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‘We’re the Millers’ is kinda raunchy but very hilarious

The new comedy, “We’re the Millers”, wants you to believe that it is going to push all the boundaries to reinvent the raunchy, road trip comedy. It doesn’t. In fact, for the most part, it’s kind of a cobbled together, predictable flick. That being said, it’s a hilarious movie, despite everything that is wrong with it.werethemillers2

Where it does succeed is in the cast, especially Kansas City boy and former SNL-er, Jason Sudeikis. In his first movie of his post SNL days, Sudeikis is spot on in every scene, his dry, sarcastic humor leading to some awesome banter with his cast mates and some real laugh out loud moments. Continue reading ‘We’re the Millers’ is kinda raunchy but very hilarious

‘Hangover III’ is another unnecessary addition to round out this trilogy

HangoverIIIpicIn baseball, going one for three is pretty solid. When making a trilogy, however, it usually means you’ve failed. While saying Todd Phillips failed with his “Hangover” trilogy, might be a little harsh, it’s quite obvious that the only reason it is a trilogy is because Warner Bros. saw HUGE $$$$$$$ SIGNS after the surprising success of the first film.

Unfortunately, everyone seemed a litte out of touch from what actually made the first movie so great. The second flick tried to recapture that magic in a bottle by duplicating plot points and jokes but “Hangover III” actually tried to change up that formula and somehow made a less interesting movie.

Yeah, there are a few good jokes but it fails to elicit those shocking laughs that the first one was full of.

Continue reading: “The Hangover part III” movie review at Examiner.com

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‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home’ is slow but delivers in the end — movie review

We are all looking for something better to come along and we’ve all been guilty a time or two of hoping that fate would present a sign that things were going to get better. Of course these signs don’t always come along, at least not in the way we expect them to.

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