It’s Wednesday and we’ve got three new release titles that’ll make you think you’ve hit Friday night already (I’m generalising here but that usually means you’ve hit the weekend which also means sleeping in, junk food and the odd drink here and there).
Look like you on the weekend?
Five reasons to watch The Bounty Hunter:
Why does this remind me of that Abba clip?
- Gerard Butler
- Jennifer Aniston
- Butler and Aniston on-screen together, both wanting to be Queen Bee
- The plot actually matters very little: it’s all about the star factor!
- There’s nothing like watching a love/hate relationship on-screen
Well, we know that one of them has done quite a lot of damage...
Final Verdict: It’s pretty easy to decide who you should be watching in The Bounty Hunter. If you’re a guy, you’ll be looking at Aniston and if you’re a girl, I dare you not to look at the very hot-bodied Butler.
In five words or less, Separation City is all about: marriage, family, betrayal, love and loss.
Well... at least it started off happily enough!
Final Verdict: Okay, so describing the flick in five words or less gives you a pretty sketchy outline of what this flick is actually about. The great thing about this Kiwi movie is the performances which elevate the film from “good” to “exceptional”. Oh, and I don’t mind a little bit of Joel Edgerton every now and again!
Well, this looks rather awkward!
Moving onto a comedy that’s a little bit different: World’s Greatest Dad. That said, I’m going to go ahead and list the five most bizarre things about World’s Greatest Dad (if you’re expecting light-hearted humour like Mrs. Doubtfire, you’re in for one rather MASSIVE shock!) in my opinion:
Oooo we have one of those mugs in the office!
#5: Robin Williams’ character Lance wants to be the next Shakespeare: I’m pretty sure there was only one Shakespeare and he existed a long while back so it’s probably never going to happen for poor ol’ Lance.
#4: He forges his son’s suicide note – creepy considering he’s supposed to be grieving.
#3: His son actually kills himself in a “bedroom accident”. Use your imagination there…
#2: Lance actually becomes jealous when the suicide note becomes a big hit but he’s denied the writing glory – this isn’t exactly an advertisement for Father of the Year… is it now?
#1: His character’s name is Lance… this is never good. In fact, the only other Lance I can think of was from *NSYNC (as in, the boy band).
I just can't resist the chance to throw a little Daria into the mix...
Final Verdict: Well, it may not exactly be a light-hearted comedy but sometimes, the funniest things have a darker edge (come on… Daria was cool!). And I’ve gotta say that it’s rather refreshing to see Williams in a role that isn’t as “straight up comedy” as Old Dogs (yeah… between Williams and John Travolta, there’s a lot of personality bursting off the screen).
Soooo wrong!
That’s it… three new releases done and dusted yet again. We’re going to have some fun on Friday when we take a look at the worst movie and television couples to ever grace our screens. In the meantime, feel free to post a comment below about anything and everything.
