He's Just Not That Into You

He's Just Not That Into You: I went into this movie with low expectations and to my surprise the movie was not all that bad, however, it was not a great romantic comedy either. It can best be summed up as “middle of the road fare”. The film is a collage of storylines dealing with different relationships between men and women. The movie has a rather large cast consisting of Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Connelly, Justin Long, Drew Barrymore, and Scarlett Johansson. I know what you are thinking…where the hell is Hugh Grant, couldn’t they squeeze him in somewhere? I would sum up the laughter level for the film as “chuckle worthy”. It did not have any hard laughs, but at the same time it avoided stepping into any “roll your eye” moments. I guess it was the best I could ask for…

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Valkyrie DVD

Valkyrie: Jerry Maguire dons an eye patch and plots an assassination attempt on Adolph Hitler. Although we know how the assassination attempt turns out, the movie still does a fine job of stirring up some suspense. Cruise does a reasonable job of blending in, I mention this because he normally plays “Tom Cruise” and that can be distracting in a period piece. Here he plays Claus Von Stauffenberg, a colonel in the German army who was brave enough to plant a bomb inside Hitler’s headquarters. The film does supply one action scene on the battlefield, but make no mistake, this is more of a tense thriller than it is a war movie.

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