Following the likes of 'Deuce Bigalow', ‘Little Nicky’ and 'Joe Dirt', Adam Sandler's production company 'Happy Madison Productions' brings us another summer comedy in the form of 'The House Bunny'.Staring Anna Faris who plays Shelley Darlingson, a ditzy Playboy bunny who has a reality check when she is kicked out of the Playboy mansion. She tries to come to terms with her new environment,
and finds the comfort in the form of sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. These girls need her help as much as she needs there’s.There is nothing original about this film and you can see where it is going as soon as it begins.
That said, this film isn't meant to be a thought provoking film, it's meant to give you a laugh or two, and it does. Anna plays her character quite well and gives Shelley the comedic form she needs to make the story flow. A big surprise was to see Colin Hanks, he has a small part, but it makes you wonder what made him sign up for a project such as this.
'The House Bunny' is one film that won't be everyone’s choice for the next rental, but for a quick laugh this will do the trick.
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Big Stan is a comedy about a con artist who finally gets what’s coming to him. Staring Rob Schneider from ‘Deuce Bigalow’, Stan is a fraudster who finds himself being sent to prison.
This ends up being the main focus of the film, and sadly makes it the reason this film failed. The film tries to use gay prison jokes over and over again, but it is just not funny. There is nothing smart about this film. It’s a basic story, which 
tries to make fun of prison life. To Rob’s credit he has tried to bring a serious part into the film, but it fails as comedy and drama do not mix, unless done well.
Over the years I have had a pleasure in seeing films that just get it right, Waitress is one of those. The story follows Jenna, a young waitress, who has just found out she is pregnant. Problem is she is in an unhappy marriage and not happy with her life.
and being a low budget film can show big budget film makers a thing or two. When I first heard about this film, I thought it was going to be another low budget, under developed story, oh how wrong I was.
time, it had some of the greatest one liners I have heard in a long time. The characters you come to love and despise, but by the end you come to appreciate the work that went in to such a small but wonderful story.
Bond is back for another adventure and this time he is out for revenge. Continuing on after Casino Royale, which is a first, Bond is on his way to stop the mastermind behind the death of Vesper Lynd, but he finds out more than he could have imagined which involves an underworld that is bigger than he.
All the action that you would expect from Bond is here, including this time a car, boat and plane chase scenes. Some things are missing though from this instalment, which is a first in a Bond film, the famous theme music is not heard until the end credits and no-more cheesy catch-cry "Name's Bond, James Bond".
and all welcome the dirty gritty Bond. This film will have you glued to the screen for the entire time. If you are a diehard Bond follower however, you may be disappointed with the removal of the parts that made Bond, Bond, but this is a new century with new problems, and I think this works well. The story does have holes, but this is Bond and by the end you have put it all together.
but as stated before this is a new Bond for a new Century. One point I believe is the ending was a bit rushed, be happy to hear your thoughts on this.
Like sequels before, once they have a formula they try to re-use it over and over again to grab the small audience they have into the cinema. Scream for example tried this and failed by the end when they decided to turn the story into a film about a film; hence never another Scream was made.
By the second Saw film you already knew who Jigsaw was, and it was more about the gore, it was a film you watched on DVD to pass the time and enjoy some blood and guts on a Sunday afternoon. Followed was Saw III and Saw IV , much the same as Saw II but lacking story and including more gore.
You have the typical gore scenes as the last four, but not as glorified, which is a change from the previous films. The writers actually sat down and thought about how the story should flow on from the other films, and not just make another gore film. This is no means a must see, and I wouldn’t recommend this to the faint hearted, but if you are a fan of the original Saw and happened to see the sequels then you must see this continuation. For anyone who has not seen the Saw films it will not make much sense without seeing the other films, but if you just want to see a film where you can just sit back and enjoy (and have no problems with the gore) then this is the one, but I recommend seeing the other four before hand.