Film Review: Just Go With It

Written By Emma King

Cert: 12A
Director: Dennis Dugan
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Starring: Adam Sandler (The Wedding Singer), Jennifer Anniston (F.R.I.E.N.D.S.) and Nicole Kidman (The Others), plus Bailee Madison, Griffin Gluck, Nick Swardson and Brooklyn Decker.

Danny (Sandler) is a cosmetic surgeon who pretends to be married to an abusive wife to pull women for one night stands. Palmer (Decker) is a sweet school teacher and the first woman in a long time who Danny pulls without using his unique chat-up technique. Danny believes he and Palmer could have something great until Palmer finds his fake wedding ring. He can't tell her the truth, what kind of guy pretends to be married to get laid? So he creates a fake wife who he's fake divorcing. Unfortunately for Danny, Palmer insists insists on meeting said wife, enter Katherine (Anniston). Katherine works at Danny's surgery and is the one woman who knows about Danny's seedy ways. After some shoe shopping bribery she plays the perfect fake ex-wife, and everything goes to plan. That is until her kids ring and then Danny has a whole fake family to uphold.

It's not the most unique film in the world, it's not the smartest or the most romantic, but it is bloody funny and far better than I was expecting. Danny's fake children in particular just make the film as they blackmail Danny for all he's worth, giving a different meaning to 'Sugar Daddy'. Other great characters include Katherine's fake German boyfriend Eddie (Swardson) and her old 'frenemy' Devlin (Kidman). Just Go With It shows the consequences of lying through a fun script with good character development and some great laugh-out-loud humour. With each lie comes another comedic cover-up but as Danny quickly learns, it's best to Just Go With It...

A Star Is Born Re-make Rumours

Written by Emma King

Hey guys! I typed this ages ago and forgot to post it but here it is anyway just incase you didn't hear this update:

Classic movie 'A Star Is Born' is rumoured to be re-made with Beyonce as the lead and Clint Eastwood as the director. Surely this can only be good (says the Beyonce fan) but apparently not everyone shares my opinion...

http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/clint-eastwood-will-direct-beyonce-in-a-star-is-born-musical-remake.php

http://perezhilton.com/2010-02-05-a-star-is-born-remake-2

Action Man

Written by Emma King
Originally written for
Nang! magazine & The Mash Up Mix

What makes Bond movies so great? The suits, the girls, the guns... And the stunts! This is a stunt portfolio video of my friend Gavin Gerlach who is training to be a stuntman. So far he has only broken his little toe and burnt his ear so I'm not too worried, although seeing him on fire did make me say 'Be Careful' about a dozen times. 

The name’s Bond… Wannabe Bond…

Ever fancied yourself as a bit of a 007? Then read on...

Trailer Time!

Written by Emma King

Hey people!

Fancy a movie trailer marathon? Click on this link to The Mash Up Mix to see lots of movie trailers from films you might have missed to films coming out on DVD soon and movies heading to a cinema near you this year. Check out the 'Film Trailers' page for a list of all the movies trailers I've
posted so far from 'Water For
Elephants' to 'Paul'.

Enjoy!

Burlesque Baby! (Review)

Written By Emma King

Cert: 12A
Director/Writer: Steve Antin
Genre: Drama/Dance/Musical
Starring: Christina Aguilera (popstar), Cher (diva extroadinaire), Stanley Tucci (Sex & The City), Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), Cam Gigandet (Twilight), Alan Cumming (The L Word), Peter Gallagher (The OC), Diana Agron (Glee), Julianne Hough (Dancing With The Stars) and Eric Dane (McSteamy from Grey's Anatomy).


So it didn't get the best reviews, it only made number 50 on James King's movies of 2010* and it was almost the same storyline as Coyote Ugly, but screw all that; Burlesque is well worth a viewing!


Firstly, it has the cast de la fabulous with performances from Cher and Aguilera who co-wrote some of the soundtrack. Secondly, there's sweet romance, sexy costumes, an original jazzy soundtrack and lots of half naked women for all you perves out there! This combination makes Burlesque sheer glamour and sparkles baby!

My Film Inventions

Written by Emma King



The Land Of Imagination


Hey folks! So many great films came out last year and we are lucky to have some exciting releases this year too. However, there are still so many movies that haven't been made yet; so many stories to share with the world, so many special effects we've never experienced and heaps of characters still to meet. So any film producers out there who are stuck for an idea, well I have a few for ya! Here are the movies I would love to see made:

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn

Written by Emma King

I am a bit of a vampire nerd. I love The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Being Human, An Interview With A Vampire and of course The Twilight Saga. If you are also a Twilight fan then you will probably have recently watched your Eclipse DVD that you got for Christmas and have just stared getting excited about the next film only to realise it's not out until November! So to keep you going, here are some links with lots of info about Breaking Dawn Parts One and Two. In other words, I've done a bit of stalking so you don't have to!

The UK Movie Money Guide

Written by Emma King

The joy of cinema

I love movies. I love going to the cinema; sitting in those cosy furnished seats, popcorn on my lap, friends either side and somebody gorgeous like Gerard Butler on a giant screen in front of me acting his cute little bum off. However, I don’t know about you, maybe I’m just a bit poor, but I think charging £8.40 for this experience is extortionate. For that same amount I could get eight items in Poundland, two DVDs in the HMV January sale, a main and dessert in Weatherspoons or a bundle of classic movies to rent from Blockbuster. Yet at my local cinema, £8.40 will get you just one movie and then you’ll have to pay another extortionate amount for your drink and popcorn. God forbid you want a bag of Minstrels as well. So the way I see it, I have a few options left and I thought I might share them in case you too need eight things in Poundland.