Very, very famous Regina comedian and celebrity, Phil Smith, a good friend of mine—who is doing a show on Friday, April 17, and is likely already sold out—recently lent me the book I Love You, Beth Cooper. You may have seen previews for it, like I did before Hannah Montana: The Movie. The movie looks to be a happy-go-lucky sex romp for only the most immature member of the family to enjoy, but I tell you what, it is not. It is a very dark, very cool, very black comedy; needless to say, after reading the book I am quite excited to see the movie. I literally could not put the book down, reading it in a little under 5 hours, straight, in silence. I was enthralled by ever paragraph, the book is written in an incredibly creative fashion, with purposeful grammatical errors to reflect the plot through the eyes of our very unlucky protagonist. I encourage anybody who gets a chance to read this book, you may love it a lot. Or really hate it, I realize at times I have a very sick sense of humour.

I also saw both Observe and Report and Adventureland this week, two movies I have been wanting to see for a long time. These movies, while very dissimilar, will forever be connected by me by one thing. They both take the Hollywood convention for comedies, basically trying to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, and throw it out the window. I don't see many people really loving these movies like I did, both are very dark and very emotional. Seth Rogen fans should not see Observe and Report, people who enjoy dark black humour—not unlike I Love You, Beth Cooper—should though, they will thoroughly enjoy it. People who want to laugh at fart jokes and hate chick stuff should not see Adventureland, it is more for people with a refined sense of humour that don't need a joke ever 5 minutes to enjoy the movie.

While I am at it, I am going to talk about a DVD I bought a little while ago called Sex Drive. This movie, while best classified as a teen-sex-romp type of deal, is nothing like any teen-sex-romp that has come out in my adult life. Ignoring any scene with Seth Green, this movie feels very different and very original through most of the main plot. When I watched this, it felt like the first time I saw American Pie, not because it is like American Pie in any way—it really isn't— but because it felt so much more different than any other movie being made for that demographic of people. I can say, without a doubt, that Sex Drive is a truly original movie, with a lot of heart, a lot of fun moment, and more than a few dick-and-fart jokes for the lowest common denominator. If you have yet to see this movie, I really suggest it, and if you have seen it and don't agree with me, then you probably aren't who the movie was being marketed to anyways.