The high school comedy is not an easy subject to tackle because it’s been tackled almost as much as Emma Stone’s character in Easy A would have you believe she has. It is one of the many sluts of the film genre world – it’s incredibly attractive because it’s easy to get into bed with, but it’s not like you’re going to impress anyone by going after it. Unless you nail it. Will Gluck, a man without an average high school experience teamed with Stone, an actress who didn’t go to high school, to try to do just that. Gluck was decent enough to spend more than a few minutes on the phone with me while surrounded by the insanity of the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about the challenges of being fresh with high school, creating a strong female character, and the joy of sex comedy without sex.

As was the case with anyone operating 5-minutes behind the rest of the blogosphere (I certainly was today), I had heard about the trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan hours prior to actually seeing the trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan. At first glance, there is something cold about it. Something stiff, held off in the distance — and not exactly in a good way. It all exists in some David Lynchian ballet nightmare, I thought casually somewhere around the half-way point. And give me a bit of Clint Mansel score any day of the week and you’ll be rewarded with my interest. But still, I was put off by this preview. Everything felt surface level and less than interesting. There must be something to the passion and excitement I’d heard from others. They spoke of the ferocity and atmosphere. Two elements I didn’t see until a second and third viewing. It raises the question: is there a great deal of rumble underneath the surface, or are my peers — as they sometimes do — projecting as a means for excitement? The decision, at this point, is yours. I remain skeptical.

The rumor is that Ms. Fox won’t be in the next film per the decision from Mr. Bay. Why am I being so formal? It’s because I’m blogging in a tuxedo.

Date Night works because it isn’t really trying too hard. That sounds terrible doesn’t it? But in a way that’s the brilliance of the movie. (Yeah, I’ll be hearing about that choice of words.) Why struggle to emulate the genius misadventures of After Hours when you can aim for the decidedly lighter but still entertaining Adventures In Babysitting?

This week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr woos the FSR audience on a Date Night before giving a grade to the high school rockers in The Runaways

Kevin Carr sits his chubbiness down and sees if The Book of Eli, The Spy Next Door and The Lovely Bones can make the grade.

The Fat Guys suffer through the January Sewer, which is the weeks of the new year that hold very little hope for quality films. They haven’t seen anything this week, due to non-screenings and late screenings, so they talk about the upcoming Spider-Man reboot.

Following in the grand tradition of post-apocalyptic films featuring lone heroes on epic adventures, The Book of Eli features a man who takes thirty years to walk across America. Didn’t Forrest Gump make the same journey in under one?

If you read a lot of movie blogs, chances are that you’ve seen plenty of suggestions about this week’s top rumor, the question of who should play The Black Cat in Spider-Man 4. You can throw all of those suggestions out the window, because we’ve got our own list of ladies who should be wearing tight outfits and sneaking into NYC banks.

There’s been a lot of news in the past 24-hours around the next project of director Darren Aronofsky.

A hilarious concept, a great cast, a talented director and yet somehow Extract falls flat.

Are you ready for the most high energy interview of all time? That’s too bad, because Mike Judge is a pretty mono-toned guy. Luckily, what he has to say is pretty damned interesting, and as a bonus you get to look at my ugly mug on video. Seriously, I’m like the Charlie Rose of the internet.

With just a week to go, Miramax is (gasp) actually marketing a new Mike Judge movie. It’s like it’s a real movie! Hitting theaters near you and everything!

This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we Inglouriously review the recent releases while getting Thirsty and coming up with awkward puns for the film titles. We also get voted World’s Greatest Dad or something. Seriously, I’m not even trying anymore because my attention span is so Shorts.

Portman. Kunis. Scissoring. That image could really be the entire marketing campaign don’t you think?

Just in case you’ve been hankering for another ‘last man on Earth’ movie, here comes Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli.

Mike Judge has some skills. He also has a comedic style that is all his own. And in his new movie Extract, he also has Mila Kunis sporting a low-cut top. As I said, the man has skills.

Its not minimum Payne, its Maximum Payne. That is how director John Moore describes his latest film. Unfortunately, I’m not so sure that I agree.

Why is no one worried about the quality of Max Payne, the latest in a long line of video game adaptations? Because it looks badass, that’s why.

In the world of reviewing Blu-ray releases, I am a lover, not a fighter. And when it comes to Forgetting Sarah Marshall on Blu-ray, I’m loving it up big time.