Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026)

After catching her fiancé schtupping his "celebrity free pass," the bride-to-be decides to get revenge by pursuing her own hall pass in actor Jon Hamm, who she attempts to track down in Hollyweird with the help of her best friend, an ex-talent agent, a down-on-his-luck paparazzo, and a has-been actor. It's a ridiculously unsubtle comedy wrapped in an overtly Wizard of Oz framework with plenty of cameos to spare. It's so aggressively silly and pummels you with so many dumb jokes, you have no choice but to give in to the stupidity. While it's likable enough in all its dopey grandeur, it ultimately feels shallow.

2 feet in the door out of 5

CAKE [2014]

Jennifer Aniston delivers the best performance of her career to date in director Daniel Barnz's somber drama, Cake.
It's a dismal story about a wretched bitch of a woman in chronic pain who develops an unhealthy obsession with a distant acquaintance who's recently killed herself.  Covered in facial scars and greasy hair, Aniston is superb in the lead role, as she never overplays it, allows her eyes to do most of the storytelling, while never once resorting to "this is my big tear-jerking Oscar moment" hokum.  Unfortunately, while Aniston does her best to avoid sad drama schmaltz, the script manages to twist itself into that and you probably won't realize it until it's too late.  The direction is a little unsure of itself and the plotline begins to dogpaddle as it realizes it doesn't know if it can carry it's own weight.

3 wind chimes out of 5

HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 [2014]

Nick, Dale & Kurt are back for more crimes gone hilariously wrong in the sequel to 2011's smash hit, Horrible Bosses.
This time around, the hopeless trio hatch a kidnapping scheme that quickly spirals out of control when their victim wants in on the job.  What's interesting is to see how much the chemistry of three lead's chaotic banter seems to play more like co-star Charlie Day's TV show It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, which makes for a delightful surprise not seen in the first film.  Sure the jokes are rudely moronic, outrageously offensive and questionably tasteless but with the right timing they're perfect.  If you're a fan of the first then you're almost guaranteed to enjoy this one just as much if not more.

3 permanent markers out of 5

LIFE OF CRIME [2013]

One knows what to expect when it comes to an Elmore Leonard film adaptation: am ensemble cast, petty criminals galore, snappy dialogue and a single crime that spirals wildly out of control.
So if you're a fan, then director Daniel Schechter's Life Of Crime should supply some decent Sunday afternoon entertainment.
A prequel of sorts to Leonard's Rum Punch, the film features many of the same characters just getting started in their lives of crime with a kidnapping plan gone terribly awry.  While it doesn't quite stand up to the precise quality of Jackie Brown or Out Of Sight, it certainly is light years better than overly slick Get Shorty.  Here it's the cast that sells the film right off the bat.  While John Hawkes and Mos Def are wonderfully entertaining, it's surprisingly Jennifer Aniston and Will Forte who steal the show with well-defined and subtle performances that let the funny slip in at all the right moments.

3 holes in the wall out of 5

WE'RE THE MILLERS [2013]

Dodgeball writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber brings us We're The Millers, a surprisingly enjoyable and mildly offensive comedy/road movie.
Jason Sudeikis & Jennifer Aniston are at the top of their game here, Emma Roberts is kind of boring but necessary while it's Son Of Rambow's Will Poulter that steals the entire show as the clueless, awkward kid.  There really isn't much of a story here and what little there is, it's a bit of an uneven mess but we're here for the laughs and it delivers.  By the end of the film I found how much I enjoyed each of the characters and wanted to see it inevitably all work out.

3 wincing spider bites out of 5

WANDERLUST [2012]

After the surprisingly funny Role Models I expected director David Wain's Wanderlust to supply some good chuckles as well.  

Feck, was I ever wrong.  It had a few funny moments but mostly fell trap to overly long and awkward moments that tried too hard to be weird or outlandish.  This would be a perfect example of why I dislike the majority of comedy films today.  

Utter trash.

1 penguin with testicular cancer out of 5

THE SWITCH [2010]

Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston star in The Switch, a light-hearted romantic film from the goofs that wrote and directed Blades Of Glory.

You know exactly how it's all going to play out the instant you hear what the premise is but for some reason it's still passable for the performances, particularly Jeff Goldblum.   Not really a great film but at least it's not fucking Julia Roberts.

2 cum in a cups out of 5

OFFICE SPACE [1999]

Beavis & Butthead creator, Mike Judge's satirical comedy cult classic Office Space is a prime example of his various different types of comedic styles.
With it's wicked sense of humor, believable characters and a superb ensemble cast, Office Space is without a doubt one of the definitive workplace comedies ever produced. It speeds along with non-stop laughs until that final 15 minutes where it suddenly just falls apart. Almost as if Judge didn't know how to end it or had to do some sudden rewrites. No matter, the rest of the film more than makes up for it.
If you love laughing and hate your job then this one comes highly recommended from myself and legions and legions of other jaded folk with a chronic case of the Mondays.

4 Edward Scissorhands BBQs out of 5

Leprechaun (1993)

It's the role Warwick Davis was born to play.
Holy shit, this brings back memories. An evil leprechaun goes looking for his missing gold shilling after being released from under the curse of a four-leaf clover. Cheesy laughs ensue. Notable for being Jennifer Aniston's first major movie role just one year before she struck gold on Friends. Bet she wishes she could bury this one. I actually find it very entertaining, however. This is one of those movies I class under "so bad, it's good."

3.5 lucky charms out of 5

Horrible Bosses (2011)

Hilarious. The bosses (Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell) are standouts here. Essentially a movie about three disgruntled employees planning their murderous revenge (a la Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train), it is satisfying, perverse and very funny. I've never found Jennifer Aniston sexier than this slutty dentist role.

3.5 Motherfucker Jones's out of 5