Get the Gringo

Don't believe anything the poster above tells you. The movie isn't called "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" nor is it coming out this summer (unless you call DTV coming out). With this movie, Mel has entered the "Late 90's early 00's Schwarzenegger" stage of his career.

The movie tries to be Payback's Porter South of the Border. Mostly because it centers around a tough guy who's focused on getting his money back. Only this time, he's stuck in a Mexican jail community. People are allowed to come and go in this jail. I'm not sure if it is based on a real thing, but it was one of the harder parts of the plot for me to believe. The other part was one of the jailhouse residents who apparently live in a jail penthouse and keep kids to have liver transplants. Never mind.

Did you enjoy it?
Eh.

Would you see it in theaters again?
Good luck with that.

Would you buy it?
Nerp.

Would you rent it?
No.

Would you watch it if you saw it was on TV?
Unlikely.

Detention

This is "kitchen sink" movie making. Teen comedy. Check. Romance. Check. Oh, and don't forget time travel, slasher, sci fi and 90's period film. And you know what, it's pretty good. When I say "good" I mean I'm glad I saw it. The best way I can describe it is a fever dream.

I really don't think I can describe the plot. But if you're open to new things and have pop sensibilities, it is worth checking out.

Did you enjoy it?
Sure.

Would you see it in theaters again?
No.

Would you buy it?
No.

Would you rent it?
Maybe.

Would you watch it if you saw it was on TV?
Maybe.

American Reunion

Eight movies (4 released in theaters with the "real" cast). Eugene Levy was in all of them. In practice, American Reunion is a great idea. It has been about 15 years since the the original hit theaters. You could just start doing reunion movies every 5 years or so. But...judging by this movie, the next one will be in 30 years called "American Funeral"(how great would it be if that were true).

Picking up many years after American Wedding, everyone is scattered all over the U.S. and decide to come back for their 13 year reunion. Technically it has been 13 years but I'm not sure it makes more sense to have them explain why they're doing a reunion this year versus just fudging the dates and say it is their 15 year reunion.

The movie is pretty terrible. The usual litmus test for a comedy is laughs, but are few to be found here. Which is a shame, because they've got a pretty good cast (no, not you, Chris Klein).

Did you enjoy it?
Eh.

Would you see it in theaters again?
No.

Would you buy it?
No.

Would you rent it?
No.

Would you watch it if you saw it was on TV?
Eh.

Conan in Chicago

Mrs. Nugget, @CircleGetSquare, @LisaHammertime and I attended the Monday taping to CONAN in Chicago at the Chicago Theatre. So much fun. We're TiVo-ing it tonight to see if we made it on camera in the crowd.

Nice seats! ROW B!

#CHICOCO

The Gang

The Set

Conan chatting w/ the band during a "commercial"