I had the pleasure of watching Grownups this past weekend and I will say that it could fall as one of my funniest movies I have seen this summer. If family humor and comedy is your treat in a movie this movie will keep you laughing the whole way through.

The good thing is about this show it has been in theaters a while now and most of us may have already seen it. With stars like Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade, you can’t go wrong in a hit smash summer comedy.

It all starts with 5 kids learning from their favorite coach in basketball and leading into their today style lives. They take their families to the coaches funeral and then head out to the lake for the fourth of July where they then spread their great coaches ashes on a stranded island.

Bring the five guys together brings back some memories for them. Some turn off rich and some turn out broke. One married 3 or 4 times and ends up with a woman twice his age. he would be the one that turns out to have the most beautiful daughters in the world. But also he would be the one to have one single daughter that turns out to be not so beautiful as well.

Changing their lives in many ways has taught them how they use to be when they were kids growing up and being the only team that their dead coach had won a basketball championship with. I have to say that I never was like them when I was growing up.

This movie want bring any tears to your eyes unless you start crying due to the laughing and giggling. I rate it a 5 star movie as one of the best Adam Sandler movies made today. I will not lead you into anymore sides of this movie but will leave you with the fact that you may want to see it for yourself. Just watch the trailer and judge it for your own thoughts of mind.

With all the hype about “The Hangover” I finally decided to watch it, and the movie is hysterical! The title pretty much sums up the movie to the core. We all know the feeling of a head splitting hangover; therefore it is easy to relate to the drama the friends face.

Attempting to take their best friend to Vegas for his bachelor party three men run into a more eventful night than they had ever planned for! They spend the following day searching for their best friend that they somehow “lost” during the drunken night, while trying to convince his finance’ of a somewhat different story.

They have unexpected visits from Mike Tyson, a baby, the police, and one mad Chinaman as they begin their search for Doug. With each event they grow closer to finding their good friend Doug, and capturing all the action from the somehow forgotten night that lead to his disappearance.

The movie is uproariously funny, definitely one to buy and watch when you need a good laugh!

Legally Blonde

“Legally Blonde” is clichéd but hilarious! A sorority fashion queen decides to apply to Harvard in hopes to get into law school to impress her ex- boyfriend in order to win his heart back.

Elle Woods, (Reese Witherspoon) gets accepted into Harvard and begins her fight for a law degree, only to soon learn that her ex has gotten engaged, she is too cute to be taken seriously, and her lead professor is only attempting to get into her pants!

After a shaky start she falls into some luck with a special criminal case, in which she is chosen to represent. She proves herself a great candidate for a lawyer after winning the case by using cosmopolitan common sense.

I adore the movie’s ability to make me laugh!

“Extract” is hysterically written, and originates from the director of “Office Space”. Joel (Jason Bateman) is on the verge of selling his successful extract company, until an employee gets hurt on the job in a freak accident where the company unfortunately faces a lawsuit and general mills decides not to purchase.

Joel’s business life is turned upside down and his love life with wife (Kristen Wigg) is no longer going as smoothly as possible. Frustrated and confused his best friend (Ben Affleck) convinces him to take a pill that leads him to hiring a gigolo to seduce his wife so that Joel is able to have his own affair with the new beauty (Mila Kunis) who he realizes is unfortunately a con artist.

A coma is where you are in a deep sleep due to and injury of some type. There are so many people out there these days trying to put together a comedy show online or on TV. Most of them are not even halfway funny. Comedy should be a little funny.

We received an invitation to preview Coma, Period., and I’ve managed to watch a single episode. The video work was good, but the show itself will give you a coma if you watch it long enough.

Th star of Coma, Period., Dan Humphrey, had more than an accident to lead himself into a coma. Do we really dream when we are in this state of mind? I still dream good things when I sleep, but the only thing I could imagine dreaming if I were in a coma is whether I’ll make it out alive.

Think back when the TV show Scrubs came out with the episode “My Coma Patient.” JD had a patient in a coma and was making out with the patient’s wife. Then was dubbed the “Tasty Coma Wife,” which was perfect.

You may watch Coma, Period., but enter at your own risk. Please make sure you have 911 on speed dial or a paramedic by your side at all times while watching this show. You’ll likely find yourself in a coma after viewing.

A few months ago, we posted a review of Summer Catch. Admittedly, I’m no fan of Summer Catch, so my review would’ve been much different.

From what I remember, there’s a couple of scenes where Jessica Biel is sporting a nice-looking swimsuit, which I’m fairly certain were the highlights of the entire film. (Let it be noted that I only use the word film here because it’s pretty standard terminology, even if the film is undeserving of the term.)

Finally, someone took a few moments out of their day and let us have it. This is much more well said than anything I would’ve written. Here’s a review from one of our readers:

I actually vomited and pooped out the wrong holes while watching this film. After I awoke from my epileptic seizure caused by the line uttered by Jessica Beil (Let yourself be great), I found myself imprisoned in some sort of Russian Gulag. I was beaten and tortured day and night for two years, but this pain could not compare to that which I experienced while watching this film. After being released from the Siberian Prison, doctors told me that I am now slightly retarded, not from the malnutrition of the forced labor camp, but from (as you may have guessed) watching Summer Catch. I am married now and my children were born with flipper fins because my wife and I conceived our children while watching this movie. I have enrolled them in the institute for children with mutations caused by “Summer Catch” also known as ICMCSC. I have started selling bracelets similar to those created by Lance Armstrong to help fund ICMCSC. They read: “Summer Catch Ruined My Life”. An alternative slogan, that was later rejected, read: Let Yourself…Summer Catch Sucks. Till my dying day I will never forgive those who have taken so much from me. I have made peace with my alcoholic abusive father, I have forgiven that one guy who stole my car and then ran me over with it, I have even buried the hatchet with my cousin who actually lit me on fire and then peed on me to put it out, but since he had so much alcohol in his system, it actually further engulfed me in flames…but I will always carry the hate for those who made, starred in, and produced this Godless abomination of a film. Have a nice day.

Does anyone know how I can get in touch with this guy? I’m always on the lookout for honest writers.

One of my favorites is Summer Catch, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. (She’s All That), Jessica Biel (7th Heaven), and Matthew Lillard.

Summer is just around the corner and baseball is one of America’s favorite summer sports. Why not put a little romance in it as well? Baseball is a sport, but in this movie, love is the game.

Ryan Dunne (Freddie Prinze Jr.) plays a local lawn boy just trying to make his pitching mark in the Cape Cod baseball league. Billy Bruebaker (Matthew Lillard) plays Ryan’s right hand man, who keeps him on the diamond and on the right track. But, Tenley Parrish (Jessica Biel), also known as the Shaw Road princess, falls for Ryan and that’s when things heat up.

Ryan pitches for the local Chatham A’s. Most of the players in the Cape Cod league are players fresh out of college who have not made it to a major league baseball team. The field in the movie was built from scratch in a little town called South Port, NC.

Early in the movie, Ryan meets Tenley Parrish, the rich girl that comes to Chatham for a summer break. Billy Bruebaker comes into view having trouble hitting the ball. As Billy struggles at bat, Ryan is trying for a win with Tenley. Ryan doesn’t really understand why Billy wants to quit, so he takes him under his wing and guides him to a better batting average.

Tenley’s father does not like the relationship his little princess has formed. She wants to prove her father wrong about Ryan. She wants him to know that Ryan’s not just another lawn boy but a young man that is going places with his baseball career.

As the end of the A’s season nears, Ryan’s career moves forward and the scouts of MLB are looking upon him.

Summer Catch is a movie that you should pop in the DVD player and gear up for the summer with. Where else can you see baseball, romance, and comedy all in the same movie?

Dan In Real Life is the tale of a successful parenting advice columnist. This is a tale of his real life (just as the title leads you to believe).

This movie isn’t a formula comedic romance, it’s slow and sweet. The movie begins with the little mundane things it takes to keep life going. Dan is a hard worker who’s just trying to do the best he can in work and at home.

Theatrical trailers for this movie might lead you to believe this is a classic romantic comedy you’ve gotta see. This isn’t the case. While I enjoyed the slower pace, others may prefer a little more whiz-bang action for the buck. This movie is a nice and sweet story of romance at the wrong time. The comedy feels organic and is authentically embarrassing at times.

Fans of the NBC series The Office may enjoy the awkward moments and silent pauses throughout. There are even a few, genuinely painful, Michael Scott moments.

The movie soundtrack also deserves a nod. The music of Dan in Real Life by Sondre Lerche gently moves you through the tough moments and the funny stuff too, taking on a life of it’s own. I liked both the movie and it’s soundtrack.

Director: Anne Fletcher
Writer: Aline Brosh McKenna
Genre: Romance/Comedy

Story

Jane Nichols (Katherine Heigl) seems to find herself in just about every wedding imaginable, but she has never found the guy for her. She is sick and tired of being in other people’s weddings and when her sister falls for the one guy Jane really liked she has had enough. Along the way she meets Kevin Doyle (James Marsden), a writer of the wedding articles Jane admires so much. Jane has to figure out how to get over the guy that her sister is now going to marry and at the same time fall in love with Kevin.

Everything Else

27 Dresses could not have been more predictable even for romantic comedies. There was the classic rise and fall, the goofy girlfriend, and the sappy “oh everything is great now” ending. Aside from the movie failing to veer off of a path that has been overplayed and overused, the directing wasn’t half bad. There were situations in 27 Dresses as there usually are that seemed ridiculous and could have been a lot better if they had just been toned down a little.

The acting was average with no performances that could jump out at you. The sister, whom I have forgotten or never cared to know the name of, was particularly annoying. The character was over the top in an annoying way. Katherine Heigl and James Marsden did well together, but they have sold themselves short in this film. There is no challenge for either of them with the talent that I am sure they have buried deep inside somewhere.

The Real Deal

Although 27 Dresses was probably not on the top ten list of worse romantic comedies ever, I certainly found it to be terrible. There was nothing original about it (not surprising) and the directing, acting, and story left a lot to be desired. 27 Dresses has been compared to The Devil Wears Prada because of the screenwriter; however, this movie did not come close to being as well made. Pass this one up unless you are looking for a disappointment.

Dave’s Score: 4/10

Written by Dave of Dave’s Movie Reviews

Most notably and highly frakking sad in my opinion, is the continued disregard for Battlestar Galactica. I guess not enough people watch the show. I can only assume if it was on FOX, enough people would have seen it and voted it into this group.

Honestly…Grey’s Anatomy over BSG? Really?

On a happier note, I’m LOVING that Flight of the Conchords made the Top 10…that’s just outstanding. Good for them.

Can’t say much bad about the dramas (aside from Grey’s). Dexter from the four episodes I’ve seen so far is awesome, I heard amazing things about The Wire, and it’s cool to see Friday Night Lights get some more love. Not sure I still get the love for Boston Legal, but I don’t watch it, so who am I to judge?

I’m going to slap little asterisks next to my predictions for the five series who make it to the finals. There just MIGHT be a bit of wishful thinking in there, but I don’t care!

Comedy Series:

• Curb Your Enthusiasm*
• Entourage
• Family Guy
• Flight of the Conchords* (sleeper pick!)
  
• The Office*
• Pushing Daisies* (super sleeper!)
  
• 30 Rock*
• Two and a Half Men
• Ugly Betty
• Weeds

Drama Series:

• Boston Legal
• Damages*
• Dexter*
• Friday Night Lights
• Grey’s Anatomy
• House
• Lost*
• Mad Men* (sleeper?)
  
• The Tudors
• The Wire*