The Lobster
Type: Independent
Starring: Colin Farrell
In a city where it is illegal to be single, a man finds himself in quite a pickle when his wife cheats on him and leaves. He is forced to do what all single folks do and checks himself into a hotel where you have 45 days to find your partner. If you can't find a suitor, you must choose an animal to become and are forced into the woods. Our friend David chooses......well I think you can guess based on the title.
The hotel does everything it can to portray just how awful life can be as a single person. Men will choke without their wive's to save them. Women will be attacked by awful men without their husbands to rescue them. That is at-least what the hotel wants its guests to think. You can forget masturbating. David's friend had to place his hand in a toaster, turned on, after doing so. It is pretty extreme at the hotel and David's days are numbered. Alas he finds a wife but that goes sour when she finds out he was only pretending to be a certain way in order for her to like him.
David then escapes from the hotel and hides in the woods where he meets a group of single outlaws who refuse to conform. You'd think this would be a good thing, but this group has a rule in which you are not allowed to find a companion. If you do, you'll be killed. So of course David finds the love of his life here.
As you can see, we have two extremes here which do make the movie rather stressful at times. It has an ominous tone and is definitely quirky. It's almost as if the writers were extremely caught up in their premise so much that it became a bit much. I'd still recommend it for my indie movie friends as you will definitely be intrigued.
Central Intelligence
Type: Action/Comedy
Starring: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Kevin Hart
Calvin Joyner was the king of his high school. He was on top and assumed he always would be. Unfortunately as he got older, married his high school sweetheart and became an accountant, his felt like a disappointment to his younger self.
Bob Stone, aka Robby Weird D*ck, was the opposite of Calvin in high school. He had his own flare for life that his peers couldn't understand, so what did they do? Bully him of course. Fortunately, post high school was his time to shine and he definitely did. Working out 6 hours a day for two decades proved to be quite beneficial in changing his once over weight physique. Robby transformed into Bob Stone. Oh yeah.......he also joined the CIA.
On the same week as their twenty year reunion, Bob and Calvin and reunited when Bob approaches Calvin to help him with a major CIA investigation. As much as he fights it, this is exactly what Calvin needs to regain faith in his lack luster life. Calvin has no idea that his kind gesture in high school of giving his jacket to Bob at one of his lowest moments would never be forgotten. Calvin has always and will always be Bob's hero.
We all know Kevin Hart is hilarious and he doesn't disappoint in this. The Rock tends to play the character he usually plays in comedies; a meat head with a soft spot. The duo do create some laugh out loud moments and the length of the movie is just right. A definite action/comedy for the family.
Finding Dory
Type: Family
Starring: Ellen Degeneres (Dory) and Albert Brooks (Marlin)
I don't think I know a single person who didn't like Finding Nemo, so I am not surprised at how successful this movie was in the box office.
We are reunited with our friends Marlin and Dory in a tale of how Dory, in all her forgetfulness, gets lossed from her parents as a baby. She spends her whole life trying to find them. It isn't until after she meets Marlin and helps him find his son, does she remembers she needs to find them. The trio then set out on their next adventure to swim across the sea to California to find them.
Finding Dory follows a similar pattern as Finding Nemo in the obstacles along the way. I was excited to see the "surfer-dude" turtles back as well as other well-loved characters from the previous movie. I also must add how adorable baby Dory is. You will absolutely fall in love with her cuteness. Parents, children, couples, friends, and pretty much anyone will enjoy this movie. Appropriate amounts of adult humor are included as well as refreshing innocence of an animated Pixar family movie.
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