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Week of July 13, 2012

My dog ate my high school reunion invitation. First up…

American Reunion

What is the point of reuniting with people that you went to high school with when you just went through all the trouble of deleting them as facebook friends?

The returning graduates in this comedy, however, are too horny to miss out.

Twelve years after they graduated, Jim (Jason Biggs) and his wife (Alyson Hannigan) attend their high school reunion, where Jim reconnects with his old friends (Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Seann William Scott).

As usual, Jim finds himself involved in childish pranks and sexual situations that threaten his marriage.

Meanwhile, his buddies rekindle romances with their exes (Mena Suvari, Tara Reid) and Jim's dad (Eugene Levy) deals with being a widower.

Unlike the original teen sex comedy, American Reunion is more impotent and depressing than it is ribald and titillating.

Besides, reunions are only good for hooking up with the daughters of your former classmates.  0  

Get the Gringo

Oh no! It sounds like the audience attending Mel Gibson’s speech at the Mexican synagogue dedication has turned against him. 

Thankfully, this action movie is not about Mel irking Hispanic Hebrews, but escaping a Mexican prison.

Fleeing authorities, and the crime boss he stole millions from, Jack (Mel Gibson) opts to deal with the law south of the boarder.

With his purse pinched by corrupt cops, Jack’s tossed into a black-market bazaar-like penitentiary ruled by an ailing warden.

Incarcerated, Jack meets a kid (Kevin Hernandez), who the sickly steward needs for his liver.

Knowing this, Jack plots an escape for the kid, his mother, and himself that will pit Jack's wits and fists against some tough hombres.

A pulpy actioner with a hard-nosed protagonist driving the peculiar plotline along, Get the Gringo is surprisingly rewarding.

As for Mexican authorities, any criminal would be lucky to have them investigating their case.  0

***Mexico-dependent***         

The Mexican

The reason Mexicans get nervous when Americans visit is because they’re afraid when they leave they’ll take Tijuana with them.

Fortunately, the Yankee in this rom-com is only there to appropriate a gun, and not to acquire more of Mexico’s land.

Lowly criminal Jerry (Brad Pitt) is sent to Mexico on an errand by his boss (Gene Hackman) to recover a famed firearm.

Back home, Jerry’s girlfriend (Julia Roberts) is taken as collateral by a hit man (James Gandolfini) suffering an identity crisis.

As Jerry carries the pistol on him, the tragic love story surrounding the handgun begins to reflect his own relationship with his girlfriend - who is now in Mexico.

While the romance isn’t really present, and the comedy darker than expected, The Mexican is not without its quirky charm.

Besides, smuggling guns into America is perfectly legal, so long as there aren’t any Mexican immigrants hiding inside.

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