Safety Not Guaranteed Review

Last minute yesterday my sister and I decided to go see "Safety Not Guaranteed," instead of "Rock of Ages," and I could not be happier we made that decision. The concept from the movie came from an actual real life person putting in an ad stating that he is going to go back in time and would like someone to join him, bring your weapons, safety is not guaranteed. This ad aired on Jay Leno and the producer's of the movie took that 150 word add or less and turned it into an absolutely brilliant script and in turn a brilliant movie. The cast includes the likes of Aubrey Plaza who plays the lead (Darius) and Jake Johnson (Jeff) from New Girl, and newcomer Karan Soni (Arnau) and finally the lead Mark Duplass (Kenneth). The movie starts with Darius showing us a look in her past, her struggles in college and high school, which brings the audience to where she has left off. Interning at a magazine in Seattle, and trying to work at a restaurant for spare cash. Jeff who is a reporter for the Seattle Magazine finds this Ad and thinks he can come up with a good article by going and speaking with Kenneth who lives in Ocean View. Jeff ends up taking with him Darius and Arnau the interns with him to Ocean View. Turns out Jeff had a different idea of what they would be doing, more like what he would be doing and that is hooking up with a past fling that he used to visit in Ocean View on spring breaks with his family. This leads to Arnau and Darius taking a lead on this article, Darius finds out where he works and some other info on him. Jeff then uses that information and finds Kenneth, starts explaining to him that he would be the perfect guy to go with on this Time Travel adventure, Kenneth is not interested, asks him simple questions such as have you ever experienced fear, questions of that nature. Instead of giving up Darius takes it upon herself to meet with him again of course with Darius being the awkward girl she is get's right along with what seems to be crazy Kenneth. As the movie progresses Darius start's to understand why Kenneth wants to go back revealing that she would go back to save her mother from going to get her chocolate milk which essentially lead to her mother's death, and Kenneth in turn felt comfortable to tell her the same. They form a love relationship, and their are twists and turns as the movie moves along, but the simplicity of their new found love, and the simple concept of wanting to go back in time and change one thing you regret really sticks through out the movie. It ends with no conclusion I suppose we are supposed to assume they went back in time, but I don't think what the movie is actually about. In the beginning of the movie the audience is stressed several times that Darius has never been in love, and isn't happy. The movie concludes with her being happy and also in love. Not just happy because she found love, but happy that she accomplished something that she worked hard to achieve. It seems that movies these days try to hard to be too complicated, and this movie really brought back the idea of being simple and falling in love with complicated characters. More importantly being able to relate to them. All four character go through an obstacle within the movie, some end happy and some end not so happy such as Jeff's character realizing he is kinda stuck where he is with nothing really to look forward to. This in mind it prove's yet again that their doesn't need to be a conclusion, and we can come up with are own.

One Tree Hill Favorite Episodes and Series Finale

I started watching One Tree Hill in High School. Did I start watching when it officially started on the WB...no but I can say that I have seen every single episode including the series finale since then. I think I caught on to the night soap nearing the end of the first season, and fell in love ever since. I remember watching the Jimmy Edwards school shooting episode home alone on a Saturday night and thinking that this show was more brilliant then I could have ever imagined. I also remember watching the prom episode where Derek punches Peyton right when he turns around and surprised millions of fans that it was him at the door and not Lucas. I actually screamed out loud, and I of course remember Keith's wedding, favorite scene in that episode is when Peyton and Jake get together and Lucas picks up Brooke at her house, and the famous episode where Nate asks Hailey to stay the night, and Brooke tells Lucas that he was the only guy she thought about all summer after declaring a few episodes prior that she was pursuing many different guys. All of those episodes plus the most recent episode where Dan takes a bullet for Nate and ends up saving Nate's life while ending his, and walking off into the endless light with Keith, which I could not have imagined the death of Dan's character any other way. Hes been hit by a car, captured by a crazy Nannie and even lit on fire. Dan leaves his life finally satisfied that his relationship with his big brother was not completely destroyed. Brilliantly acted. We leave Tree Hill with the knowledge that everyone is right where they should be. Nate is handing his basketball skills and knowledge over to his son Jamie, Hailey owns and runs Karen's cafe while also managing Chris Keller's music career and still pursuing her own, and Brooke and Julian end up happily with their twin boys and Brooke's Clothing line Baker Boy, and Julian's TV show based nicely on Brooke's life as a high school er and beyond. The series finale ends with all of the friends including the fan favorite Mouth, Skills, (randomly bev), Clay, Quinn, Chase, Chris, Julian, and of course the Tree Hill alumni, Brooke, Hailey, and Nate watching their kids enjoy a tree hill basketball game lead by Nate's prodigal son Jamie. One Tree Hill starts with basketball and ends with basketball couldn't have imagined it any other way.

Keep NBC'S New Show "Bent" Alive!

In the last couple of weeks I have been seeing interview upon interview's with the amazing Amanda Peet. Whether it be on Chelsea Lately, Letterman, or Ellen, Amanda always steals the show, and as excited as I was to see her in the interviews getting a kiss on the hand before departing Letterman (only his favorite ladies get that treatment) I was confused as to why she was getting interviewed so much. Turns out she is on a new show on NBC titled "Bent". I dvr'd both the pilot and the second episode that both aired on the same night last Wednesday, and just recently sat and watched both episodes. Absolutely brilliant. Amanda who plays Alex, and David Walton who plays Riggins (not to be mistaken for the Friday Night Lights Tim Riggins) show what true chemistry is. It was not forced at all. It came off as both cute and funny, which a lot of the newer shows have had a heard time achieving. For example "Whitney", and "Are You there Chelsea". Both of those shows have not met there match. It is way to forced, I keep using that word because a lot of the new comedies such as the two I already mentioned have come off to the audiences, those of us that know what good cute comedy looks like (Will and Grace, Friends, Modern Family, Parks and Rec, Office) as forced. I know how quickly NBC cancels shows and the fact that they are already playing back to back episodes of this show every Wednesday scares me a little. It feels like they are already giving up, and using it like they already used David Walton previously in the underrated comedy "Perfect Couples" that aired similarly just a year prior. Not only does their chemistry work, and does the comedy succeed, but the cast is ahead of its time. As I noted earlier it is led by the amazing Amanda Peet, and newcomer David Walton, but there supporting cast speaks for themselves. You have the great Jesse Plemons from Friday Night Lights fame, the hilarious Jeffery Tambor from Arrested Development fame, and Margo Harshman that us 07 high graduates remember from Even Stevens, and of course the funny J.B Smoove from Curb Your Enthusiasm fame. Please spend the hour long or if your smart and have DVR spend the 40 minutes laughing and smiling tonight and for the remainder of its season (yet to be determined) at 9 Eastern time, because shows like this don't come around as often anymore we have shows like "I Hate My Teenage Daughter" on Fox to prove that point.

Parenthood Season Three Finale

Last night was the highly anticipated season finale of Parenthood. The episode started with views of both Crosby and Jasmine breaking up with their significant others. Most viewers may have been disappointed with the lack of attention spent on the break ups, but I thought Brian and fam did a good job justifying what the main point of the episode was, and of course that being Jasmine and Crosby's long awaited wedding. In the middle of preparing the wedding we also had the incredibly touching moment between Julia and Zoe that made me wish for more. Seriously I actually do think more time should have been spent on that moment. Also, there was the Crosby and Adam storyline that I personally was not fond of, so I am refusing to discuss it, and then the Amber (favorite character) and Bill situation, thank god she choose the job over the man! I was hoping it was going to go in that direction, it also makes for some good future tension scenes between the two at work, I am looking forward to that. There was also the drama of Sarah and Mark break-up then proposal storyline. I hope that they stay together, but Sarah always seems unstable and uncertain of her decisions so we will see what happens next with them. It is important to note that she did not give an answer, so that was the supposed cliff hanger along with Julia and Joel adopting a young boy due to his incarcerated mom, which like a recapper of EW stated "should make for good television when they explain that situation to Sydney." Those moments and of course the wedding itself is whats keeping me going through the hiatus. Parenthood fans we need to stick together and really pray that this amazing show gets picked up for a fourth season!! Finally, shout out to Billy Riggins making his small debut, love when Friday Night Lights and Parenthood come together. The two shows really have a lot in common. So what do you Braveman fans think? Are you hoping for a season 4?

Oscar Nominations

Every year I am beyond excited for the Oscar nominations to go out, I even wake up early to watch them announce the nominations live. This year was different, I didn't wake up because I was not only lazy but I was also not too excited about the nomination prospects. All I really was excited about was Charlize Theron (Young Adult), and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) getting nominated. To my complete surprise not one of these incredibly underrated performers were nominated. Instead we have five ladies that in the eyes of the "blockbuster" critics deserved the nod. Did Viola Davis, Meryl Streep, Rooney Mara, Michelle Williams and Glenn Close really outperform Charlize and Elizabeth? I don't know if anyone could argue with me that they did. The reason being, Elizabeth and Charlize created with the help of the producers and writers...etc, they created new characters that were made completely from their view of what should be told from the story. Where as all of the above five ladies were basing their roles off of already written, produced, and understood roles. While I believe they performed beautifully, I still do not believe they out performed the ladies who in my eyes could stand next too Natalie Portmans performance in Black Swan last year. I think the other ladies would have a hard time standing next to the likes of Natalie Portman (Black Swan) or Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) for that matter. What do you think? Do you think the ladies really outperformed Charlize and Elizabeth, and for that matter the leading lady Adepro Oduye from Pariah that Meryl so proudly announced as one of the best actresses this year?

Desperate Housewives- "Kiss them Goodbye" Episode One Recap

It is great to be back on Wisteria Lane! We left off last season with a lot of drama that was not fully resolved (and apparently will not be fully resolved for a while).

Spoiler Alert!!!

First things first Lynette and Tom status. Apparently they have yet to tell the kids that they do in fact want to get separated. Penny was picking up the clues leading up to their decision to separate even before they were, but of course it would not be desperate housewives without prolonging things. I thought Marc Cherry did a nice job showing that Lynette does still need Tom and in some ways wants Tom, but Lynette isn't going to go back into the relationship as quickly as most fans would like her too. After episode one we are left with Lynette and Tom letting the kids know that they are separating and leaving us fans wondering who will hook up quicker with someone else? Lynette or Tom?

Gaby's Step Father Crisis. The big cliffhanger of last season was the ladies coming together to hide the death or in that case Murder of Gaby's Step Father who we found out used to sexually abuse Gaby, and has up until that point made Gaby feel unsafe and scared. What was most significant about the season finale was the relationship between Brie and Carlos being reattached because of Bries quick decision to help Carlos and Gaby in hiding this murder and saving Carlos from yet another trip to jail. Brie and Gaby are willing to hide this secret until they die, but Lynette and Susan are not as able to feel that way. Throughout this first episode we see Susan not acting herself because of not being able to tell Mike what the secret is.

For the upcoming episodes this "Secret" will truly show how close the four ladies really are, and for that matter how loyal they are.

So I guess the biggest question is who will tell big secret first? Susan? Lynette..will find out.

Let me know what you thought of this first episode. Do you want Lynette and Tom to stay separated? Do you think Susan has every right to tell Mike the ladies secret?

Parenthood Recap

Tonight's episode was filled with anger, drugs, sex and alcohol and most of it was just Amber. Mae Whitman is truly doing an amazing job showing how a young adult could act after her dreams are crushed, and in doing so I am truly disliking her character and that is saying a lot, because she has been my favorite up until this point. After she pushed her mother Sarah played by Lauren Graham she became very unlikeable which is what I believe Grazer and Howard where trying to portray. I don't want to even start about the car accident, even with being annoyed with Amber currently I could not imagine her not on the show. What I am assuming is that this is just a way for Crosby and Jasmine to get back together, and also a way for Amber to have a wake up call and figure out a different dream rather then resulting to smoking, or drinking, or at least I hope this is the case. In other story lines Crosby is repairing a house for him, Jasmine, and Jabar to live in which I believe is more then amazing, but I am not sure it is enough for Jasmine to forgive him I just hope it is, and he knows this and like he said "its like a hail Mary" lets just hope its in his favor. Also, the second biggest storyline, Haddie admitting to her parents that she is in fact having sex, her mom taking it alot better then her dad which showed yet again the amazing acting skills by Peter Krause who plays Haddies father. Besides the car accident I am happy with every other storyline. I just hope that the season ends with Crosby and Jasmine back together, Amber healthy and motivated, and Haddie not pregnant, but we cant win them all. What do you think? Is Amber bothering you? Did Peter Krause play a good father that just found out his baby girl isn't really a baby anymore?