KISS THEM FOR ME... from 1957, stars Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, and Suzy Parker in what is billed as a "hilarious romp" involving Navy airmen on leave in San Francisco from Pearl Harbor and the women who love them. Though directed by Stanley Donen, the film feels like 3 different stories patched together, Grant has one of his very rare off performances, Mansfield just comes across as "poor man's Marilyn Monroe" (she may have been a dumb blonde in real life, but she couldn't play one half as well as MM), and Suzy has the thankless role of love interest. Skip this trip down memory lane.
THE VILLAGE...if you can't see the 'surprise' ending of this howler coming at you, you need to get out more. Enlivened only by the spooky performance of Bryce Dallas Howard (she's coming back at you in this summer's Woman in the Lake), the movie otherwise turns superb, Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated actors into Village idiots.
DERAILED...oh, Jennifer Aniston, what were you thinking (besides the obvious perks of being kissed by Clive Owen)? The coming attraction of this movie planted an idea in my head of what the 'twist' would be, and as I watched, it seemed to be confirmed, but I was, like, that's too obvious. To the filmmakers, though, I guess not so much, 'cause that's exactly what happened. Save this one for a night with friends, a bottle of wine, and a contest to shout out better dialogue.