The Conjuring

G-G-G-GHOSTS!!!!

I seem to have a love or hate relationship with horror movies. I either love them, or I think they are the biggest piece of crap in theaters at the time. And I've noticed a pattern. Give me a slasher movie where you see the killer 1,000 times before he actually gets to the main characters and I hate it. Give me a movie where you don't see who is doing it, why they're doing it or how they're doing it and reveal a little bit of information at a time and I love it. "The Conjuring" does just that.

Now, I wouldn't consider myself a firm believer in ghosts. The best description I can think of is that I am a ghost-agnostic. A ghostnostic if you will (shut up). I have seen and heard things that could only be described by two things in my mind. One: ghosts, and two: I am schizophrenic. And knowing what my Grandfather went through as a schizophrenic, I'd prefer the former.

Now, I don't scare easily in movies. But if it's a movie about ghosts or demon possession, I will act like a little baby. If a ghost-movie followed me around for it's plot, it'd be more of a comedy.

This is the part where I scream "Aw, Hell Naw!" 

and run away if it were reality.

The fact that "The Conjuring" is based on someone's actual experiences freaks me out even more. I don't even care if it's massively exaggerated, if anything even remotely like what happened in the movie happened to me, this is how I'd react:

For those of you who don't watch this show, check out Psych on Netflix!

This movie does a great job at keeping you interested. Like I said above, it's better when they slowly reveal information to you rather than tell you everything at once. That's why I don't like the Freddy Krueger or Jason movies. They're too much of an open book in the beginning.

"The Conjuring" is an intense movie that has some laughs (both intentional and unintentional) but overall is a pretty freaky and entertaining movie. Although I don't agree with the 'R' rating. It should be PG-13. The MPAA is getting softer than it already was!

My Grade: A-

This is the End

This is going to be a hard review to write. I don't want to overplay it, because if I do, it might give you guys an unfair expectation of this movie. While it's hard to say this is the funniest movie I've ever seen, because comedies lose their laughter with each time you see it, I will say that this is the funniest movie I've ever reviewed. It is also the first movie in a long time that made me laugh so hard I cried... for a good two minutes.

In this apocalyptic comedy, several actors play themselves or at least the versions of themselves that TMZ might have you believe (Michael Cera). Afraid to go outside after the world falls apart, they try to keep the last bit of their civilized lives in tact while seeking refuge in James Franco's house. There, they try to figure out what the hell is going on and try to keep their friendships together.

After a slow opening with some awkward jokes, this movie takes off into the hilarity that one would expect from the trailer. It is filled with references from their own work and the actors do not hold back when poking fun at themselves. Which is always refreshing to see.

There is a lot of screaming, hand-holding and hugging. It's kind of cute.

Craig Robinson is definitely the funniest part of this movie. Rarely was there a line of his that didn't make me at least chuckle. He is the person that made me laugh so hard that I didn't stop for about two minutes and eventually started crying.

The great part about this movie is that given all of the actors in it, you just know so much of this was improvised. I'm curious to see exactly what was and wasn't improvised if they talk about it on the special features when it's released on Blu-Ray.

"This is the End" is definitely the funniest movie of the year thus far, and the funniest movie I've seen in a very long time. I can;t wait to see it again to pick up jokes I might have missed while laughing the first time around. Go see it.

There is a little gift to people who remember the late 90s before the credits.

My Grade: A