Film 339/365, Day 352/365 – Burlesque

Slick, sexy and funny, which ironically is exactly what you’d expect from a Burlesque show.  The story is nothing new, it’s been done a million times in a million different ways, but with this one it centres around sexy girls dancing and singing in lingerie... and who doesn’t like that?  My biggest criticism is the underuse of Alan Cumming who is hilarious and deserved more screen time.

Synopsis:  Small town girl Ali has dreams of being a star but isn’t getting anywhere so she decides to go to Los Angeles and make her dreams come true.  After stumbling across a Burlesque club she decides that that is what she wants to do and goes about making it happen.

Film 336/365, Day 351/365 – Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Forty percent romance to sixty percent comedy, which is almost the ideal mix for me... almost.  This film has a number of very funny moments and plenty of moments that are more than uncomfortable.  However this is also the film that brought us Aldous Snow who went on to have his own film, Get Him to the Greek, which was brilliant.

Synopsis:  Dumped by his long time girlfriend, Sarah Marshall, Peter decides to go to Hawaii to forget all about her and try to get his life moving again.  But in a cruel twist of fate Sarah is staying at the same hotel with her new boyfriend, an outrageous British rocker.

Film 44/365, Day 51/365 – Couples Retreat

Jason and Cynthia have just announced that their marriage has failed and in one last attempt to save it they are asking, no begging, their friends to agree to go on an exclusive couples retreat. After a thorough presentation to demonstrate the benefits of the retreat their friends eventually agree to go with them. But when they get there they are all subjected to the marriage therapy. Will Jason and Cynthia save their marriage or will their friends survive the ordeal?

Couples Retreat has quite the ensemble cast and offers plenty of laughs throughout. Jean Reno is excellent as Marriage Guru Marcel although the best character is the yoga instructor. This is definitely one to watch with the other half and it does have plenty to laugh at.