Zack and Miri Make a Porno

October and early November are usually slow weeks at the box office.The summer blockbusters are long gone, and the next big releases will be coming mid-month as American Thanksgiving approaches. Traditionally, the time between Thanksgiving and the end of the year are when many potential Academy Award nominated films are released. Riding on the increasing popularity of Halloween, end of October typically brings a small landslide of horror flicks, like Saw V and The Haunting of Molly Hartley. Also released on Halloween this year is a new Kevin Smith film featuring one of my favourite comedic actors, Seth Rogen.

Rogen seems to be one of those actors that you either love or hate. He stars in movies like The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and my personal favourite – Superbad. He tends to play the same type of character, an immature, somewhat dim-witted, sex obsessed 30 year old. Which apparently I can’t get enough of, as I could not wait to go see his new film Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

The movie is exactly what the trailer offers, only funnier, and more scandalous. If you are easily offended, this one might not be for you, because Zack and Miri not only MAKE a porno, you end up feeling like you’ve watched a porno by the end of this film! However, that’s not the entire movie, and underneath all the sex jokes and comedy there is a really good storyline, and this movie is not just a comedy, it’s a romantic comedy.

If pornos are not exactly what you’re into, and you’re looking for something to watch with the kids, Madagascar 2 was released on the weekend. My three kids (ages 10, 7 and 5) saw it with their dad and told me it was "awesome!" and "really, really good".

There are several good movies coming up in the next few weeks. Write me a comment and tell me what you’re interested in seeing.