Tough Customer

This book is about Dodge who gets a call from his ex girlfriend, Caroline, from whom he hasn't spoken to in 30 years. She needs his help, but more importantly his daughter, Berry, needs his help. He's never met his daughter and she doesn't know about him.

Berry has a stalker, Oren, who's tried to kill her. Instead, he got her co-worker but before he left he vows to kill her. This novel is about Caroline and Dodge's story intertwined with Berry and the Chief, Ski.

Honestly, in the beginning I was fighting my way through this book. Dodge was acting like a petulant child. I almost stopped reading it it was that painful. He literally throws a hissy fit you'd expect to see on a 2 year old child. He practically stomped his heels and held his breatht. Seriously, what sort of 50ish year man does that?

But, I continued on. It really didn't seem to pick up until around half way through and even then it didn't pick up as much as I'd have liked. It was a tough read.

The Switch

I wasn't really sure what this movie was about other than Kassie (Aniston) trying to get pregnant with a turkey baster. I did not know what to expect and that may be what kept me watching.

This movie is about Kassie who feels like she's getting older and needs to take that next step, with or without a man. Her best friend Wally (Bateman) is skeptical. Kassie finally finds a donor and throws an "I'm getting pregnant party" Wally who's invited to the party gets pretty drunk and switches the donors sperm with his own. Unfortunately, Wally remembers none of this. Kassie moves away figuring that Minnesota is a better place to raise a baby than New York. Seven years later she moves back.

Most of this movie is Wally figuring out he's the dad. It's pretty predictable. Once you figure out where the movie is headed it's not as interesting. The kid playing Sebastian was adorable. He was definitely worth watching for because he was so sweet.

Still, the movie was predictable and not all that exciting. Mostly, it's a movie you could rent.

Vampires Suck

I have to admit, this is a stupid movie. However, I laughed through 80% of it. Why? I have no idea. I just found the stupid funny jokes to be laughable. Some of them not that great, others I just couldn't help myself.

Usually, these sorts of movies just don't quite cut it but this one was different for me. Maybe because I've seen all the movies this is making fun of? I'm not sure the reason.

It's basically a parody on all of the Vampire movies from Twilight. I'm not really sure what else to say. This movie definitely isn't for everyone. You really have to like these sorts of movies to begin with.

Old Dogs

The parts I liked best in this movie were from the supporting cast. Dax Shepard had a small role and I really enjoyed him and his crew. Also, one of the best parts of the movie came from the dog, Lucky. I'll probably end up giving this four stars because of him. Seth Green also had a supporting role and I usually find him funny in movies, but this one wasn't that great. It was alright, but not as funny as I wanted him to be.

Ok, so with that out of the way... the movie is about Dan and Charlie who are business partners at the expensive of everything else. Neither have family or even any other friends. Dan finds out he's a dad and since mom has to go away for a few weeks he'll be watching them.

This movie was kind of hard to watch at times. It seemed like it was pieced together. It also seemed like sometimes they were just trying to throw information in at odd times just to setup the next joke. This movie just didn't work that well for me.

It had a lot of potential I think and if they took a little longer with it it may have come together, but the end result for me wasn't that fun. Sorry Lucky, this is only worth two stars for the movie and one for you.

She's Out of My League

I watched this because of a recommendation from one of the guy's I work with. I really didn't think I'd get many laughs from this one and even though a lot of the jokes fell short it was still pretty funny. Especially one part about midway through that had me rolling!

It's basically about Kirk, who's this nerdy, skinny guy who's been dumped by his girlfriend but she's still hanging out with his family. Then Kirk meets Molly, she's a beautiful girl who everyone stops to stare at because she's a hard ten. Kirk's friends repeatedly tell him that he's not good enough for her and it will eventually end.

Kirk is always waiting for the other foot to drop. And to be perfectly honest, I was too. This movie went from funny to sad, to funny to funnier.

I have to say, I enjoyed this one.

Salt

Salt with Angelina Jolie was actually an alright movie. I was expecting to be super disappointed. In fact, I went to see it at the drive-in and it was the second movie to play so I was hoping we'd just leave before it started. No such luck and I'm pretty happy we didn't leave.

It was super predictable. However, while the plot was predictable the events leading through it were not. Accused of being a spy, Salt escapes the CIA and tries to prove her innocence, or does she?

I really enjoyed all the action and even though I thought Jolie did not look her best in this movie, I was able to overlook that. The action was suspenseful and exciting.

I'm glad I sat through this one because I enjoyed it.

The Other Guys

Mark Wahlberg is so dreamy. Even if he doesn't take his shirt off in this movie, I'm ok with that. This movie is exactly what you'd expect. Silliness all around. Ridiculous crazy stupid those are some of the adjectives I'd expect to hear about this movie and they'd be right. It doesn't mean I hated it. It was actually better than I expected and I was completely surprised by it.

I mean ok, there's a car that crashes into a bus and the bus drives away with the car still inside, that's just ludicrous but it still sort of works for this one.

Mark Wahlberg and Will Farrell seem to work really well together and I got some good laughs. It's not a mind blowing thought provoking movie, its just some silly movie that made me chuckle.

Trapped - Jack Kilborn

Trapped by Jack Kilborn is the followup to Afraid. Trapped has definitely surpassed Afraid for gore. It has to be the goriest most disgusting book I've ever read and I loved it. I thought it was really suspenseful and I could see myself lost in the woods with the characters.

Most of the time I was yelling at the characters for doing things that just frustrated me. Like dropping the only thing that would protect them. So infuriating and yet that's what made it all worth it.

While some of the book was a bit predictable most of it was not. Not even close. You just can't fathom some of the gruesome things that happen in this novel.

There are two versions of this story and I read the remake. I do have a copy of the original draft, but I have yet to get into that one. I've been told its even more sickening than the one I read.

The best thing about this book is that is is suspenseful. I'm reading as fast as I can to see what happens next. The worst thing about this book is that when you get to the gore you can't close your eyes like you can in a movie.

When In Rome

I actually found this movie to be entertaining. I knew it was the same old same old fall in love then oops a problem kind of movie. Yet, I can't stop watching these sorts of movies. Not to mention that Josh Duhamel is very easy the eyes. Until he started turning more and more orange towards the end until it looked like he had two orange cheeks. I don't even think that was intentional but it didn't look good.

Anywho, I was entertained. It was easy to predict where this was going but again, I don't watch them for the suspense. I watch them for the mindless entertainment I get when I can just shut down and not even have to think.

The best part of this movie was the car ride. I could not stop laughing it was so funny. I did enjoy seeing Jon Heder and a cameo from Efren Ramirez (from Napoleon Dynamite). Dax Shepard always has a special place in my heart ever since I saw him on Punkd.

The small characters are the ones that stole the show. Not only were they vital to the storyline but they each just brought that extra something. I enjoyed this one more than I expected.

Remember Me

Ok, so yeah. I had a few hours to kill and I decided to watch this one. It was not what I expected. I mean, I guess I didn't expect much from this one but I was hoping for a little bit more.

Tyler seems to be a bit of a troubled 21 year old. When we meet him he's getting into a fight in an alley. The police arrive and he gets into a fight with them. He soon finds out that the officer that roughed him up has a daughter. Tyler's friend Aidan encourages him to get close to Ally, the cops daughter, for revenge.

The story was the two I's. Inane and innocuous also boring and drawn out. The only thing that kept me interested was Tyler's younger sister. She was funny and you just wanted to be her friend and help her out. The cruelty her classmates show her is frustrating and sad but it's what kept me interested.

The ending had a twist I honestly didn't see coming and it was pretty sad. I have to say. I didn't like the ending but I feel like it's the only thing this movie had going for it. It's what made me give it two stars instead of one. And one of those stars was because of the little sister.

Frost Moon by Anthony Francis

Dakota Frost is magical tattoo artist. Her tattoos are magic. It just so happens that someone's been tearing the skin off of people with magical tattoos and the police are looking to Dakota for help.

This book had so much going on in it. It seemed like there were 4 or 5 different story lines all in one. Or at least it felt that way for me trying to keep all the characters straight. There were so many people in this one that if I put the book down for a day or two I'd come back to it not knowing who was who.

Not only were the characters confusing but the storyline as well was a little confusing for me. I think the author tried to explain what was going on with everyone but there were so many supernaturals that it was difficult to realize who was what and what sort of supernatural they were.

All in all, I'm probably going to get the next book in the series because I feel like I should give it a little more of a chance and who knows, maybe they get better.

Repo Men

Set in the future, Repo Men is about well repossession. Not cars, or items, or homes but of organs. If you fall behind on your payments the repo men come for your organs. They're not so nice about it either.

Remy is doing great, he's a repo expert with an angry wife who wants him in sales instead of slicing and dicing. Jake, Remy's friend wants him out in the field with him more. Remy chooses his wife and goes on one last repo. It goes bad and he needs a heart. You can clearly see where this is going. He doesn't want to repossess anymore and he falls behind on his payments. His best friend is then out to get his heart back.

I did not see how this one was going to end. Not the best movie. I didn't see the twist coming which was a good thing, but that was just not enough to make it good and to top it all off the movie mad me angry. I guess the gist of this movie is what we'll do for the people we love.