Pierce Brosnan plays Julian Noble: an assassin who interupts his hits with boozing and womanizing. When in Mexico City on a hit, he meets up with Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear), a businessman on hard times who is on a business trip that will make or break his future. Eventually, Julian confides in Danny and admits what his line of work it. Straight arrow Danny and hitman Julian part ways before long, leaving Danny with the mother of all anedotes. He goes home. Julian picks up his work but he's lost his edge. An assassin with the jitters is no good and he's in a crisis.
There are people a certain age for whom Star Wars was the Best Movie Ever, they saw it in the theatre (many times), bought the toys, lined up for the sequels and tested each other's knowledge of trivial minutae. I know several such fans. When George Lucas finally announced that the long-awatied prequels would be released, beginning with Episode 1, the fans got very excited.
Two buddies, Eugene Bell (Zach Cregger) and Tucker Cleigh (Trevor Moore), are lifelong friends. Eugene is a sloppy proto-pervert who oggles Playboy magazine and the whole Playboy lifestyle. Tucker is a bit naive, and Eugene is a jackass. Tucker and his girlfriend decide to have sex for the first time at a Grad party.
Despicable Me is this summer's charming, must-see movie, that people of any age will love. It is laugh-out-loud hilarious to the end, and is sweet enough to warm up the coolest hearts.
Gru is a villain who wants to be known, as probably all villains do, as the worst there is. Until his nemesis Vector steals a pyramid from Egypt, he was the worst, and now he has some real competition.
