Uncle Northcott’s Movie Reviews

Well I finally realized my dream of seeing Jason Segels twig and berries. Homeboys FULLY nude about 10 times in this movie. Not a good start to this comedy, unless of course he had 3 testes or a forked man-saber. Alas this is not the case, but still this is a very funny movie. Segel, who wrote the script, plays a guy who writes music for a CSI type T.V. show that his girlfriend, Kristen Bell is starring in. After she dumps him, his Step-Bro tells the depressed Segel to take a vacation, so he goes to a resort in Hawaii. Oops his Ex is there with her new guy, a Brit rock singer played by Russell Brand. This guy almost steals the whole movie. After she helps him out of a embarrassing situation, Segel starts to take a shine to the desk clerk, played by Mila Kunis. Soon competitions arise, feelings get sorted out and life goes on. This is a funny movie and tho Jason Segel is known as a T.V. guy ( How I Met Your Mother- Freeks And Geeks) he seems to have a future as an actor/writer. Beware tho, this is an “R” rated adult comedy. 1 man-hammer, photos of boobs, language, you know, “R” rated stuff. Oddly, I watched “Walk Hard- The Dewey Cox Story” DVD the day before Sarah Marshell, and it had a purple headed yogurt slinger in it too. Whats with all the male nudity? Both movies were produced by Judd Apatow. Humm trying to tell us something Judd? 1 good movie please. Hold the wiener.

I guess “The Ruins” is easier to market than “Crap crap triple crap”. 4 American tourists are invited to see some ruins that are off the beaten path. By a German. If your goal is a kick in the strudel, then by all means follow a Greman. I hav’ent trusted the Germans since they followed that vile, hateful dictator. You know who I’m talking about. The evil mr. H. Man that Hasselhoff sucks. These generic, white twenty-somethings end up at a Mayen temple where the locals trap them there. Soon an ancient evil starts stalking them. Yep the ivy. Killer vines. Sure, why not? Nothing taps into peoples primordial fears like a murderous veggie platter. A carrot up the nose, some broccoli in the throat and maybe some cauliflower up the…. well you get the idea. Scary, fun or interesting this aint. A little skin, a lot of gore and a guy snoring down the aisle from me. After this I had an overwelming urge to kick a vegetarian. Save your time and money. Next: not sure. Nothing pulls my trigger right now.

I was going to sue for infringement of body type but it turns out I’m big boned not fat. 4ft8, 240 pounds is big boned right? Anywich a single word to discribe this movie would be “pleasant”. The great Simon Pegg plays his usual aimless bloke who gets cold feet and leaves his pregnant fiance, Thandie Newton at the alter. Flash forward 5 years, carefully, dont hurt yourself, and Simons a security guard at a lingerie store and sees his son weekly. He still pines for Newton but is ok with their situaton when suddenly, cue dramatic music, another man sweeps her off her feet. The new guy, played by Chief Wiggam voice master Hank Azaria, is everything Simon is not. Rich, good job and an athlete. Spurred into action to win his girl back, Simon decides to race the new man in the London marathon. This is a very paint by numbers, as predictable as they come comedy but is saved by its very likeable cast. Its directed by Ross from Friends, David Swinemandude or something. Simon being trained by his Indian landlord and gambling addicted friend Dylan Moran are funny stuff. As an aside, go buy Dylan Morans great Brit TV series Black Books at once. Go to Amazon now, I’ll wait. Welcome back Hot Pants. So all in all a pleasant movie for the whole family. Its PG-13 and runs 100 min. Now I know what your thinking, “Sweet Uncle Cool this is’ent your usual type of movie, your taste in romantic films contain scenes of immoral, degrading and probably illegal behavior in them”! Your right of course but I’ll see anything with Simon Pegg and Dylan Moran in it. Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were both great. I even bought a region free DVD player just to see Simons brilliant British TV series “Spaced”. I had to order from Amazon U.K. Simon Pegg is the man. Next: The Ruins