143. Arthur

So I have to admit that I was intrigued and I thought that I would take a chance on the movie, Arthur. I say a chance because you never know what you are going to get with Russell Brand. He can be really funny and decent or he can be utterly perverted and filthy. What finally pushed me over the edge to try it was Helen Mirren. My wife is a HUGE Helen Mirren fan and she is a quality actress so I hoped that anything she was willing to co-star in wouldn't be a total piece of trash. Let me just say that my faith in Helen Mirren hasn't let me down!

In Arthur, Russell Brand plays the lead character by the same name. He is a spoiled, rich grown-up who insists on acting like a child. You could argue that this was due to the utter neglect of his mother and the early death of his father, but there is really no excuse for acting out at his age. Anyway, since he continues to act like a child his mother still employs his childhood nanny, Hobson, played by Helen Mirren to watch out for him. Let me tell you...Helen Mirren steals the show! She is curt and no non-sense and watches Arthur's back at all costs. She genuinely cares for him and it shows.

The plot thickens when Arthur's mother decides that she is tired of his non-sense and so he is either going to marry the girl she has chosen for him (Jennifer Garner) or she will disinherit him. Jennifer Garner's character is dominating and cares nothing about Arthur but agrees to marry him because she knows that she will be the top choice to run the family company because Arthur is so irresponsible. The only problem is that after Arthur agrees to his mother's horrible plan, he meets Naomi (Greta Gerwig) who quite possibly could be the love of his life. So he has a big decision to make. Will it be love or will it be money? As you can imagine, chaos insues.

Final Verdict: Worth Owning.

66. RED

                 I really, really liked this movie. Way better than I thought it was going to be. I don’t know why I really doubted that this movie would be good but sometimes it seems that when you try to get an “All Star Cast” together for a movie sometimes you get something great like Ocean’s Eleven Or in this case Red. Starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich.

                Red follows the story of Frank Moses played by Willis. Moses is a retired assassin who, lets just say, is really, really bored with retirement. So bored the biggest rush he gets now is calling into the office where he gets his retirement check so he can talk to his agent.  Then someone decides to take out not only Frank Moses but all his other assassin teammates.  Including Morgan and Malkovich

                What follows is a action comedy that really excels in both the action and comedy. Helen Mirren joins in as another assassin who specializes in gunfire and boy does she really like her guns! The movie is so creative, so well written and of course very well acted. I think anyone that loves comedy and action would love RED. oh and R.E.D. stands for Retired Extremely Dangerous.

Final Verdict: Worth Owning!