Friends With Benefits Film Review; Starring Justin Timberlake

Submitted By: Todd A. Smith

I know what you are saying Regal Magazine readers. Not another chick flick movie review in what is supposed to be a men’s magazine. However, the new Friends with Benefits film is the perfect date film to take your special lady to, because it combines the romance that women love to see, and it is absolutely hilarious no matter what gender you represent.

Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis) are so unlucky with love and relationships that they vow to distance themselves as far as possible from commitment and love. They endure hurtful break ups, which include the “it’s me, not you” quote and long for the days of their youth when casual intimacy was accepted without involving feelings and emotions.

Dylan is a talented blogger who is recruited by Jamie to join the staff of GQ Magazine. Jamie takes Dylan to all of the hot spots in New York to persuade him to take the job at GQ, even taking him to a flash mob in Times Square. Coming off of break ups, the two immediately hit it off on the friendship level and come up with an arrangement for casual, awkward sex, with no strings attached.

Nevertheless, the strings from past relationships linger as the two attempt to develop nothing more than a strong, but physical friendship. Dylan has intimacy issues and makes love and showers with his socks on because of it. And Mila has trust issues, running background checks on the guys she dates. She even discovers that Dylan once maxed out an Old Navy card buying cargo pants.

However, the two quickly realize that there are always complications, when you add intimacy to any relationship.

Dylan decides to take Jamie to California to meet his family even though the two are not officially an item. She is the only girl that he has ever brought home to meet his family, despite being in other relationships.

However, the chemistry that two characters share in the Friends with Benefits film is undeniable and his family can see that there is something more between them other than just friendship.

While trying to explain to his sister Annie (Jenna Elfman) that Jamie is not his type, he inadvertently pushes Jamie away after she begins having feelings for him. It takes his father, who is suffering from dementia and refuses to wear pants in public, to explain to his son how the love of one’s life can be lost forever if a man is not willing to express his true feelings.

The Friends with Benefits film is hilarious; especially Jamie’s sexually-liberated mother Lorna, played Patricia Clarkson, who cannot remember if Jamie’s father is Puerto Rican, Greek, Russian or Eurasian. After catching her daughter in bed with Dylan, she is even bold enough to program her phone number into Dylan’s cell phone under the name “MILF.”

However, the Friends with Benefits film is also extremely predictable, even though the final flash mob might have audiences across the country jumping in their seats. The Friends with Benefits film is quite enjoyable and extremely funny, but you will know where it is headed even if you’re not a fan of chick flicks.

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Cowboys and Aliens Film Review; Starring Harrison Ford

Submitted By: Todd A. Smith

Austin, Texas residents have a saying, “Keep Austin weird.” To many people, being weird is an insult, but to residents of the “ATX” it is the ultimate compliment.

In the same vein, the Cowboys and Aliens film is very weird, but it works for the movie, which is a compliment considering the negative reviews the film has received.

I have never been a fan of westerns or science fiction films, but in the Cowboys and Aliens film, producers Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard combine the two genres and still manage to make the film entertaining and the storyline easy to follow.

Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) is discovered by local residents, lost and disheveled. Not knowing his name or anything about his past, he discovers that he has a checkered past and is wanted by local law enforcement, which is led by the great Harrison Ford (Woodrow Dolarhyde).

In a “previous life,” Jake was formerly the leader of a group of thugs and was kidnapped by aliens for stealing their gold.

The captivity causes him to have amnesia, but he ultimately escapes from extra-terrestrial bondage.

The mysterious aliens have come to earth specifically to kidnap humans in an effort to study their ways, with the ultimate goal of destroying mankind and taking over planet Earth.

They begin attacking the town at night, because their vision is poor in the sunlight, kidnapping local residents indiscriminately.

Jake, who appears in the town wearing a mysterious bracelet, soon realizes he is the only one that can defend the town’s residents. The bracelet warns him when the aliens are near and it is also a dangerous weapon capable of taking down the aliens’ unidentified flying object.

Beautiful Ella Swenson (Olivia Wilde) befriends Jake and helps him remember his past and also assists in an attempt to rescue the captured civilians.

The Cowboys and Aliens film does a fairly good job of showing different demographics working together to fight a common enemy, in a time when anything but unity was the norm.

Jake is able to unite law enforcement officials with criminals, as well as Whites with Native Americans in an attempt to save their loved ones, their town and themselves.

The Native Americans and Whites become more like brothers in the Cowboys and Aliens film after blaming each other for their negative predicaments in life. The Native Americans discover that despite the stereotypes, many Whites like Woodrow have actually accepted many Native Americans into their lives as if they were family.

The Whites learn that, despite being perceived as primitive, the military rituals of Native Americans can actually be genius if combined with the technology of the times.

Consequently, both groups realize that people should not be the enemy of other people, but they should unite to fight the evil forces that can potentially bring down all mankind.

Although the Cowboys and Aliens film is quite enjoyable, the plot is very farfetched and unrealistic, despite being a science fiction film.

Furthermore, for produces known for brilliance and creativity, the title of the Cowboys and Aliens film is a bit lazy.

For a weird, but good film, the producers should have embraced their weirdness, like the residents of Austin, Texas and created a more energetic name that would probably result in bigger box office numbers.

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