of doing a spot on Tommy Lee Jones, it becomes normal. Kinda like in Lord of the Rings how I just started to accept trees were walking around and talking. His Oscar snub will make up for his Oscar nomination for True Grit after only appearing in the movie for about 7 minutes.

There are always plot glitches when dealing with time travel, but at the heart of it is that Will Smith needs to go back in time to save Tommy Lee Jones so he can save the world. In fact, it appeared as though the writers didn't even really care to make the time travel element believable. I guess once you accept that aliens are living amongst us disguised as postal workers, you set the bar of believablity kinda low. And for those of you up in that little four-dimensional ivory tower of yours, yes, there is “believable” time travel. Suck it. But as I was saying before, the believability of said time travel was low on the priority list for the writers, though I did appreciate the shout out to quantum physics and the multiple worlds theory. Instead, entertainment seemed to be their main focus and they most certainly delivered, possibly more so than in the original. I don't know. I can't remember that long ago. It was even moving an a rather unexpected way, however unbelievable.

Also of note was the rather impressive mockery of modern art culture through the portraying of Andy Warhol as an undercover Men in Black agent. And any mockery of modern art culture is worthy of some decent sized buggage. 8 bugs (out of 10)