DETENTION [2011]

Take Scream, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World & Mean Girls, then add in a truckload of '90's pop culture references and a heavy dose of gory music video weird, toss it all in a blender set to liquify and you get Joseph Kahn's stupid but insanely entertaining Detention.  

Sure it's a mess of a plot, not very well acted and ridiculously unfocused but it's funny, insane and self-aware enough to warrant at least one viewing for anyone that knows who Angela Chase is.  

2½ unfortunate abductions of time-travelling bears out of 5

MONSTER HOUSE [2006]

Director Gil Kenan teams up with Community's creator Dan Harmon & co-writer Rob Schrab for the motion-capture animated Monster House.

It's driven forward by some beautiful visuals & lighting, wonderful score from Douglas Pipes and wild imagination unfortunately it's dragged down by annoying characters, lack of heart and huge plotholes.  A entertaining ride nonetheless but should be noted that it's far too intense & scary for the wee ones.

2½ House Wives out of 5