The Internship (2013)

Director-Shawn Levy

Length-119 min.

Rated-PG-13

From the duo who brought you Wedding Crashers, Vince Vaughn (Billy McMahon) and Owen Wilson (Nick Campbell) team up once again for another hysterical adventure. I must admit that with a PG-13 rating, I expected this film to be childish and somewhat unrealistic. However, Vince Vaughn stole the show with his consistently entertaining commentary throughout. There was also a duo of beautiful women put on full display in this film with the likes of Rose Byrne (Dana), who played Aldous Snow's (Russell Brand) lover in Get Him to the Greek; along with an enticing newcomer by the name of Jessica Szohr (Marielena), who plays the fitness instructor at Google and crush of one of the employees. This film is much more than your stereotypical new age comedy, and conveys the difficulties in finding a job for college graduates in today's job market, as well as those who have become recently unemployed. This film hits home in a way that most audience members can relate to. With a very heartfelt conclusion, this film appeals to a huge target audience, ranging from teenage tech-junkies to the white collar working class. For a fun-filled evening that the whole family can enjoy, take a chance on The Internship.

Superman: Man of Steel (2013)

Director-Zack Snyder

Length-143 min.

Rated-PG-13

In this year’s second summer superhero blockbuster (Ironman 3 being the first), Superman: Man of Steel plays on all the major stereotypes, blows action sequences out of proportion and fails to explain just about all key plot points. I know all the female audience members will enjoy this film solely because they get to stare at the “Superchad,” known as Clark Kent/Kal-El (Henry Cavill), who never seems to get a single scratch on his perfectly toned body or a crinkle in his flawlessly crafted haircut. This film was truly a meeting of Avatar and Star Wars coming to a collision on Planet Earth. However exciting and extraordinary, the believability of this film was extremely lackluster and even for being the all powerful Superman, Henry Cavill seemed entirely too confident and cocky for my taste. Amy Adams did play a wonderful role as the lovely Lois Lane, but even her acting expertise couldn’t save this comic hero cliché. I also was not a fan of Michael Shannon as General Zod, for he did not fit the role of the villain particularly well in my opinion. And by the way, what ever happened to Lex Luthor?  I mean is he not Superman’s primary villain in all prior circumstances? Well that is neither here nor there. All in all, this film could have been cut by 20 minutes while still reaching the same conclusions. It also could have done without so much death and destruction. By the end of the film, the entire city of New York was completely destroyed. Ironman was far superior to Superman in my opinion, and I’m sure there will be a sequel to this mediocre film which will try to outdo its prequel and fail miserably.