DVD Pick of the Week: I Love You, Man

Welcome back! Well, to some of you, anyway. To the rest of you, glad you decided to stop by and I hope this humble column helps you navigate the stacks of new releases each week. My goal is to point you toward titles of interest and warn you away from those films that seek to do nothing but leech away your time and give you nothing in return.

Full disclosure: I have not seen many of these titles, and what follows are not necessarily reviews, but opinions based upon what I know of the titles I pluck from the new release lists I peruse. The opinions I give based on the new releases are my own, and my recommendations are based on my personal interest. In any case, I hope you enjoy and perhaps find something you like or a title to point me towards.

I Love You, Man (also Blu-ray). Jason Segel and Paul Rudd star in this fun movie. Rudd plays a man getting ready to marry, but he doesn't have any guy friends. Enter Jason Segel. The two embark on a friendship of epic proportions. Take your traditional rom-com and put two straight guys in the leads and that is what you have. It will make you laugh, it will touch your heart, and it will win you over. It will even make it all right to occasionally use the term "bromance." 

17 Again (also Blu-ray). I never did bother to go see this one. I have heard good things about it, so perhaps I should look into it? It stars Zac Efron and Matthew Perry and is centered on a similar premise that made Big a big hit, only reversed. Perry wishes for a chance to do it over again, wakes up as Efron, and goes back to school. So, for those of you who have seen it, is it worth taking a peek?

The Ninth Gate (Blu-ray). Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Johnny Depp, it is hard to picture this being a bad movie, but it is in my memory. Granted, it has been a long time since I have seen it, but I recall a good performance from Depp (as per usual) but the movie being something of a slog. Perhaps I will check it out on Blu-ray.

Article Author: Chris Beaumont

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