What Happens in Vegas...

Q: What’s the movie about?

A: A couple of strangers (Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher) drunkenly get married in Vegas, and on the verge of their annulment, one of them wins a $3 million jackpot with the other one's quarter. Now, if either of them ever wants to see a dime, they will be stuck giving this marriage a try.

Q: Who’s in the movie?

A: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Jason Sudeikis, Treat Williams, Michelle Kruseic, Dennis Farina, Zach Galifianakis, Queen Latifa, Krysten Ritter

Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?

A: Proceed with Caution. For anyone who likes a good, cheesy, Hollywood, mostly implausible romantic comedy about two inhumanly attractive people who don't want to have sex with each other, this is the one. Wow, it sounds awful when I put it that way... But what I'm really trying to say is it's just good, clean, mindless fun.

Q: Will this movie make me laugh?

A: Even if you've seen the trailer as many times as I did. The funny parts actually weren't in it.

Q: Will this movie make me cry?

A: No, but I was surprised to see that Ashton Kutcher was able to muster teary eyes at the appropriate moment... although it could have been eye drops. Or CGI.

Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?

A: If you considered it an award to hit number one on the charts, then yes, because this movie is sure to hit number one when it comes out on DVD.

Q: How is the Acting?

A: To quote my friend Eric, who is a heterosexual male, "It's always a little weird when the guy is prettier than the girl..." To quote myself, "Hallelujah!"

Q: How is the Directing?

A: Montages keep the story moving fast and fun through the expositional parts.

Q: How is the story/script?

A: Funnier than I expected. But it definitely involves several moments of suspension of disbelief. For example, no judge has ever sentenced anyone to 6 months of hard marriage. No woman would ever take off her ex-fiancees $30,000 engagement ring without immediately trading it in for cash. And no one has ever turned down Ashton Kutcher for sex. I know you'd like to think you would, but it's just not humanly possible.

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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Q: What’s the movie about?

A: Harold & Kumar pick up where they left off, smoking weed, and living a life of total awesomeness. Unfortunately, on their way to Amsterdam, (where they hope to smoke weed and be awesome), they get mistaken for terrorists and sent to Guantanamo Bay... Which only makes it that much more difficult for them to hook up with the women they love.

Q: Who’s in the movie?

A: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Rob Corddry, Roger Bart, Danneel Harris, Eric Winter, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Missi Pyle

Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?

A: Go! A classic stoner buddy movie that totally lives up to its prequel. (Don't worry if you didn't see, or don't remember, the first one. Everything you need to know is covered in the first 60 seconds of this film. In others words, there's nothing you need to know from the first one.)

Q: Will this movie make me laugh?

A: Oh, yeah... And for as far as they go into jokes about drugs and racism, somehow, the only jokes I found offensive had to so with things that come out of your butt.

Q: Will this movie make me cry?

A: No, but it might make you want to punch any number of ignorant characters in the face.

Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?

A: Only Comedy Getting Made Without Judd Apatow in the Credits.

Q: How is the Acting?

A: John Cho and Kal Penn are totally believable as a couple of Asian guys.

Q: How is the Directing?

A: The directors of this sequel (who are also the writers of both films) did not direct Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and yet the two films are very consistent when it comes to look and feel... This either proves that first-time directors, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, are naturally talented, or that anyone can direct a movie.

Q: How is the story/script?

A: Funny, clever, daring, surprising, true to the first movie, yet totally original, and without any loose ends. The only disappointing part is the very last moment before the end credits roll, where it seems like after a movie full of death defying feats, the writers just threw up their hands and gave up for no reason.

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Semi-Pro

Q: What’s the movie about?

A: Jackie Moon (Will Ferrell) makes a bunch of money with a hit single, "Love me Sexy," and with that money buys the American Basketball Association team, The Flint Tropics. Now the ABA is being shut down, and only the top four ABA teams can join the NBA, so his basketball team is forced to learn to play basketball.

Q: Who’s in the movie?

A: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney, Andrew Daly, Will Arnett, Andy Richter, David Koechner, Rob Corddry, Matt Walsh, Jackie Earle Haley, (with appearances by a smattering of SNL and Daily Show regulars).

Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?

A: Proceed with Caution. Is Will Ferrell's thing getting tired? Or is this movie just less clever than the rest?

Q: Will this movie make me laugh?

A: There is one really funny line. (After you've seen it, I'll tell you which it was.) The second best joke is the wardrobe, but if you've seen one, "Hey, didn't we wear funny clothes in the 70s?"- joke, you've seen 'em all.

Q: Will this movie make me cry?

A: If you're a feminist, you might cry at the constant reminder of how degrading the 70s were to women... Especially when you think about how little progress some men have made.

Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?

A: MTV will nominate it a bunch. But it actually has a good chance in the Best Fight category. If the rest of the movie had been at the level of the fight, they might've been on to something.

Q: How is the Acting?

A: Will Ferrell's high-pitched, freaked-out rants are starting to blend together for me. He's got a lot of talent (obviously), and I would even go so far as to say that he will go down in history as the comedic voice of this era (and I mean on a Charlie Chaplin level)... but this particular character was a real jive turkey.

Q: How is the Directing?

A: Kent Alterman's directing is probably the most graceful element of the movie. I noticed that I was often watching from exactly the angle I wanted to see, for exactly the amount of time I wanted to see. And the best part is he doesn't show any close-ups of the vomiting-- which is thoughtful. He wasn't quite so considerate with the extreme close-ups of Will Ferrell's inner crotch, in all too revealing 70s basketball shorts.

Q: How is the script?

A: I'm not sure this movie had one.

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