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Last night we hit the redbox jackpot. While chatting it up with Thisbe I miraculously managed to reserve a copy of "Burn after Reading" at the ShopRite redbox in Lawrenceville (which at first freaked me out because Redbox identified this location as being in "Trenton", and god knows we don't go to Trenton! But alas, it's really just the Shop Rite by Chevy's anyhoo.) We scored that and when picking it up I also sprung for "Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five" and "The House Bunny". Verdict? Out of the three? The House Bunny was the best pick.

The Furious Five? It was 20 minutes, which would have been okay but they only got back Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman-- come on, couldn't Dreamworks have gotten it in Angelina Jolie's contract that she had to do any sequels/prequels and other promotional materials? They couldn't even get back Seth Rogan and Lucy Liu!

Burn After Reading? The whole movie was a set up for the joke at the end. This could have been okay if the rest of the movie was a screwball comedy but instead the Coen's tried to make it a black comedy, with the whole "comedy" thing not really being actually funny. Brad Pitt was good as a total goofball but other than that? Pretty disappointing.

The House Bunny? Rumor Willis with a back brace? One of the people from American Idol making their big screen debut? All sounds pretty lame right? Well, watch it after Burn After Reading and you'll have a new appreiciation for lame jokes. It was harmless and entertaining. Not bad for $1.