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Week of September 26, 2014

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Neighbors  

As a concerned father living next-door to a frat house it’s important to keep DNA of all of the members on file.

Fortunately the new dad in this comedy has plenty of opportunities to collect.

When Delta Psi purchases the house next door to recent parents (Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne), the couple plays nonchalant with the frat heads (Zac Efron, Dave Franco) in order to seem hip.

But when noise levels are exceeded the couple lose their cool.

Calling the cops however only sets off a rivalry between the two camps. With each trying to one-up the other with extreme tactics.

While it honestly portrays Generation X’s effort to be cool parents, it fails to explore the issue in a grown-up manner.

With puerile pranks, limp penis jokes and awkward improve between Rogen and Byrne, Neighbors is aimless and unrealistic. 

Besides, a colicky baby can be as irritating as EDM.  Red Light

***Next-Door Knobs***

Neighbors (1981)

The irony of neighbours is that you often kill them with the same tool you borrowed from them.

However, the aggravated neighbour in this dark comedy is liable to use his bare-hands.

Despondent suburbanite Earl (John Belushi) is jolted from his mundane existence when an unconventional couple (Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty) moves in next-door.

Unnerved by his forwardness and her flirtatiousness, Earl is confused as to why they moved into his quiet community.

He soon begins to draw his own conclusions, which ultimately leads to paranoia and self-destruction.

A satire on suburban bliss, Neighbors finds both its SNL alumni playing against their type in order to create a truly eccentric comedy.

Based on the delusional bestseller by Thomas Berger, this undervalued psychological comedy from the ‘80s is an excellent commentary on the confines of safety and sanity.

Furthermore, you should only interact with your neighbours if they have a pool.

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