With the daze of Iron Man behind us, MacGruber’s mullet will bring some much needed comedy to the big screen. Shockingly, the film is one of the better received movies this summer. This month wraps up with the last chapter of Shrek’s fairy tale and Jake Gyllenhaal pretending to be an Arab.
Warning: I’m pretty bitter about a certain cartoon character and his last movie.
MAY 21
MACGRUBER
When the idea of adapting the short skit with Will Forte wearing a McGyver-like mullet wig made it to the Internet, everyone wrote it off. But then, surprisingly good reviews came in from places like SXSW. Amazingly, the throwaway joke of SNL turned into a feature length movie that people are actually raving about. My guess is that it has something to do with the villain (played by Val Kilmer) being named Dieter Von Cunth.
SHREK FOREVER AFTER
Shrek has consistently fallen down the same hill off which Jack and Jill took their spills. Every movie gets worse, and what once made the characters great has degraded. Fiona is more Xena and less … husky. Long story short, she went on a diet. Problem is that she’s an ogre and the first movie was about Shrek falling in love with the ogre. Yeah, sure, it’s a kid’s movie, but we’ve got to maintain some standards. The only redeeming factor could be Jane Lynch providing a voice. Sadly, it’s only a supporting character.
MAY 28
CITY ISLAND
A family living on the outskirts of New York City find that not only do they lie constantly to one another in the present day, but they all live secret lives of their own. These secret lives range from a exotic-dancing daughter to the tough dad trying to be an actor. An acting class starts the unraveling the secrets to Andy Garcia’s character. The comedy also stars Julianna Marguiles.
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME
A white dude gets a tan and grows out his beard and is instantly of Arabic descent. You don’t really expect Jake Gyllenhaal to play the character from the video game. I know that Naveen Andrews (Sayid of ‘Lost’ fame) isn’t Arabic either, but he’d certainly be more convincing as the prince that goes on the offensive against an angry ruler dead-set on unleashing a sandstorm on the world. Game over!
SEX AND THE CITY 2
Oh. My. God. Squeal. Shoes! Carrie! NYC! I can already feel the pain of males everywhere who either get stuck watching this movie or sneak into ‘Prince of Persia’ to avoid it. It hasn’t been too long since Carrie and Big tied the knot, but they’re already having problems. Whatev. I imagine there will be cocktails, shoes, and maybe, if we’re lucky, purses.
