There is, as I'm sure you've heard, a massive battle sequence at the end of TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON that is definitely spectacular, but it's a long, hard road to get to the only part of the film that's remotely interesting on any level...[more]...

Paranormal Activity is neither as good nor as bad as you've been hearing. The comparisons to BLAIR WITCH are pretty valid as both are handheld horror flicks with slow suspenseful build-ups to a debatable payoff.

There really isn't much SCARY about Paranormal other than a few door slams. It's unsettling at times and spooky at other times but I don't think I jumped until the end of the flick.

The acting is better than I thought it'd be from two relative amateurs and the camerawork isn't nearly as shaky as BLAIR WITCH was (probably because it's on a tripod during the scariest moments).

I was able to see this on a Friday night right before it sold out and while sometimes that's a great time to see a movie, I was extremely annoyed by the crowd so maybe that detracted for me. A bunch of 18-year-old high school kids screaming "BOO!" at the screen, laughing, talking and even a dude who brought his screaming baby. Get the fuck out dude.

I obviously can't blame the movie for that but it's something to think about if you're planning a trip to see it. Beware obnoxious kids.

So it's not the scariest movie in the world, but it's creepy enough and certainly better than THE STEPFATHER or SAW VI.

CLOUDY might be a kids movie but it's a lot funnier than you'd expect it to be. It's actually got a comedic sensibility that matches that of its voice stars, Bill Hader, Anna Faris and Andy Samberg. The guys that made this must be big movie geeks cause there are a TON of references to other movies here from TWILIGHT ZONE, ALIENS, INDEPENDENCE DAY and much more. The 3D is put to a much better use here than in most 3D animated movies with confetti and giant rolling donuts all coming right at you.

It's certainly not a better movie than UP but it's certainly a heck of a lot of fun. Much better than MONSTERS VS. ALIENS and were it not for PONYO, it might be my 2nd favorite animated film of the year.

While EXTRACT might get funnier with subsequent viewings, it's definitely not hilarious through and through. There are definitely some hilarious parts (Bateman, Ben Affleck and a nutjob smoking weed) but they're spaced out and are filled with parts that may or may not make you chuckle.

Behind all that there's a slightly depressing and misanthropic view of the world where everyone, for the most part, is up to no good. Because this is a comedy, things kinda work out at the end but then you begin to wonder, did they deserve to have all that work out?

Like I said above, there's a lot going on here plotwise and to describe it all for you would essentially ruin the movie. Sometimes it all gets too complicated for its own good and I wished it would've just stuck to about two of the plotlines.

Oh and before I leave, David Koechner is hilarious with an annoying next door neighbor character that is pretty much a cross between Lumberg and Milton from OFFICE SPACE.

That flimsy, clichéd plot is really just an excuse for Lange and pals to goof around and tell jokes for 80-some-odd minutes. This is not necessarily a bad thing, especially when the jokes are working (the stripper at the bachelor party and Seymour Cassel’s one-liners are classic), but other times they fall flat and you wish there was a little bit more to fall back on...[more]...