By: Mary Fran Bontempo This week, two DVD movies at opposite ends of the spectrum—both worth a look. First up, everyone’s favorite funny lady, Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman in Identity Thief. The premise is everyone’s nightmare: Bateman’s Sandy Bigelow Patterson unwittingly gives his personal info to McCarthy’s Diana (if that’s her real name), who proceeds to live it up on Sandy’s dollar. After Sandy is arrested for skipping a court date that [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Leonardo Di Caprio. Those two words are reason enough for me to watch just about anything, kind of like "George" and "Clooney." But just because a guy's pretty doesn't mean he turns in a great performance. Yet with Leo (you, too, George, with the exception of the abysmally boring Solaris), a great performance is a given--every time. Leo even breathed life into Jay Gatsby, a character that the great [...]
by Chrysa Smith Let me begin by saying that I'm one of the few who never saw the first 'Despicable' movie. It's not that I opposed it in any way, it just seems to be that many animated movies don't cut it for me after seeing the Shrek and Madagascar films. With a quirky sense of humor, I just love when a kids movie hits on two levels: one that's funny for kids, [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack Sparrow in the latest installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, although this time, he looks like an Indian and answers to the name, Tonto. Well, not really; it just seems that way. The Lone Ranger, produced by the same team at the helm of the Pirates movies, is the latest vehicle to showcase Depp and his quirky take on [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo If rough language isn't your thing, then avoid The Heat, the new movie starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as a pair of mismatched cops on the hunt for a drug dealer. But if you can handle the scorched earth lingo spewing from McCarthy's mouth, then The Heat is one funny f***ing movie. The Heat brings Bullock's stuffed shirt FBI agent, Sarah Ashburn (Get it? She's caustic.) together [...]
Sometimes entertainment is about a few minutes of fun. Check out this clever, funny video from Jon Marco as he chases his dream girl through the best 80's movies! Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Raiders of the Lost Ark--how many can you name? Be sure to watch through the outtakes at the end. Enjoy! --Mary Fran
By: Mary Fran Bontempo I was hoping that this time around, I’d have more of a clue. Having read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in high school (and probably college, too), I recall feeling ambiguous—about the book, the characters, the whole confusing, tawdry mess. And I’m still feeling that way, only this time, it’s about director Baz Luhrmann’s lavish film adaptation of the book starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the mysterious [...]
