Tenure

Starring: Owen Wilson, Gretchen Mol
Comedy, Rated R

An off beat college professor names Larry is up for tenure and just can't seem to get it together. His students love him but he is not well liked by his colleagues, has a tendency towards bizarre behavior, and associates with the only other professor considered more of a black sheep then he is. A new pretty faculty member from a prestigious University who is said to be on "tenure track" makes him feel even more threatened. Can he get an article published and clean up his act well enough to receive this coveted tenure that eluded him at the previous college he worked for and make his retired professor father proud.

• This movie was funny and entertaining.
• The antics of his crazy colleague and his pursuit of big foot and the other various quirky faculty members and students throughout the film are hilarious.
• It has a cute little love story brewing under the surface as well and I really liked watching the relationship between Larry and his dad evolve.

3 STARS

An American Affair

Drama, 2009 (Rated R)
Starring: Gretchen Mol and Cameron Bright

Explores the relationship between a beautiful woman who has had an affair with president John F Kennedy in the past and her horny teenage neighbor Adam (Bright).

• This movie was kind of slow for me.
• Cameron Bright is an amazing young actor. He has been impressive in everything i've seen him in. He had some very risque scenes in a movie with Nicole Kidman called Birth.
• I didn't really "get" this movie. Caswell (Mol) was a former mistress of JFK that keeps a diary so important that the CIA is after it. Her ex husband who also happens to be a CIA agent watches her at night through the window and often comes over unannounced for a dramatic "I want you back" fest. Huh?

3 Stars