“The Office” returned to its roots. No baby special, no St. Patrick’s Day “celebration,” no Kathy Bates, just the simple over the top office antics as portrayed by one of the best ensembles on television. Ever. This episode, entitled “New Leads” has tensions rising at Dunder-Mifflin as a new “Sales is King” policy is implemented. Does the return to office basics that viewers know and love pay off with laughs and an all-around great episode? Let’s discuss…

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This weekend Oscar nominee Jude Law and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker will both take a step out of their comfort zones to star in a sci-fi action flick. Repo Men is the big screen adaptation of the novel Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia who also penned the screenplay. With such acclaimed material on their hands and the original author on board with the script, how did this film turn into a convoluted and detached mess?

Someone needs to “repo” Repo Men stat…

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In their latest romantic comedy The Bounty Hunter, Jennifer Aniston is lovely and Gerald Butler is an immature 12-year-old trapped in the body of a middle-aged man. Aniston is one of the ladies in Hollywood who’s taken up more rom-coms than anyone else, while Butler is slowly dipping his feet into the genre — he’s already got two under his belt (P.S. I Love You and The Ugly Truth). Now the duo joins director Andy Tennant, who like Aniston, has plenty of experience in the realm of unconventional love backed by hilarious circumstances.

Find out if these veterans made a film worth watching…

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This weekend Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart will show the world that they can be more than just teen movie stars with their latest film. The Runaways hits theaters tomorrow, and we’ve gathered reviews from critics and compiled them into one helpful article. It appears that this movie has love it or hate it written all over it, which can be good because it stirs controversy, which leads to conversation that eventually puts asses in the seats.

Take a look at what the top dogs are saying about The Runaways...

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…it kicks ass. Much like the title of this film, Kick-Ass is very straight forward. It has one idea, one concept and it follows through 100% with what it promises to do. There’s no debate over the rating, no lines that they’re afraid to cross, it’s just a simple comic-book story about a guy who is anything but your typical hero. The fight scenes are extremely well done, every actor in it was extremely well cast, and although the dialogue is ridiculous at times, it was surprisingly realistic.

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It’s dangerous territory remaking the 1984 cult classic that brought us “wax on, wax off.” The 2010 version of The Karate Kid is simply a remake of the original premise but set in a different location. The film is produced by Will Smith, and is directed by Harald Zwart.

In the film Jaden Smith stars in the the lead as a troubled youth named Dre who encounters a severe bully when he is forced to move overseas to China due to a job his mother played by Taraji P. Henson has to take. In order to stop getting beaten up he has to learn how to fight with martial arts master Mr. Han played by Jackie Chan.

So, is the remake worth it?

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Last night’s episode of “Lost” entitled “Recon” focused on a good Sawyer and a bad Sawyer, as if there’s really a difference between the two. We followed Pseudo-Locke and his group back to their camp after his mass murder at the Temple, only to find Sayid unresponsive to normal conversation, and Claire still going batsh*t crazy. It’s a good thing we had Sawyer and his alternate timeline to keep us submerged in something semi-sturdy.

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As requested, we will be revealing no plot information, spoilers, or many details about Disney/Pixar’s latest addition to the Toy Story series, Toy Story 3. There are very few films out there that I support trilogies of and this is one of them, mainly because they proved with their second film that it could be just as good as the first.

The version that the screened for us here at ShoWest still had a temp score, it was in 2D and the animation was not 100% complete. It’s very hard, even for the most imaginative minds to get the full experience of a film when it’s not completely finished.

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Netflix is bound to get a workout this week as no fewer than eleven feature films are hitting DVD shelves. That’s right, eleven. And the list is stacked with blockbusters like the second Twilight film, New Moon and The Princess and the Frog leading the way. There’s stuff for indie fans as well including Pedro Almodovar’s latest and an adaptation of the David Foster Wallace story. All that, plus one of the best shows on television!

Check it all out below. . .

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