The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 6/10 - This should have been great; Steve Carrell, Steve Buscemi, Alan Arkin and (amazingly) Jim Carrey cast in an unapologetically stupid parody on rival magicians. But unlike Telladega Nights and Death to Smoochy, it's too safe and never goes all in. Sure it's got it's moments (the best joke is in the trailer) but it's always short of top gear and is too content to coast along and sit on it's cliched protagonist self-redemption arc. All the actors commit, too bad it didn't have a seasoned dark comedy director to pull it off.
The Book of Eli 8/10 - Much better than expected. Gets extra points for some terrific visuals, presenting a dark dog-eat-dog world and it's haunting background score, bettering most post-apocalyptic action-dramas out there. Denzel as always carries it effortlessly and did his own stunts apparently, and it's nice to see Gary Oldman ham it up a bit once again. The plot is something a bit different, not a bad pay-off but certainly could've been better, plus Mila Kunis shouldn't have been anywhere near this. Worth a look.
The Day After Tomorrow 6/10 - Your typical big disaster movie shambles complete with loads of stupid physics, but doesn't present an interesting enough catastrophe (Independence Day) or deliver enough cheap thrills (Twister) to be particularly memorable. Effects are very good and the cast performs just fine, an easy movie to watch and forget.
