Review of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

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• Fans of the Brendan Fraser Mummy franchise. • Fans of epic action adventures that go full throttle almost to excess. Seriously, imagine going to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio and riding every roller coaster back-to-back with barely a moment in between to catch your breath? • People who prefer an action movie without aliens. • People glad to amp up on their Chinese lore just before the 08•08•08 Olympics in Beijing. • Michelle Yeoh fans. • Fans of outstanding CGI effects and some of the greatest character battle scenes since LOTR. • People not bothered by yak yack. • Colorado Avalanche Ice Hockey fans… there's no hockey, but there's an avalanche and lots of really cool Yeti.

• People who loathe sequels. • People who loathe sequels made so long after the original films they've completely forgotten who's who and wouldn't even notice a new actress is playing a leading role in the film. • Fans of Maria Bello…egad…and Rachel Weisz (she's not in it). • People who don't like monster films, in particular mummy films. • People who picketed, marched, and protested about critics being too hard on Indiana Jones 4. • People who don't like American actresses doing English accents badly. How do the English say "truer" anyway? • People bothered by excessive cheesiness in dialogue and plot. • Jet Li Fans who still cannot accept that he did his last martial arts film a few years ago. • People who wish Brendan Fraser would return to his 'sensitive' roles rather than these action hero roles.

Review of Step Brothers (2008)

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DVD Release Date: 2 December 2008 (click date to purchase or pre-order)

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• Fans who don't think Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly can do anything wrong when it comes to comedy. • Fans who see EVERY movie touched even remotely by the Apatow name no matter how Superbad the movie. • People who had a good or bad step-brother experience. • People who think Chewbacca masks, night vision goggles, and cross bows are the toys of kings. • Fans of Adam Scott—he's excellent when he's smarmy, and there's a scene of him and his family on the way to see mom and new step-dad involving singing in the car as a family that's possibly funnier in some ways than the rest of the movie. • People not annoyed when over 3/4 of the funny parts of a movie are revealed in the trailer they've now seen 500 times. • People who think it's an adventure of a lifetime to see a couple of 40-year old oafs beaten up by school kids and later exact their revenge via a helicopter and a merry-go-round punch-out scene. • People who would find Will Ferrell dangling his tongue in doggy-doo-doo side-splitting, funny-bone tingling, tickle-pickle on a stick deep fat fried at the Minnesota State Fair good old-fashioned entertainment.

• People weary of seeing aged, physically unfit actors rushing around in their tighty-whities on screen for laughs. • People who loved Superbad—this movie is sort of like Superbad with grown-ups who participate in teen-age hi-jinx, but without McLovvin' and other such things like bashing police officers and gallons of Tide® detergent to really make this film something to which teens can relate. There is however, lots of use of profanity and a requisite puking scene. This film is for the decidedly older crowd, punks! Go cry to your mommy. • Fans of Mary Steenburgen—not sure if that is a spray-on tan or what, but one of Hollywood's most unsung, great actresses (see Time After Time) looks like she's been dipped in a Starbucks® Caramel Latte and then left out under the Malibu sun to dry. Meanwhile her performance is…what it is. • People who respect the arts of drumming and opera. • People who prefer not to hear the 'F'-Word used as every part of speech and over 50 times an hour.