This is The End

Comedy
4.5 stars
Loved it.  It’s rude, crude, and completely ridiculous, yet I laughed through the entire thing.  James Franco holds an all-star party in LA when an earthquake occurs and total mayhem lets loose.  Franco, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson and Danny McBride try to survive the unknown.  It starts out a little slow, but it just keeps picking up speed to hilarity, though I could have done with a few less ejaculation jokes.  There are no extra scenes once the credits begin, though it feels there should be.  Trust me, I waited till the bitter end with most of the audience.  Loved it.

The Internship

Comedy
3.5 stars
Cute film for those who enjoy Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson’s antics.  Vaughn and Wilson find themselves out of work and manage to get an internship at Google, despite having no programming experience whatsoever.  I found the story amusing, and of course predictable (hmm – do you think they can win people over with their charm???), but I only really laughed out loud once and that was just for a comment made about the Golden Snitch during a bizarre game of Quidditch.  It was still fun to watch the nerdy interns learn a thing or two from the “old guys”, and Vaughn and Wilson are always a fun team.  As I said, a good film for fans of Vaughn and Wilson.