Going the distance Review.

Step aside Adam Sandler as Drew Barrymore has a new love interest on film and their chemistry on camera together tops Sandlers outings with Drew.  Justin Long is the man who crosses all the box's for Drew Barrymore in this enjoyable romantic comedy. Justin plays Garett a music manager who never properly commits to relationships and after the first scene of the movie finds himself single again.  Drew plays Erin a wannabe news reporter trying to get her career back on track after dropping everything for a guy.  The two bump into each other over a arcade machine and they never look back.  Erin is leaving in six weeks and wants nothing too serious which Garett is well chuffed to hear.  Cue 6 weeks and they just cant walk away from each other so cue the long distance relationship and constant texting which leads one of Garetts funny friends Box (Jason Sudeikis) grabbing the phone of him and hitting it with a golf club at the driving range.  Garetts getting advice from Box and his hilarious room mate Dan (Charlie Dan)  while Erin is getting advice from her sister Corrine (Christina Applegate).  The film has a good feel to it from the start and when i thought it was gonna get predictable it proved me wrong and went into another direction.  Well worth the watch and you feel the chemistry that Drew and Justin have on screen.  Just look out for a hilarious table sex scene which left me laughing out loud in enjoyment.

"Leap Year" Film Review

Amy Adams and Mathew Goode star in this pleasant romantic comedy.  Amy Adams is Anna Brady a successful "stager" who makes apartments look great to be sold.  She is dating Jeremy Sloane (Adam Scott) and she believes that its possible that Jeremy is gonna propose to her much to her dads delight Jack Brady(very brief cameo by the great John Lithgow) who says if he don't her only chance maybe to follow a great Irish tradition where its OK for the woman to propose to a man as long as its on leap day (February 29).  Que the obvious where he doesn't propose but just gives a pair of earrings.  And of course Jeremy just so happens to be going to Ireland for business in the same week of the leap day.  Que where the movie starts its humour with Anna trying to get to Dublin to take action on the leap year ruling only to have plane problems which makes her land in wales then boat problems which means she docks at Dingle Peninsula.  This is where she meets Declan O'Callaghan (Goode) a bar owner who gives Anna a hard time saying Dublin is full of horrible people.  How he winds Anna up is really a joy to watch and all he can do is mock the whole idea of the proposal but offers to take Anna and Lewie (her briefcase lol) to Dublin for money.  Cue catastrophe after catastrophe which shows the pair in a strange way getting closer together and finding out little things about each other.  Declan seems to know his priorities and that's what Anna is surprised at and at same time admires.  You really seem to root for the couple as they get to Dublin but Anna gets taken in by the reunion with Jeremy that Declan sees all is lost and leaves (without wanting a penny).  Que both going on with their lives til Anna reallies Jeremy's priorities are all materialistic things which Anna don't need.  All she needs is Declan who she flies out to try get that chance and succeeds.  Leap Year is an enjoyable romantic comedy and the chemistry between Amy Adams and Mathew Goode is comfortable and warming to watch.  May not be laugh out loud stuff but is a nice easy to watch movie.  Being of Irish decent i enjoy the music and the countryside of Ireland.  Give it a watch and let me know if you disagree with me. 

"Knight and Day" review

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz star in this action comedy.  Tom Cruise stars as on the run spy Roy Miller and Diaz plays June Havens.  the helpless woman who gets caught in the action.  You really need to see this film as it is and not take the story line too serious as you sometimes forget your watching a comedy.  Basically if mission impossible was a comedy it would sort of be like this.  Seeing bullets flying everywhere and hardly getting a scratch on each other just keep remembering people its a comedy.  Diaz and Cruise have a nice chemistry on set and is let down with the supporting cast really.  But any film with Diaz in a bikini in it gets a thumb up from us.  Just hope the DVD has bonus features on how Roy gets June into it.