Dear Jennifer Aniston: I know you've had a tough life in the spotlight. You're a great comic actress. Shame! Shame! Shame on you! It's not long now until they pitch you a sitcom comeback you can't refuse, and you'll be back where you belong.

Jennifer plays a journalist. You can tell ‘cause she carries a notebook to write things down with and a recorder to record things with. She's skipped bail, and her ex-husband is . . . that's right!

But soon they find themselves in the crosshairs as they attempt to uncover a murder conspiracy. Along the way, is their passion for each other rekindled? Will they have some humorous brushes with death? Stay away from this unless you are heavily medicated.

Entry #2: "Repo Men." I hated it before I even saw the trailer. Why?

A) Director Alex Cox will be mad that people in the future will accidentally rent this movie instead of his awesome 1984 cult classic "Repo Man."

 

B) It stole its premise from a Monty Python sketch.

 

 OK, you still want to see it? You're not going to like it!

 

What did I tell you? It's just like "Logan's Run," too: you know, the main guy is a bad guy, and then he winds up in the same boat as his victims. So, he's got to fight the power, and his best buddy has to throw down on him. Oh yeah, and he falls in love with a girl who's got a borrowed pancreas. Or something. Jude? Liev? Forest? Was the money just too much to turn down?

Entry #3: "Diary of a Wimpy Kid."

 

It actually looks pretty good. Yes, it's a kids' movie. Well, I have kids - and they love the books this film is adapted from, AND it looks like the movie version is funny and insightful. Middle school and/or junior high sucked for everyone, so I'm guessing the laughs will be strong. Compared to the competition, this looks like the only mainstream movie offering that doesn't talk down to its audience.  

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