Leslie Mann Leads the Way in a Surprisingly Funny Chick Flick: Our Review of "The Other Woman" (2014)

Directed By: Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) 

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kate Upton

Rating: PG-13 on appeal for mature thematic material, sexual references and language

Run Time: 1 hour, 49 minutes

Synopsis: Carly (Diaz) is a NYC attorney who thinks she's found the perfect man in Mark (Coster-Waldau). But when she makes a surprise trip to his house in Connecticut she meets Kate (Mann), Mark's wife. At first distraught, the ladies form a quick bond and eventually discover Mark's other girlfriend, Amber (Upton). Together the trio devises a way to get back at Mark while becoming the unlikeliest group of friends ever.

REVIEW

(Note: We screened and reviewed this film last Saturday, so we're a little late posting it)

Sarah: Hello readers! We just got out of seeing a movie that, honestly, the only reason we actually saw it in theaters was because Andrew lost a bet! Lost horribly I might add. And that movie was The Other Woman. 

Starring Cameron Diaz (The Counselor), Leslie Mann (This is 40), Kate Upton (The Three Stooges) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (HBO's Game of Thrones), this rom-com follows the story of three women who are all sleeping with the same man, Mark, played by Coster-Waldau. Leslie Mann plays his wife and Diaz and Upton play two of the mistresses. When they all discover each other they bond over their shared betrayals. 

This is one that I thought looked funny ever since we first saw the trailer for it, so I kinda wanted to see it. Now that we have, much to your chagrin I’m sure, what did you think?

Stop-Motion Hasn't Been This Scary Fun Since Jack Skellington: Our Review of "ParaNorman" (2012)

Directed By: Sam Fell (Flushed Away) & Chris Butler 

Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck

Rating: PG for scary action and images, thematic elements, some rude humor and language

Run Time: 1 hour, 33 minutes

Synopsis: Blithe Hollow is a small New England town famous for being cursed by a witch they hung 300 years prior. Norman Babcock (Smit-McPhee) is young boy who can talk to dead people, and on the night of the 300^th anniversary of the witch’s death, his crazy uncle passes on the responsibility of saving the town by suppressing the witch’s curse.

REVIEW

Andrew: Hello readers! Slowly but surely we're getting to the day on the calendar when I return to Connecticut from Central Pennsylvania and we can get back to a normal blogging routine. In the meantime, Sarah caught this past weekend's new animated film, ParaNorman, on Monday night and I saw it this afternoon. ParaNorman is the latest film from Laika, the animation studio that brought us Coraline a couple of years back.

ParaNorman is a stop-motion film (like Coraline) about a young boy named Norman who has The Sixth Sense and can talk to dead people. Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In) stars as the voice of Norman, and he's surrounded by a pretty star-studded cast including Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad), Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), John Goodman (The Big Lebowski) and more.

So Sarah, I know I personally had been looking forward to this movie for a while, but I can't remember if you were the same. So remind me, where you looking forward to this? And now that we've seen it, what did you think?