The Wedding Crashers (comedy): Two guys crash weddings to pick up chicks, and eventually one falls in love and screws up a good thing. There’s a billion and a half reviews on this one, and little need for me to add to the pile. It was funny and I enjoyed it quite a bit. B+

National Lampoon’s Barely Legal (comedy): Three high school pals lose a source of income when the video store that they pirate porno videos from goes out of business. They then come up with the wacky idea of forming their own porn company. Because the script is tired and the jokes stale, hilarity doesn’t really ensue. The better versions of this movie are called The Girl Next Door and Risky Business. C

Dukes of Hazard (comedy): The critics hated this movie, so I wasn’t really expecting much. I used to watch the Duke Boys every Friday when I was a kid to see that orange ‘68 charger jump over stuff and squeal it’s tires (even on dirt). The show was cheesy as hell, but who cared? The show was all about the car, and it was fun as hell. This movie was no different, and despite it’s complete crap ratings, I loved it. Like the Brady Bunch movie, it hit on most of the points of the original show, but added it’s own modern touches. I really didn’t like the idea of a blonde Daisy Duke, but they liberally sprinkled the movie with Linda Carter, who is twice as hot as Jessica Simpson, despite being twice her age. The only other gripe against the movie was that that soundtrack was a who’s who of southern rock, but the actual CD of the soundtrack pales in comparison. I think this movie was made for thirty-something year old boys, and I fit right in the target audience. B+

The Siege (action): If I told you that there was a movie out starring Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis and they’re out to catch terrorists who are planting bombs all over New York City, you’d want to watch it. Unfortunately, the actors and the premise promise a thrill ride that the script doesn’t deliver. Half way through I spent more time making fun of Annette Bening’s over dramatic acting than waiting for Bruce Willis to blurt out a terrible rendition of, “YOU want the TRUTH? YOU can’t handle the TRUTH!” Someone should get a kick in the nuts for this let down.C-

Millions (drama?): Two English kids find 200,000 English pounds, and one brother wants to turn himself into a 12 year old pimp of the nation, while the other wants to spend it on the poor. Despite the hard to understand English accents, I really enjoyed a solid three-quarters of this movie. Somewhere the movie that I was watching got sidetracked and by the time the ending showed up and I had no idea what the heck happened. B-

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