Paul

I liked Paul, but as a fan of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, it pains me to say it could've been better. It felt like a movie that started out with a much funnier screenplay, then was test-screened and focus-grouped into a dumber, less funny movie designed to appeal to 14-year-old boys instead of the 35-to-40-year-old nerds for which it was originally written. I mean, come on--who's going to get the Star Wars and Aliens and Raiders of the Lost Ark references--a kid born in 1997, or me, the aforementioned 35-to-40-year-old nerd? THE ANSWER IS ME YOUR HONOR I REST MY CASE!

That said, Paul is entertaining and has Kristen Wiig in it, so you should probably go see it. Not every movie can be Shaun of the Dead, especially when Edgar Wright isn't involved. It's just a bummer to see something that so clearly started off awesome and then ended up less so.

Drive Angry SHOT IN 3D!

William Fichtner's performance in this movie is the best thing I've seen in a while. He's basically doing a Nicolas Cage impersonation and it's totally amazing.

The rest of the movie is fine. It makes the right amount of not-sense and Nicolas Cage says "I never disrobe before gunplay" right before KILLING A THOUSAND BAD GUYS while SMOKING A CIGAR and DRINKING JACK DANIELS and oh yeah FUCKING A LADY.

Take Me Home Tonight. Wow.

The first 20 minutes of Take Me Home Tonight are mind-bogglingly unpleasant and ill-advised. I don't know what the rest is like since that's when we stomped out and got a refund.

On the upside, I saw DUDAMEL in the lobby.

DRIVE ANGRY!

A typical Nicolas Cage movie. Stuff blows up, he has awful hair, the plot is flimsy.

Actually, the best part of this movie is William Fichtner. He is deadpan and awesome.