It’s been awhile since I’ve done a “Movie Vault” review, or in plainspeak, reviewed a movie that has been released for quite some time.  I recently watched Secretary, a movie from 2002 of which I had never heard.  How did I miss this film?  While not the greatest movie - and the low budget shows throughout viewing - it’s got a very good cast that serve up great performances.  More importantly, though, it deals with a topic that is so taboo that I would have imagined it nearly impossible to make a watchable movie about that topic.  Director Steven Shainberg succeeded in that endeavor.  So, what just is Secretary about?  Keep reading the full review to find out.

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Pot has become mostly commonplace in our culture, so it should come as no surprise that marijuana has found its way onto the big screen.  Regardless of your feelings on Mary Jane, the portrayal of stoners in movies is usually pretty amusing.  There’s just something inherently hilarious (and for lots of us, um, familiar) about a dude with slowed speech and a penchant for getting all philosophical while ripping bong hits from a four-footer.  It sure makes me giggle, at least.  After the jump is a rundown of some of the most memorable stoners in movies.  Enjoy it with a fattie, OK Computer, and a bag of Cheetos:

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Just based on how much money this movie made, I’m guessing you’ve seen Transformers.  Did you like it?  Did you manage to get through the whole movie without rolling your eyes?  Did you feel like your intelligence was constantly insulted and that Michael Bay had launched a cinematic jihad against common sense?  Transformers, for all its success and special effects, is a steaming turd of a movie.  It’s a shame, too, because I really wanted to like it.  Keep reading to learn why Transformers sucks:

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If I wasn’t laughing so hard throughout this movie, I would have been insulted. The Transporter 2 was so preposterous that it made xXx look like an Oscar-winning documentary. And look, I can suspend disbelief and enjoy a film for pure entertainment value, but in this instance that was like asking someone on a diet to starve themselves for a year.  Read more after the jump:

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I was just a little kid when my dad let me watch the movie Alligator.  The movie changed my life.  The gore and killing and terror of a gigantic alligator eating people didn’t shock or traumatize me, but rather, it made me want to be an alligator.

I was infatuated with every single aspect of this movie, especially the killings.  Alligator embraces its status as a B-movie, masterfully delivering a dark, tongue-in-cheek humor and still conveying that the danger of a giant killer alligator was very real.

Read my review of this classic after the jump:

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