Kate Hudson

Fool's Gold (Widescreen Edition)
$14.98
The horrible reviews made me well aware walking into this that it was going to be pretty bad. Still, I had hope. While I am not an avid fan of McConaughey or Hudson for that matter, I really enjoyed both on them in `How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' and was excited about them reteaming for this film. When you couple that with the fact that Dennis Sutherland is a wonderful veteran actor, Ray Winstone is one of my favorite guilty pleasures and the whole premise reminded me of `Into the Blue', a film that I am not ashamed to admit totally loving (yes, I do occasionally shut my brain off and enjoy ridiculousness) you can see why I wanted to see this despite the poor reception given by critics.

I mean, this is obviously not a critic's darling.

Sadly, this movie fails on so many levels I can't even begin to understand why anyone would give this more than one solitary star (if it even deserves that, but you cannot review it without giving it a star placement). I mean, the film is ridiculously stupid (especially that whole blowhole thing) and horribly acted and there is absolutely no real chemistry between the two leads (I'm serious, everything appears forced).

I can't find a redeeming factor anywhere.

The film tells the story of recently divorced Finn and Tess. Finn is a slacker who owes a ton of money to a rapper and Tess is working for a millionaire and is easily distracted by her ex-husbands apparent charm. First of all I want to point out that neither of these two stars has ever looked WORSE on screen than they do here. McConaughey (who is rather unattractive when you take away his stomach anyway) looks like a washed up shipwreck survivor here, with some of the worst hair I've ever seen, and Hudson, who was once so stunning, is aging horribly and looks just hard, worn and overly tanned here. The acting between them, especially on the part of Matthew, is just C-Grade movie mediocre. They can't stumble through their lengthy treasure ogling speeches without sounding like they are reading off of a plaque board.

There is no naturalism here, at all.

So Finn finds remnants of this legendary treasure he and Tess have waited nearly forever to find and so he persuades her, and her boss, to embark on a treasure hunt. They have competition in Finn's former employee, Moe, as well as rapper Biggbunny (he said it was one word).

When you strip chemistry and acting from a film this preposterous you are left with absolutely nothing to warrant its existence.

Alexis Dziena is just excruciating here, Ray Winstone's accent goes in and out in every scene (I still love you, but I have to be honest), Kevin Hart is just another stereotype and WHAT WAS UP WITH MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER?!?!?!?

I don't think I can express enough hatred for this vile cinematic offering. I wish that I had never seen it. Wait, I wish that it had never been made so that I would never have been tricked into thinking that I could possible enjoy it. It is that worthless. I hate films that are worthless. I mean, even bad films have SOMETHING to justify their existence. These people don't even look pretty here.

This should have starred the sexy beast (you know who you are).

Bride Wars
$29.98
"Bride Wars" tells the story of two lifetime BFFs, Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Liv (Kate Hudson, with really bad bangs). The young women get engaged right around the same time and happily begin to plan their dream weddings at the Plaza together. Unfortunately, a mix-up with the wedding coordinator causes both weddings to be booked on the exact same day. Once that happens, Emma and Liv's friendship is all but forgotten. The cat claws come out as both girls begin feuding and try to sabotage each other's weddings.

This is a total girl movie that's not brilliant by any stretch of the imagination, but it has some funny moments, and any woman who's ever been involved in wedding planning will appreciate it on some level. I enjoyed it.

Le Divorce
$9.98
They are just ,oh, so, calm about sexual affairs, where and
American husband and an American wife are near driven around the bend?
The movie kind of makes fun of the French who never talk about money,
but have it so on their minds? The Americans never talk about sex,
but in this movie the old diplomat does the young American girl
in high quality French style?
I thought the movie was really terrible in several ways...
Sort of like the Russian cart driver who beats his dead horse,
taking the French too task for being decadent is very strange.
They actually got revolution all wrong at the end of the 18th
century and have really never recovered their leadership in culture
since the early 20th? After all California seems to be leading
in both culture and wine these days.

The Skeleton Key (Widescreen Edition)
$12.98
A lot of movies are like this. The journey of going through it is the fun part and you end up with a mediocre or lackluster ending. Then you go to bed and wake up the next morning, thinking that movie was really stupid and a waste of time. I think this movie is an utter waste of time. Watch something else. The only redemption is the main character's body.