The Movie:  

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Juno (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Thanks to the awards season and my wonderful roommate being a member of SAG, she has been receiving “screeners” in the mail lately and a good chunk of them have yet to be released on DVD and a few have yet to even make it to the theaters. One of these is the new movie Juno from director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody that had me a little more than excited to watch.

Juno is the story of an unwanted teen pregnancy and stars current indie “it” girl Ellen Page (Hard Candy, X Men 3) along with “it” boy Michael Cera (Superbad, Arrested Development) as the quirky teen parents who seek a private adoption through suburban yuppie couple Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner. Without giving away too much of the story, I’ll just tell you that over the past week and a half, I’ve watched this film 5 times and have thoroughly enjoyed every viewing. Page is a true talent who evokes as many laughs as she does tears. The support cast of Cera, Bateman, Garner and parents Allison Janney and J.K. Simmons brought a ton of heart and humor to this story. Plus the soundtrack kicks ass.

-Dane Sundseth
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The Movie: 

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The Host

I know you all have seen the cover of this movie at Blockbuster or on your Netflix search, and think, “Man I need to watch this so I can make fun of it.” Believe it or not this is not the case. This movie is just good. There are parts of it I guess where you COULD make fun of it, but there’s no need. The movie has a feeling as a whole about it where they know it’s a bit over the top but don’t try and sneak in one-liners or try too hard to be cheesy. It’s a Korean movie anyway, so they just made it happen and didn’t try and be dumb Americans about it. There is a bit of actual good humor in it too that keeps it a good balance. I believed the characters and they did a good character developement, and the effects weren’t even that bad…man I kind of want to see it again thinking about it.

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Dan Tana