The Wrestler

Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei star in this “behind the scenes” look into the life of a professional wrestler. “The Ram” has his life followed as he goes through hardship and physical disability.

With this film being directed by Darren Aronofsky, you can expect a more unorthodox perspective that is heavy on the film grain. With previous films including Pi and Requiem for a Dream, the expectations were high and it really didn’t fail all in all.

A solid rental, with good acting and a dramatic story telling. Not Aronofsky’s best film to date unless you enjoy this film enough to watch it twice, once should be plenty.

Igor

MGM created this drab computer animated film, and it can easily be set apart from Pixar considering it was pretty much bad. With John Cusack and Jay Leno doing the voice overs, Igor is for the most part unentertaining and can’t be compared to some of the better Computer Generated films available.

It lacks quality and personality, and visually it just isn’t that interesting. A rental maybe, but i’d wait for the television release if it makes it that far.

Fans of “Finding Nemo” and “Kung Fu Panda” should stick with your Pixar roots, MGM really doesn’t deliver on this one.

Pineapple Express

A stoned Seth Rogan witnesses a murder while puffing on a spliff of the rarest strain of pot in the world. Burnout friend joins him in a mindless and idiotic journey running from drug dealers.

It’s been done, and done better, it has it’s moments but approaching this one with a clear head should be avoided. You know that film that just tries too hard to be funny? Yeah, this one goes in that ballpark.

Might be a decent “Party Movie” but nothing that you are really gonna enjoy if you want a good comedy. Rental at best if Half Baked is in your dvd collection.

Paul Blart Mall Cop

You know that film that just tries too hard to be funny? See reference above, this IS that film. Paul Blart is a security officer that takes his job too seriously and is forced into rescuing five hostages once the mall is taken over that all happen to be a part of his everyday life.

It’s not funny, in fact I didn’t laugh once during the entire thing. I think I was more entertained with Zoolander, and that’s saying A LOT. Downright horrible, should not be viewed by anyone. Ever.

If you see it in the video store, redirect your eyes to the “O” section.

Bedtime Stories

Adam Sandler stars in this movie about his life as a hotel handyman trying to run the hotel himself as promised during childhood by the owner. He is called on to babysit his sister’s kids that he hasn’t seen in years for a week, remembering his father’s bedtime stories, he begins to tell tales that become reality.

I for the most part like Adam Sandler, and this one falls in the middle somewhere. It’s not as good as “Happy Gilmore”, but it’s not as bad as “Don’t Mess With The Zohan”. An imaginative film that is probably aimed more towards the younger audience.

Worth a rental, maybe even a purchase at a discounted price. It will entertain you more than most of the recent “Comedies” that have released.