Next Friday

Based on the 1997 hit comedy 'Friday,' Craig (played by Ice Cube) must move with his rich cousins in the suburbs after the neighborhood bully Debo escapes from prison and searches to extract his revenge on Craig after sending him to prison in the original film.

Paul

I think that the movie was really funny in some parts, but I wish it would have followed the old one a bit more. The new trend it presented seemed to work.

Most of the physical jokes were hilarious. Craig's Uncle Elroy steals the show as the heavy supply of his everlasting stench leaves everyone to wonder what the hell this guy does with his spare time to produce that kind of smell. Even the simple act of carrying around an aerosol air-freshener kept the audience rolling the aisles.

I didn't like the fact that the movie didn't rely on it's predecesor. The setting is based in the suburbs, instead of the 'hood where my homies live. Chris Tucker doesn't join the cast in this hilarious sequel and some of the characters like Ice Cube's neighbors start to get a little annoying.

Still, if you're looking for a funny movie that offers a quick joke for a great laugh, 'Next Friday' is for you.

Danny

At last, a true toilet movie that lives up to the hype it created. 'Next Friday' is the typical comedic garbage you'd expect from the new 90's formula Hollywood.

The jokes are, to say the very least, offensive, crude, perpetual and basically unfunny. Imagine watching all of the Cheech & Chong movies, Half Baked, throw in a little American Pie and you've got another Ice Cube meal ticket.

The idea itself doesn't even try to be original. Basically, it's the original 'Friday' movie set in the burbs. What's next? 'Friday in Disneyworld?' I'd pay good money just to see if movie execs have the cajones to pull that one off.

Fans of the original, however, will find their money's worth since the plot and the idea are vritually interchangable complete with a rude attitude and an insufferably boring story

MY ADVICE: EMBRACE IT LIKE A CUTE PUPPY

MY ADVICE: IGNORE IT LIKE A STARVING LION

Down to You

Al Connelly (played by Freddie Prinze Jr.) is a hopeless romantic looking for a strong relationship and faces the pressure of his friends' need to play around until he meets Imogen (played by Julia Stiles) and learns the tough lessons of love in the Big Apple.

Paul

It ranges from pretty good to insufferably bad. Most of the scenes remind me of those preteen days of high school set in college when everyone drove expensive cars, had perfect a bone structure and spoke in perfect sentences with subjects and predicates. When was this period of my life?

Some of the dream sequences were fairly creative. Al would imagine living his life with his one true love and out of nowhere, a SWAT team would barge through the kitchen and teach the family how to cook better tasting meals. 'The Man Show' sequence is definitely worth the ticket price alone...if you're a man of course.

But basically, the movie is nothing but pure teen romantic crap that has been recycled like an old Pepsi can over and over and over until it's nothing but a movie with a guy falling in love, a quick sex scene and the ending credits.

Boys, guys, fellow males...if you haven't already taken your girlfriend or significant other to see this movie, it's a sure fire way to get them to like you better because you won't be able to sit through the first five minutes of it without vomiting profusely.

Danny

Most critics will tell you to avoid these teen romances like they are capable of transmitting the Bubonic Plague. But, most of those don't even come close to having what 'Down to You' has - a plot with a heart.

Freddie Prinze, Jr., known for pretty horrible roles like the ones in 'She's All That' and 'Wing Commander,' breaks his tradition and stands out as a superb performer portraying a sensible guy looking for more than just a roll in the hay. His performance is believable, heartfelt and entertaining.

The acting does tend to go over the top in certain areas. During one of the breakup scenes, Julia Stiles and Prinze seem more like two kids fighting in a playground over pine cones than two serious individuals searching for the perfect relationship.

Even though the movie has some obvious flaws, it does stand out over other sappy teen romances and can be a fun flick for the guy or the girl, even though the guy is just seeing this one so he can play tongue hockey with his girlfriend.

MY ADVICE: IGNORE IT LIKE THE EBOLA VIRUS

MY ADVICE: EMBRACE IT LIKE THE FLU ON A WORK DAY

Paul's Video Pick
(Definitely Not Danny's)

Arlington Road

Jeff Bridges plays a college history professor thrust in the middle of a terrorist plot to bomb the FBI building when he realizes his next door neighbor might be the prime suspect behind the plot. It's suspensful from beginning to end, packed full with plenty of action, and well casted with Tim Robbins playing the spooky, psycopathic neighbor.

Danny's Video Pick
(Definitely Not Paul's)

Stir of Echoes

After Tom Witzky (played by Kevin Bacon) gets hypnotized by his sister-in-law for a night of harmless fun, he is haunted by the ghost of a small girl and must find the truth of the mystery that slowly unfolds around him. Supereb acting by Kevin Bacon and offers a scary, mysterious good time for horror fans that don't want a tremendous scare.

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IGNORE IT LIKE A PAULY SHORE MOVIE

SEE IT LIKE AN ADAM SANDLER MOVIE

LOVED IT LIKE A TEDDY BEAR DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE

HATED IT LIKE AN GIANT PYTHON DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE

WATCH IT LIKE IT'S A FOOTBALL GAME ON A BIG SCREEN TV

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LOVED AS MUCH AS AN OPEN SORE DIPPED IN SALT

HATED IT MORE THAN MY LAST PROCOTOLOGY EXAM