New Releases On DVD/BLURAY/Streaming This Week

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Now, I moved up this week's new releases due to the fact I will be off line the rest of the week. I may try to sneak in an Avengers2 review Thursday night.
Well there are four new releases this week too note, so here we go!!!

INHERENT VICE
Directed And Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson
Based on the book by Thomas Pynchon
Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Josh Brolin



Larry "Doc" Sportello (Phoenix) investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend in 1970 Los Angeles

Many people are calling this an instant cult classic. I just thought it was a mess. It is not as funny as the trailer would have you think. At almost 2:30, it felt like it was...well,,, 2:30. This film really needed some editing.  I understand it was based on a book (which I did not have the pleasure to read) and maybe the the director, Anderson , was trying to stay true to the book. Still, Anderson hired an editor, he should have used her a lot more.
Positives: well acted by Phoenix and Brolin (who is a blast!!). Also a nice bit of acting in a small role by a newcomer Joanna Newton, she plays Sortilege, she also narrates the film.

The film is messy 2 out of 5 star for Inherent Vice.


PADDINGTON
Directed by Paul King
Screenplay by Paul King
Based On The Books By Michael Bond
Starrring: Hugh Bonneville; Sally Hawkins; and Nicole Kidman



 Based on the popular books, Paddington. A young bear (Paddington) travels to London in search of a home. At Paddington Station, he meets the kind Brown family and they offer him a temporary home. Life looks wonderful for Paddington until he is seen by a taxidermist (Kidman), who has plans for the bear.

This film did well here and very well overseas. It is a very cute film which kind of steals the idea from 101 Dalmations. It has many laughs for children. Not as many for adults, as a matter of a fact Paddington becomes a little more annoying as the film went on at least to me and probably other adults watching. However the film was not meant for adults, and children really seem to love it.
What makes this film work are the performances by Bonnevile and Hawkins, they are fun to watch, and the over the top performance by Kidman, children hate her but adults will find her kind of funny. Also nice voice acting by Ben Whishaw as Paddington.

Well 3 1/2 stars out of 5 for Paddington. A harmless children's film.


WEDDING RINGER
Directed  by Jeremy Garelick
Screenplay by Jeremy Garelick and Jay Lavender
Starring: Kevin Hart; Josh Gad; Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting



Two weeks shy of his wedding, Doug Harris (Gad) must come up with a wedding party to stand with him. So he hires Best Man Inc. ran by Jimmy Callahan (Hart) to provide best men for his nuptials.

Let me get this out of the way first. Out of the two films released this year with Hart in them, the other being Get Hard, this film is the one to see. Is the film great? No. But it works. What makes it funny is that it is relatable. When women ask girlfriends to be in a wedding there is excitement and they are honored. When men ask their friends to be in a wedding the groom feels bad, and the guys always think well there goes a Saturday, at least I get free drinks. It is relatable!!
Some of the jokes are over the top and some fall flat, still somehow this film just works and is enjoyable. It may be because Hart; Gad; and Cuoco-Sweeting are perfectly cast here.

3 1/2 out of 5 stars for Wedding Ringer. It is pretty funny.


THE BOY NEXT DOOR
Directed by Rob Cohen
Written by Barbara Curry
Starring Jennifer Lopez; Ryan Guzman; John Corbett; and Kristin Chenoweth



A  married woman (Lopez) separated from her husband (Corbett) falls for a younger man (Guzman) who has moved in next door. Problems start when he becomes more of a stalker.

Well, this is a hard film to review because it does deliver what the trailer brings, suspense.
It is just that, if you decide to watch this you have to ignore huuuuuuge plot hole and just stuuuuupid behavior. The film has fine acting in it by Lopez. I was not impressed with Guzman he seemed to almost be reading his lines off camera.
Well anyway the film does give some suspense, 2 stars out of 5 for The Boy Next Door.

Well I will be back in a few days...as always thanks for your time.