Movie Review: 2 Guns - More like 4 Guns of action and fun!

So over the weekend, I caught the new movie called '2 Guns' starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. Is this the beginning of the next Mel Gibson and Danny Glover buddy-cop action flick?

I am going to say...'No'. However, enjoy it while it lasts. Denzel Washington is probably one of the best actors today. He can play any role that is asked of him. He can play a a father who has sick son in the hospital, a time traveling cop, a dirty cop, a pilot that can fly a plane upside down, and of course a guy that carries a book throughout the wasteland of post-apocalyptic United States.

The other actor is Mark Wahlberg and he basically plays himself in all his roles. Kind of like Nicolas Cage, but Wahlberg does a much better job of it. Mark's range of acting has definitely improved over the years and he's actually a lot of fun to watch in any movies he's in.

So what is this movie about? It's about two guys who rob a bank. Not just any bank. A bank that holds money for some very unsavory guys. They are then on their own as they have to get the money back. I don't want to ruin any plot points or things you should discover on your own. I will say that there are some very funny moments and some good action scenes. A bunch of actors you will recognize if you like all things 'X' and cruising amongst the stars in a battlestar.

Oh yeah, one more reason to go watch '2 Guns':

This stunning beauty if you don't know is Paula Patton. She's married to Robin Thicke if you didn't know and although he may be behind some 'blurred lines', I'm sure he can clearly see her every night in bed!

Lindsay Watch - Day 7

No news is good news as they say and there really isn't any news about Lindsay Lohan. The only thing I could find was an article about Lindsay thinking about going to Europe post-rehab, but in the end, she did not.

Why? Because she wants to keep THIS woman happy!

You DO NOT want to cross this woman. Apparently two college researchers determined that her endorsement of then Senator Obama, gave him over 1 million votes during the 2008 Presidential Election. 

Anyways, it appears Oprah is setting up a reality show for Lindsay and Oprah wants to make sure her 'star' is going to be around for it. Good luck Oprah! It's only a matter of time!

Today's status: Living and chained to Oprah

Lindsay Watch - Day 6

Good evening folks, it's Day 6 in the unofficial Lindsay Lohan post-rehab recovery watch. As of August 6, 2013, Lindsay Lohan has not gotten in trouble with the law and as far as I can tell, she was not mentioned in any recent news article which is a plus for her. Let's see how long that will last and whoever she's hanging out with that is keeping her out of sight, keep it up!

As for her recent stint as a host for 'Chelsea Lately', here is a photo from the show:

Today's Status: Alive and out of reach from the law

Lindsay Watch - Day 5

This is now the unofficial site that will track Lindsay Lohan's post-rehab recovery. She has been released on July 31, but we're tracking as of August 1st.

From now until something 'major' happens, we will track how long she has stayed out of trouble with the law, with other people, and most importantly with herself.

She recently hosted 'Chelsea Lately', but I didn't watch it because I am neither a Lindsay Lohan fan, Chelsea Handler fan, or even know what channel it was on. I doubt I would have even tuned in if I did know the channel. I already missed this week's episode of 'Under the Dome' on CBS at 10pm.

If you're a Time Warner Cable subscriber, don't worry, even if you remembered to tune in, you couldn't watch it anyways.

So how am I counting the days? Lindsay has to make it through the entire day without getting into trouble. This will be based on Pacific time as I have no clue where she is on any given day. At the end of the day, I will give you an update on her status.

Today's status: Living and Hosting

Movie Review: Warm Bodies - Not just another zombie love story

So this is another movie that came out earlier this year, but lucky for you guys, it's available to rent on DVD or buy in stores.

As the title and poster might suggest, it's a love story. However, it's not your typical love story. It's about a zombie who falls in love with a human. Okay, let that sink in for a second. A ZOMBIE who falls in love with a LIVING human being.

How does that work exactly? Yeah, I didn't know either, which is why I wanted to rent the movie. I'm a big fan of anything zombies. I really believe it will happen one day where zombies will take over the world. Think about it for a second, more and more zombie movies and tv shows are being produced by Hollywood. The CDC are putting out press releases on what to do in case of a zombie outbreak and there was a scenario played out by the military, first responders, and other agencies on what to do if a zombie-like event happened in Southern California (I think it was in San Diego).

As you may or may not know about my movie reviews. I don't really 'review' it. I kind of give you the basis of the movie and let you discover the movie on your own.

In regards to the movie, 'Warm Bodies', I will say it was a great movie. It has the classic zombie scenario: Humans trying to survive from flesh eating zombies and zombies trying to eat living humans to quench their hunger. However, the difference in this movie is that we get to see the perspective from the zombie point of view. Not only that, we get to see a zombie...fall in love?

That's all I have to say about that. I give it a thumbs up and it was thoroughly entertaining. Go out and rent it today and your heart may be restarted!

90 days of peace apparently extended for at least four more days - Lindsay Lohan is about to be free

This is the face of a 27 year old woman named Lindsay Lohan. She looks much older doesn't she?

Are you wondering why you haven't heard any scandalous news about her in the past 90 days? That's because Lindsay Lohan has been to a court ordered rehab stint in California. Alas our 90 days of peace and quiet was about to be over this Wednesday, but it appears that she wants to stay in rehab for another 3-4 days as a 'transitional' period.

This could be a good or bad thing. Is she afraid of leaving the sheltered, controlled life in rehab or taking her rehab serious and wants to really change. No one knows except the woman herself. A woman who was once a talented actress has gone downhill the past few years.

The 'danger zone' as I call it will be when she leaves rehab and spends the next year or so out in public. Most people with addiction will eventually relapse (my opinion) and that's when it becomes dangerous. Just look at the actor from Glee who recently died from a drug overdose. He just got out of rehab earlier this year and was found in a hotel room dead.

Let's find out what happens to Lohan. I think she needs to stay away from parties, her 'inner circle', and especially her mom.

What do you think?

Movie Review: Olympus Has Fallen - But don't worry, Gerard Butler has got it covered

So this movie came out earlier this summer so you won't be able to watch it in theaters, but when it comes out on Blu-ray/DVD, definitely go out to buy it or rent it.

This movie has a lot going for it. It stars Aaron Eckhart has the President of the United States (believable), Gerard Butler as a secret service agent (believable), and Morgan Freeman as the Speaker of the House (of course it's believable, Freeman has played God...twice, President of the United States, spy, Director of Counter Intelligence, I think you get the picture).

Essentially, Butler plays a secret service agent who is thrust upon a situation where the White House is under attack and several top U.S. officials (including Eckhart's President) who are captured by enemy forces. It's quite ingenious on how the White House is attacked and I think the U.S. government should take notes because while not impossible, it's quite plausible. As always, I won't give a 'real' review as others might and I certainly won't provide anything that might be a spoiler.

Instead, if you didn't have an interest in watching it, give it a chance. I think it will keep you interested throughout the movie and on the edge of your seat.

I did find the timing of this movie coming out interesting and I wonder why movie studios would do something like this. What am I talking about? Basically, two studios produced a movie on the same subject, the White House coming under attack. What's worse? They decide to release the movie during the same summer. The other movie is called: White House Down

This movie stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx. While I haven't seen this movie (I had no interest) I assume Tatum plays a secret service agent (somewhat believable) and Foxx as the President (totally NOT believable).

It's also kind of funny because this isn't the first time Hollywood has done this. In fact, it's happened a few times before.

For example, back in the summer of 1998, Hollywood put out two movies about an asteroid hitting the Earth. The movies were Deep Impact and Armageddon. Deep Impact made $349 million worldwide, while Armageddon made $553 million.

Another example came not in the summer movie season, but still just six months apart regardless. The movie was about Wyatt Earp and the competing films were called Tombstone and Wyatt Earp. Tombstone actually came out first in December 1993 and six months later, Wyatt Earp was released. In this instance, Tombstone actually did better financially pulling in $55 million domestically while Wyatt Earp only earned $25 million.

What have we learned here? When two competing movies come out about the same subject matter, one movie is going to do better financially and in terms of popularity.

You can also tell which movie is more popular by how often a movie is played on movie channels like HBO, Showtime, and basic cable. You will see Tombstone and Armageddon more often than Wyatt Earp and Deep Impact.

This summer, I suspect that Olympus Has Fallen will be the movie most people will remember and see on tv channels in the future. The only reason White House Down might have a chance is because of Tatum and Foxx.

What do you guys think? Did I miss another set of movies that came out around the same time on the same subject?

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