Northwest Missourian

Issue date: 11/20/08 Section: Features

New to DVD: "Tropic Thunder" made it on the shelves this week. Though Ben Stiller ("Zoolander") is the star and director, Jack Black is tenaciously awesome, as always. The film is about a group of actors who while filming a war movie, get caught in a real battle situation. Using their skills as actors, they fight their way through the jungle. Robert Downey Jr. ("Iron Man"), one of my personal favorites, co-stars. You have to love his craziness. Brandon T. Jackson ("8 Mile") is another member of the team and delivers some great lines. Beware, if you don't enjoy Stiller's sense of humor, you probably won't enjoy this movie.

Coming soon to theaters: An interesting twist on holiday comedy, "Four Christmases" is the story of a young couple whose usual Christmas vacation out of the country is cancelled. With nothing else to do, they attempt to visit their parents, who have both divorced. That leaves four separate visits to make. Vince Vaughn ("Wedding Crashers") and Reese Witherspoon ("Legally Blonde") star and history shows when Vaughn gets into family situations, it is bound to be funny. "Four Christmases" hits the box office next Wednesday.

New Video Game: "Sonic Unleashed" was released to the public Tuesday for many different gaming systems, including the Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360. I loved the Sonic games on the original Sega, and have been a fan ever since. The usual characters are back as Sonic tries to save the world from destruction. Some interesting new aspects to this game are the differences between the systems. For instance, on the Wii, you can use the nunchuck attachment to fight bad guys and for other game functions. Not all levels are the same either because of the differences in system play. This game is classic Sonic with a modern twist.

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