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Trainwreck: The Reinvention of the Rom-Com

Forget Jurassic World .   People should be lining up to see director/producer  Judd Apatow and Screenwriter Amy Schumer 's  Trainwreck , as I'm sure millions  will be once word spreads that it is a near-perfect film.  New York native Amy Schumer writes her first starring role about a lovably candid New York floozy/magazine writer named Amy, who along with her sister Brie Larson , was taught by her outspoken alcoholic father ( Colin Quinn ) at a young age that monogamy is unrealistic. In opposition to her sister's married-with-children approach, Amy follows her father's thought-to-be wise words and hooks up with a slew of guys (each a brief encounter and then she bounces), including a surprisingly funny John Cena , who dated Amy because seeing her from behind he thought she was a guy. It's not until Amy is unexpectedly assigned by her emotionally devoid boss Tilda Swinton to interview the genuinely likable sports doctor Aaron Conners ( Bill Hader ), that ...

Don Jon: Gym, Porn, Church

From the trailers one can tell that Jon of Don Jon is not a fan of happy ending rom-coms. So you know not to expect one in the directorial debut from Joseph Gordon-Levitt . Don Jon tells the story of Jon Martello, a cocky boy from Jersey who is a bonafide porn addict that favors putting up a facade rather than dealing with the now. The character of Jon seems like he would be friends with the cast of Jersey Shore , but instead of GTL, for Jon it's GPC: gym, porn, church. Jon goes through life like a daily checklist as if he is programmed, which is shown through Gordon-Levitt's quick cut editing; even Jon's voice over narration is in control. Anytime something real (an actual woman in his bed, a comment from someone that he is not expecting, etc) is happening to Jon, that thought is juxtaposed with images of porn scenes which are going through Jon's mind. This doesn't change when Jon thinks he has met his match in Barbara Sugarman ( Scarlett Johansson ), a "1...