The Interview

Rogen enlists Franco’s regime to take ‘cowardly’ sniper shots at global enemy number Un.  A smattering of comedic cameos and clever overall concept put wind in this film’s paper bag, but the Pineapples’ inability to filter their brainstorm result in a tedious dud prompting wishes that This Were the End.

Thank You For Smoking

Reitman captures Buckley’s wit beautifully with help from perfect cast. Exotic blend of clever humor with slapstick-esque hilarity, rolled into a perfect satiric cinematic joint. Eckhart makes himself a household name, and spends time in Holmes as well. X-Men Leech holds his own and doesn’t run scared from brilliant flick.

The Invention of Lying

Gervais finds the screenwriting pot-of-gold with this brilliant high-concept premise and then tosses it in the crapper, with alarmingly unclever story. Toes line of controversy but avoids leaping into it and disappoints with a disappointingly (and literally) Deus Ex Machina conclusion. All-star comedic supporting cast cannot support this film enough.