Movie review: The Love Guru

I'm sure not everyone will agree with me, but I really liked The Love Guru. It's very funny, has a great cast, many cameos and the biggest joke of all: The Toronto Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup! Although it's more realistic then the Los Angeles Kings winning it... I'm not a hockey guy, but when it's in a comedy, I can appreciate it a little bit more. I understand the star of this movie, Mike Myers is a fan. And I'm pretty sure I understand is choice of teams. He works in LA, but is from Toronto...

But hockey is only one aspect of the movie and is mainly about this Love Guru, who is hired to re-unite the Maple Leafs' star player with his wife, because his game performance is suffering from this separation. Also, by accomplishing this task, he may get more notoriety and an appearance on Oprah Winfrey's TV show, which are his initial true goals. But could it be that more important things comes in the way? Of course, it's a comedy!

The beautiful and sweet owner of the Leafs, Jane Bullard, is played by Jessica Alba and is the one who hires Guru Pitka. She will have the same effect on him then she has on me... Other characters are Darren & Prudence Roanoke, the troubled couple, played by Romany Malco and Meagan Good, Coach Punch Cherkov, played by Verne Troyer and Jacques Grande, played by Justin Timberlake. Grande is the cause of Darren's troubles, being the one who stole Prudence from him. He his the Kings' goaler. He also happens to be a Québécois and one of the funniest character in the movie! It's probably even funnier to us real Québécois, because of the way Timberlake plays him. By the way, his recipe for a Québécois' Pizza, I had never heard of. Don't believe a word of it!

A must see for Mike Myers' fans, but it should be fun for other peoples as well. Be warned that the language is crude at times and the story has some violence, sexual references and other things not appropriate for young kids. Parents beware.

Movie review: Nitro

Unless you live in the Quebec province, in Canada, you probably have not heard of this movie. That's because it's French Canadian. There are not too many action movies made in Quebec, but that's one of them!

Max, a man with a street racing past, is confronted with the risk of losing his wife if a heart is not found in time for transplantation. When time is about to run out, he takes matters in his own hand to find one himself. To do so, he turns back to his old life, where breaking the law is just a part of life. Street racing to get money, underground links to find a heart, he his willing to do anything to save the life of the one he loves.

I expected more action in this movie, but there was a good portion of the film dedicated to it, with the balance being more of a love story. The actors are quite good and the story is also very good and takes place in Montreal, with a few recognizable elements, such as the Olympic Stadium. If all you want is action, you may be disappointed in Nitro, but if you can appreciate a good story, this one's for you! I don't know if they will dub it for other markets, but it is available with English sub-titles...