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Your stocking is going to be filled with fantastic movies to keep you entertained when you want to take a break from holiday shopping.
First, get ready to laugh your socks off with “Role Models,” “Grown Ups,” “Yes Man,” “8 Crazy Nights” and “Elf.”
“Role Models” stars Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott playing two grown men who fell under unfortunate circumstances, which force them to volunteer as big brothers and hang out with children after school. These two guys are hilarious. The main kids played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Bobb’e J. Thompson are also hilarious and an entertaining cast of side characters make this a movie that will have your bladder hurting from laughing.
“Yes Man” and “Grown Ups” don’t have quite as many scenes that will have you spitting food out of your mouth from uncontrollable laughter, but they are entertaining.
“Yes Man” stars Jim Carrey, and his many faces, as a man who refuses to say no to any opportunity thrown his way. “Grown Ups” unites an all-star cast led by Adam Sandler, and features David Spade, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider and Kevin James as a group of friends who are all grown-up and want to pass their childhood traditions on to their children. I won’t give away any spoilers, but the scenes with Steve Buscemi are the best.
“8 Crazy Nights” and “Elf” are both perfect holiday movies. It’s hard to keep a straight face when Will Ferrell is on screen wearing spandex and sitting on the lap of the tiny Bob Newhart. “8 Crazy Nights” is not the type of animated, holiday movie you want to watch with your little brother or sister. Adam Sandler puts a spin on the genre with a story about Hanukkah that is both funny and raunchy.
For a little action on top of your comedy, check out “Kick-Ass” and “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” Director Matthew Vaughn reinvents the superhero genre with “Kick-Ass,” a film that is an accurate representation of the popular graphic novel it’s based on. “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” is also based on a graphic novel. This time the director is Edgar Wright of “Shawn of the Dead.” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” stars Michael Cera as a young man who falls in love but is faced with the harsh reality that he must defeat the girl’s seven exes in order to be with her.
The remaining choices are not ideal. “Jonah Hex” is, quite simply, just not that good. I picked up on that from watching the trailer. Yes, it stars Josh Brolin and Megan Fox, but only one of them can act. The other is just easy on the eyes. The other film is “Precious,” which is good, but might just be a little heavy for this time of year. Maybe you should watch this one when you don’t have to leave the comfort of your house at all because it’ll probably take all day for the swelling in your eyes to go away.
There you have it. As always, SUTV’s got your back when you want to be a couch potato and lounge around in your pajama’s all day long eating junk food and watching movies.
