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Monday:
You, Me and Dupree (2006)

...unsatisfactory...

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Owen Wilson stars in the unsatisfactory movie that is You, Me and Dupree. As my least favorite actor, I hate to admit that he is the only reason I didn't turn off my tv and spend two hours doing something more important, such as: watching the paint dry(I really am painting my room), curing medical anomalies, and my favorite(!), watching the grass grow. You get the point right?

Carl (Dillon) and Molly (Hudson) Peterson have recently gotten married in Hawaii and have returned home to find Dupree (Wilson) in a bind. He is homeless and has asked the local bar for housing. Carl, as Dupree's best friend, steps in and offers to let him stay with he and his wife for a period of time. Dupree stays passed his welcome and turns their house upside down. As if sleeping naked, stopping up both toilets, and catching the house on fire wasn't enough, Dupree's increasingly friendly relationship with Carl's wife causes tension throughout the house.

This film is a classic "I've screwed everything up, and now I'm going to fix it" movie. It starts bad and ends well and it is all cookie-cutter. You've seen this before and I am advising that you don't waste an evening seeing the same material again. Both supporting actors dragged the movie into the pits of Hell with their lame acting, and if I have to listen to Matt Dillon rant again I swear I'll jump into the flaming inferno that once was the Petersons' home. That is why this flaming pile of crap receives one half star.

My Rating =

Rent

Wednesday:
Premonition (2007)

...movie is spent in utter confusion.

Premonition has been treated unfairly by critics. It certainly won't receive a movie of the year award, but it is definitely worth your admission to a local theater. Sandra Bullock stars as time-traveling Linda Hanson. Linda is caught in what seems like a never ending cycle of torture. The film revolves around one week of her life that is stuck in "shuffle" mode.

Unfortunately, most of the movie is spent in utter confusion. You feel like you are watching a film of flashbacks. When Bullock starts to get a handle on things the movie starts making sense. This is where Premonition begins to shine.

If you've seen everything else at the theater and you have nothing else today this Friday, give it a shot. If you don't like thrillers then I suggest you go rent Miss Congeniality. It is equally worthy(if not a little more) of the score I am awarding this movie.

My Rating =

Rent

Friday:
Kill Bill: Volume One (2003)

...far surpasses any of Tarantino's past films.

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This movie (and its final volume) is probably on my [imaginary] top three favorite movies list. The Bride fears for the life her unborn baby will lead if raised by its father, Bill. So, she arranges her own disappearance and finds herself engaged to an El Paso record-store owner. On the day of her wedding, Bill finds her once more and directs the massacre that is to follow. Five assassins kill everyone present leaving the Bride for dead. After four years in a coma, she manages to wake up after a gunshot wound to the skull. Thurman begins her journey of revenge in Okinawa where she persuades a famous sword maker to build the greatest of any of his works. The movie follows her killing spree spanning many miles across the world. With only goal in mind, killing Bill (hence the title), nothing can stop her.

Kill Bill: Volume One presents the story through flashback and flash-forwards. In my opinion, this movie far surpasses any of Tarantino's past films. Kill Bill features everything you need in a film. With its great story, colorful characters, exaggerated blood spill, and enough action to make spy flicks such as the James Bond and Mission Impossible series look childish. If you haven't already viewed this film you are doing yourself an injustice. Even movie fanatics who enjoy other genres over action will walk away with a smile.