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Not too much needs to be said about this film and the ones that followed. Back to the Future opened up the imagination for generation of children and adults alike. The film stars Michael J Fox and Christopher LLoyd. Lloyd is a quirky scientist with a life time of failed experiments – that is until, he invented a time machine – out of a delorean.

The film is very entertaining, even 25 years after its making. The sequels to follow are also great films. For about $13.00 you can buy all three films at Target. That’s a really good deal.

Budget: $19 million
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring:
Michael J Fox
Christopher Lloyd
Lea Thompson
Crispin Glover
Thomas F. Wilson
Claudia Wells
Billy Zane

Year One is a 2009 comedy starring funnyman Jack Black and Michael Cera. I thought the film was OK. It spun off a lot of jokes and stereo types that most of us have heard before, with a little bit of originality and mocking of some elements of history. Overall, it did what it was intended to do, make me laugh. It’s also littered with hot women, scantly dressed, which didn’t hurt its cause with the male viewer, including this one. Year One is a good rental flick for nights where you just want to relax and not think or do anything serious. One of those ‘I’ve had enough’ nights.

Budget: N/A
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring:
Jack Black
Michael Cera
Oliver Platt
David Cross
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Vinnie Jones
Hank Azaria
Juno Temple
Olivia Wilde

Sorority Boys is one of the greatest comedies to come out of 2002. The film is about three fraternity brothers accused of embezzling money that is to be used for the annual KOK party. Forced out of their own fraternity, they disguise themselves as women and move into the sorority house down the street while they try to figure out how to get back into their fraternity.

The film is filled with disgusting and hilarious moments.

Budget: $12 million
Director: Wallace Wolodarsky
Starring:
Barry Watson
Michael Rosenbaum
Harland Williams
Melissa Sagemiller
Tony Denman
Heather Matarazzo

Sunshine is a movie about a crew of astronauts sent to our dying sun so they can detonate a bomb in order to restart it. Back on Earth, people are dying in a nuclear winter – resulting from the heat loss. This is a good film. It received decent reviews, but for some reason it didn’t gain traction with audiences in the theaters and on DVD.

The plot thickens when the crew, almost to the sun, realize they have discovered an earlier ship that was sent to carry out the same mission 6 years earlier. The first ship, almost made it to the sun when something went wrong. The crew at this point takes it upon themselves to go and check the first ship before completing their mission. This decision, begins the end for the crew and their mission.

If you get a chance and are a sci-fi buff, Sunshine is a great film to watch with awesome visual effects.

Budget: $50 million
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring:
Cliff Curtis
Chipo Chung
Cillian Murphy
Rose Byrne
Mark Strong
Chris Evans

Back in 2006, when this film was in theaters, people were buzzing about it like crazy. I remember asking someone who went to see it, if it was any good and what was so good about it. His answer “it’s the best man’s man film I’ve ever seen.” I was busy and didn’t think too much about it at the time – hell, I hadn’t even seen a trailer. But when I finally saw it in the stores on sale, I took the chance and bought it.

What a great man’s man movie. To this day, this Frank Miller film is awesome. Of course the women that watch it too seemed to get something from it as well. But for me, this film has yet to get old, boring, been there, done that. It’s still a great film, even four years later.

You can buy it a lot cheaper today, so if the chance arrives, cease it.

“This is Sparta!!!!!”

Budget: $65 million
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring:
Gerard Butler
Lena Headey
Dominic West
David Wenham
Vincent Regan
Michael Fassbender
Tom Wisdom
Rodrigo Santoro

The Hangover -the title tells you right there, either they had a good time or things got out of control. In this comedy, both happen. The film is about four guys going to Vegas to celebrate their buddy getting married. The night of their lives type of thing. It turns out to be just that.

After a fun filled night, they all wake up and can’t remember a thing about it. Thanks mostly to their friend Allen, who drugged them with Ruffies and not the Ecstasy he thought he’d bought.

Over the course of a few hours, one guy pulled out his tooth, they find a baby in their room, lose the groom to be, stole a police car, kidnapped a tiger, married a stripper, kidnapped an Asian guy, won $80,000.00 dollars, and are in a whole lot of trouble.

The film is very funny, good to rent or own.

Budget: $35 Million
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring:
Bradley Cooper
Ed Helms
Zach Galifianakis
Justin Bartha
Heather Graham
Ken Jeong
Mike Tyson
Mike Epps

Couples Retreat is loaded with recognizable celebs, but at the same time, it wasn’t equally loaded with genuine laughs. The film is about a couple, unable to conceive, talking their friends into going on a vacation, which turns out to be a couples therapy island. They can see the island they want to be on – the singles island, but are forbidden to go there.

The movie does have its moment, but that’s mostly due to Vince Vaughn’s talent with words. It’s a good rental – wouldn’t shell out the money to own it though.

It does have it’s moments, plenty of women in bikini’s, and some funny lines, but….

“We do not accept cash, but we will accept SMILE!”

Budget: $60 million
Director: Peter Billingsley
Starring:
Vince Vaughn
Jason Bateman
Faizon Love
Jon Favreau
Malin Akerman
Kristen Bell
Kristin Davis
Kali Hawk
Carlos Ponce