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Yup, I'm Also Giving Away Copies of 'This Is 40' on Blu-ray

Yup, I’m Also Giving Away Copies of ‘This Is 40′ on Blu-ray

I must be infected with generosity because I am in a giving mood! In addition to Les Miserables, I’m giving away copies of This is 40! If you want a chance to win a copy of Judd Apatow‘s comedic cautionary tale about marriage starring Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, and Megan Fox‘s boobs, you know the...
'This is 40': A Movie About Loving to Hate Marriage

‘This is 40′: A Movie About Loving to Hate Marriage

This is 40 does one of two things: 1.) It gives married couples in their late thirties and early 40s something to connect with and, in turn, it gives non-married people insight into the humor and hardships of marriage and family life or 2.) it serves as a warning and deterrent for people who want...
'Mansome' explores the world of manscaping, male vanity and douchebaggery

‘Mansome’ explores the world of manscaping, male vanity and douchebaggery

The two best quotes in Morgan Spurlock‘s newest documentary Mansome are the following: I think you try to look good to meet a woman or you try to look good so the woman doesn’t run away. The “looking good for yourself” I find fucked up. and I think the word “metrosexual” has not caught on....
9 Reasons Why You Should Watch 'The Five-Year Engagement'

9 Reasons Why You Should Watch ‘The Five-Year Engagement’

The Five-Year Engagement is the latest to come through that feel-good/crass comedy camp that includes citizens Jason Segel (co-writer/producer/actor), Nicholas Stoller (co-writer/director), and Judd Apatow (producer, 21st century comedy Godfather). The movie is EXACTLY what it sounds like: a five year engagement. Segel plays Tom to Emily Blunt‘s Violet. They get engaged and all is...
Get ready for comparisons of Lena Dunham's 'Girls' to CBS's '2 Broke Girls'

Get ready for comparisons of Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ to CBS’s ’2 Broke Girls’

Created by Lena Dunham and backed by the executive producing chops of Judd Apatow and Jenni Konner, Girls is forecasted to be the cool show for twenty (and even thirty)-something females. Girls premise is pretty straightforward: a writer Hannah (Dunham) and her rag tag group of gal pals (played by Jemima Kirke and Allison Williams)...
'Bridesmaids' is Not the Female 'Hangover' (Movie Review)

‘Bridesmaids’ is Not the Female ‘Hangover’ (Movie Review)

Everything you have heard about Bridesmaids is true. It’s funny. It’s so funny that I watched two pre-screenings of it — and I will probably see it a third, forth and fifth time until it comes out on Blu-ray. Then I will just have it on replay so it will serve as a source of...