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ADVENTURELAND

Summertime brings on an itch for the amusement park, rather than actually interact with children, visit Adventureland.  No movie better encapsulates the airbrushed corn dog nostalgia of the local crappy fun park of your childhood.Obviously, I’m obsessed with Martin Starr, so as a selling point let’s start with him.   He somehow manages to slip a Gogol reference into every role he plays.  Where Martin Starr goes, I follow.  Unlike those God-awful Twilight movies, Stewart doesn’t make me want to gouge my eyes out in her performance as EmIn addition to the stellar cast, this movie has an excellent soundtrack including The Cure, Crowded House, and The Velvet Underground.

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

The phrase dialing it in comes to mind in reviewing Chelsea Handler’s latest contribution to the New York Times Best Seller ListHandler’s books are like the Twilight movies, regardless of how mediocre, folks will come out the pocket.

Bang Bang pretty much peaks in the first chapter when Chelsea describes discovering masturbation at an eight year old girl’s slumber party circle jerk.

Pure cotton candy, the anecdotes make for easy, occasionally humorous reading.  Then POOF, just like empty calories, the confection basically disappears before your eyes.  By the last quarter of a relatively short book (256 pages), the energy putters out.  This limpness combined with the lazy editing proves the the NYT Best Seller List reflects only sales and not necessarily quality.