Rated PG-13 Opens: February 14, 2013 Studio: Warner Bros. Starring: Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Thomas Mann, Emmy Rossum and Viola Davis Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Rated PG-13 Opens: February 14, 2013 Studio: Relativity Media Starring: Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, David Lyons and Cobie Smulders Directed by: Lasse Hallström
This Week: Kevin and Kristin celebrate a late Valentine’s Day in the Magical Studio in the Sky, talking about movies that will send everyone in the family to different theaters: the men can see A Good Day to Die Hard, the ladies can see Safe Haven, the teens can see Beautiful Creatures and the kiddies can see Escape from Planet Earth. They also talk about the impossible physics of the Die Hard movies, Nicholas Sparks cliches (of which there are many), terrible Southern accents and whatever the hell happened to Brendan Fraser’s career. They also play a listener voice mail, proving the phone number still works. XOXO
A LATE QUARTET Blu-ray Review (R) MOVIE: **1/2 (out of 5) BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: *1/2 (out of 5)
STARRING
Christopher Walken as PETER MITCHELL
Philip Seymour Hoffman as ROBERT GELBART
Catherine Keener as JULIETTE GELBART
Imogen Poots as ALEXANDRA GELBART
Mark Ivanir as DANIEL LERNER
OSNAP: Don’t Bring It In Wet
Kevin and Merrill return to the Magical Studio in the Sky for a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner. After champagne and strawberries, they hop into a loveable discussion about topics like the Nemo snowstorm, circumcision, the Pope and shawarma. Merrill then tells the epic story of how he had to fight off stoned orcs at a Best Buy early in the morning to get a new computer. Then Kevin goes on an inside-baseball rant about the slumping world of physical media and how publicists haven’t caught up to the nature of freelancers and online journalists. Sure, that’s a bit dry for the show, and it’s not about poop and porn, but the Dude endures. Oh, snap!
Mission Objective: Merrill and Rob are given their first official kill mission by Magical Studio director Kevin Carr, and that kill order is for one “Hash Aguirre.” Oh, and Nikita talk too.
STARRING
Jason Bateman as SANDY PATTERSON
Melissa McCarthy as DIANA
Amanda Peet as TRISH PATTERSON
Genesis Rodriguez as MARISOL
T.I. as JULIAN
Morris Chestnut as DETECTIVE REILLY
John Cho as DANIEL CASEY
Robert Patrick as SKIPTRACER
Rated R Opens: February 8, 2013 Studio: Universal Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman, John Cho, Jon Favreau and Amanda Peet Directed by: Seth Gordon
Rated R Opens: February 8, 2013 Studio: Open Road Starring: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Vinessa Shaw Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
This Week: Kevin comes off the weekend’s Superthon to talk movies once again with Kristin Dreyer Kramer. They chat about the new movies of the week: Side Effects and Identity Thief. They also chew through some more Star Wars news… again. For a fun distraction, they also review Rex Reed’s review of Identity Thief (or rather Reed’s caustic review of Melissa McCarthy’s body shape). Kevin also reviews the Superman cocktail and threatens to make it for Kristin when he shows her The Star Wars Holiday Special.
OSNAP: Baptized Courtney Cummz
Kevin and Merrill emerge victorious from Super Sunday, with Merrill triumphantly not being responsible for a football blackout and Kevin managing to watch all the live-action Superman movies with his kids. To celebrate, they start off talking about porn, in particularly whether they’d be up to the challenge of having sex with adult film actress Courtney Cummz. (Hint: Kevin thinks he would be a disaster, but mercifully the experience would be over in a matter of seconds.) Less tittillating topics of the week include Merrill encountering a mysterious goo at the grocery store and Kevin rolling the equivalent of double sixes three times in a row when dialing the phone. Oh, snap!