Observe and Report (2009)

Director: Jody Hill ("Eastbound and Down", The Foot Fist Way [I've never seen it, but its the only other thing he's directed])
Stars: Seth Rogan (Superbad, Horton Hears a Who!)
Anna Faris (Brokeback Mountain, My Super Ex-Girlfriend)
YesNoSoso: 1

I always say: I'll give a movie more credit if it tries something new and fails then if its just regurgitated hackneyed bullshit (I'm looking at you Couple's Retreat). Observe and Report definitely fits the former. Its a super dark comedy that, I felt, was pretty light on the comedy. It tried but just failed. However I'm willing to admit I may not have been in the right state of mind for its humor and would be remiss not to mention that I said the same thing the first time I watched Anchorman. So check it out, but don't expect much.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Director: Mike Nichols (The Graduate, The Birdcage)
Stars: Elizabeth Taylor (A Place in the Sun, Giant [I don't care what AFI says, other than James Dean, that movie sucked])
Richard Burton (some famous movies I've never seen)
YesNoSoso: 2

A really entertaining movie about the most awkward after party of all time. Taylor and Burton play an unhappily married couple inviting a young couple over for drinks after a party they mutually attended. The alcohol and bitter feelings create incredibly uneasy conversations exposing entirely inappropriate skeletons in their closet. The presence of the young and supposedly happy couple serves to solidify just how prevalent relationship issues are. A quality character study and an entertaining movie.
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Hot Fuzz (2007)

Director: Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, some other British crap I've never heard of)
Stars: Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Run Fatboy Run)
Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, nothing else I've ever heard of)
YesNoSoso: 1

Not as good as Shaun of the Dead. I realize movies should stand alone when being critiqued, but you, myself and everybody else who saw this movie was likely hoping to see Shaun of the Dead II. Maybe not as a plot extension but as a vehicle of similar humor and wit. Hot Fuzz isn't that movie. Don't get me wrong: its not bad and I did enjoy my 2 hours, but its simply not that funny and/or clever. See it, but don't go out of your way to rent it.
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Valkyrie (2008)

Director: Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns)
Stars: Tom Cruise (Minority Report, Cocktail)
Kenneth Branagh (Frankenstein, Wild Wild West)
YesNoSoso: 0

I'm sorry, I really tried to enjoy this movie. I know I always say I try and desire to go into every movie as fresh as possible but I really wanted the writer/director team behind The Usual Suspects to pull out a win and go on to make more movies of that caliber. Its not that this movie was atrociously bad, it just didn't hold me for any extended period of time. The very definition of bland. And watching Nazi's talk in British accents is inexplicably infuriating. I'm sure some of you will find it good enough for a watch, but I wanted my time back.
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Funny People (2009)

Director: Judd Apatow (40 Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up [both are decent])
Stars: Adam Sandler (Billy Madison, Mr. Deeds)
Seth Rogen (Superbad, Horton Hears a Who!)
YesNoSoso: 1

I am one of the only people in the country that didn't absolutely love 40 Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up. I just didn't think they were that funny and that's kind of what I'm looking for in my comedies. They were solid YesNoSoso 1's but not the comedies of a generation that they seem to be made out to be. I think Funny People is a solid step up from Apatow's previous two works but is still nothing more than an enjoyable two hours (or rather I wish it was only two hours). Funny People has an original plot with an excellent performance by Sander (even though its as much of a stretch for him as 8-mile was for Eminem). Check it out cause its a good movie but be forewarned: its long and not particuarly funny.
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