Yesterday (Saturday), I rented three movies from RedBox: Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (Can't believe I'm admitting that), City of Ember, and The Wackness.
Balls Out has virtually no redeeming qualities. It's not too often you see a movie about tennis; at times, it is roll-on-the-floor funny, but so much of it is potty humor, the cussing is horrendous, and there are many cringe-inducing moments. I don't recommend this at all.
City of Ember was decent. The basic plot is that a city was established underground due to some global calamity. After 200 years, the people would come back up to the surface. Only, the box being used to track the countdown has been stuck in a closet, and no one knows what's supposed to be happening. Food is running short (except for the foodstuffs horded by the mayor), and the generator supplying electricity is failing. No one knows how to fix any of the problems, only apply gross patches. I'm not sure why this movie didn't do better; I know marketing was horrible for it. What I was expecting from the spotty memory of the trailer is not at all what happened.
The Wackness is very odd. Since movies are due back at 9 for RedBox, I ran out of time to watch much more than about 20 minutes of this one. I don't think I need to see more. Interesting note: the main guy, Josh Peck, was in the Nickelodeon show Drake & Josh. The movie definitely should not be watched by any tween/teen fans of the TV show.
Right now, I'm listening to The Dan and Joe shoe, episode one. It's a talk show between Dan and Joe where they discuss movies and music and whatever. The link is www.danandjoeshow.com, a pretty basic site. Kind of humorous.
