First The Love Gury Pic - Jessica Alba and Mike Myers

Here's the first picture of Jessica Alba and Mike Myers from The Love Guru. Myers looks pretty funny, and Jessica looks good as usual.

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The plot of the movie is this:

In the comedy, The Love Guru (Mike Myers), Pitka is an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. He moves back to the U.S. to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help and spirituality, specializing in settling intimacy issues between couples. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle a rift between major league star hockey player Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco) and his estranged wife. After the split, Roanoke's wife starts dating the star member of a rival team, out of revenge, sending her husband into a major professional skid -- to the horror of the team's owner Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) and Coach Cherkov (Verne Troyer). Pitka must return the couple to marital nirvana and get Roanoke back on his game so the team can break the 40-year-old "Bullard Curse" and win the championship.

Movie Trailer Review: Awake (2007)

The movie trailer for Awake is now online, and I must say I'm intrigued. The movie stars Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba (oh, and Terrence Howard), and is a psychological thriller about a guy who is put under anesthesia for a dangerous operation, but who doesn't quite fall asleep. While he is in his nearly comatose state, he hears the doctors, including one of his friends, plotting to just kill him to save themselves the trouble. What happens next appears to be a surreal adventure, as he isn't sure what is true and what isn't. All I know is that includes scenes of Jessica Alba about as nude as you've seen her.

The movie looks interesting, and the concept is a good one. Other than in Star Wars, I've liked Christensen quite a bit - he was great in Shattered Glass, and his performance in Life as a House was also top notch. This one looks a little more mainstream, but could be a good vehicle for him if done right.

Sadly, Awake is one of those films that could end up being lame, especially if the ending is pretty stupid (I give it a 50/50 chance). Still, I'll be heading to theaters, if not just to see Ms. Alba.

Watch the Awake movie trailer.

Watch Jessica Alba in The Eye teaser trailer

The Eye, a new horror movie (or an old one if you consider that it is a remake) starring Jessica Alba, is coming to theaters in February 2008, and the teaser trailer for this long awaited project is now online.

The movie looks pretty good. Of course, since it's a teaser, there's not much plot revealed, but the marketing department has done a good job of piecing together a taught-looking thrill ride that doesn't include a single word of dialogue. Alba looks as good as ever, even when her eyes are grayed out, and the teaser builds tension incredibly well.

Watch the teaser trailer for The Eye.

Movie Review: The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)

Here's my review for The Sleeping Dictionary, which was released on DVD way back in 2003...

We all know it, even the women: Jessica Alba is one hot young woman. She epitomizes good-looking in the 21st century. Most men would risk the herpes rumor just to have one night with her. And that's why I risked everything - and I mean everything - by watching The Sleeping Dictionary, a movie I neither needed to nor particularly wanted to watch, other than to see Alba walk around half naked the entire time.

The Sleeping Dictionary is about a young, uptight British officer who is sent to Sarawak under orders from the government. There he finds a native culture unlike anything he's ever known, and an incredibly beautiful girl named Selima (Alba) who, by chance, has been selected to be his "sleeping dictionary," his guide to learning the local language, and his personal concubine. Now, most men would take full advantage of this situation, but John (Hugh Dancy), with his conservative values, denies Selima at first, causing plenty of tension and fighting between the two. But as they slowly become more accustomed to one another (i.e. screwing), John finds himself falling in love with this girl who is completely off limits, at least in an emotional sense. While his duties lead him to a British girl, his heart remains with Selima, but will they and can they ever be together?

The movie is a surprisingly decent romantic drama set against a backdrop of British expansion into innocent "native" lands. It is quite clear that writer/director Guy Jenkin wanted to make a sweeping epic out of his picture, but he just isn't the right man for the job. His film is entertaining and presents likable and interesting characters, and the romance between Alba and Dancy is believable. The chemistry between the two is good, and that alone makes The Sleeping Dictionary enjoyable.

But...

There's just something missing from the film. It lacks a certain edge needed for a period piece such as this, and the movie comes off just a bit too much like an excuse to highlight Alba's looks. It's not that Jenkin flaunts her looks, but The Sleeping Dictionary seems built around the capabilities of Alba. No offense to Alba, but she's no Meryl Streep. Perhaps at some point she will be able to power a drama herself, but right now, and especially a few years ago when this film was released, her acting capabilities are a bit limited. The Sleeping Dictionary, overall, feels a bit light and fluffy, which seems to match quite well to Alba's performance. It's not that she's bad - she's actually quite decent here - but there is something about the whole screenplay, casting and acting that don't seem quite right for a movie looking to be a sweeping, epic, period piece drama.

The Sleeping Dictionary is a surprisingly fun and enjoyable little romantic drama, but it isn't a movie that could have ever won awards. There is a little bit of sex and nudity throughout, for those who are interested, though it is quite clear that Jessica Alba used a double for those scenes. It's still nice to pretend, isn't it?

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer DVD review

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer hit DVD this last week, and with it comes several special features. We'll get to the movie later, but first here's a quick DVD review:

The first of two discs contains two separate feature commentaries, one of which by director Tim Story and the other by the producers and writers of the film. While I don't have the patience to sit through the film two more times, it would be interesting to hear how they justify the embarrassing product placements and geographic inconsistencies in the film.

Also included in the 2-disc set are some deleted scenes (none of which are overly exciting, as you might expect), several production featurettes and one very long documentary about the pre-production and production aspects of the movie (conveniently split into two chapters). This documentary is one of the better ones I've seen, although I still set the Pirates of the Caribbean pre-production documentary as the standard. Fantastic Four 2 didn't have nearly as many problems involved (nor is it as complicated), but it's fun to see some of the elements that go into the film and see the actors off camera.

Overall, if you were a fan of the movie, there are some good special features here, but that requires you to be a fan of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - and those may be hard to come by. The movie was actually better than I expected and it was mildly entertainment (perhaps due to very, very low expectations after the disaster that was the first Fantastic Four), but it is so poorly done at times (and overdone at other times) that it is hard to thoroughly enjoy.

You can read my full Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer movie review here.

Top 7 Jessica Alba Photos

As with most guys, I'm a big fan of Jessica Alba. She may have yet to star in one really good movie (Sin City, where she plays a stripper, is the one true exception), but she is just good-looking. And it's not just that she's hot... she is down-to-earth, innocent kind of hot, even when she isn't. And without further ado, here are seven photos that I really, really like...

Also, here's my list of Top 6 Worst Jessica Alba movies.

Nothing steamy here, but she just looks very, very pretty.

Jessica Alba in a bikini is never bad.

The short hair look here works.

This is one of those rare pics where she poses as more of a dirty girl, without being completely obvious about it.

Um, this one speaks for itself.

I really think a ski jacket would have been a better look for this picture.

This one unfortunately has Dane Cook in it, but I think she just looks so good right here. The perfect date.

The Top 6 Worst Jessica Alba Movies

Let's face it, guys. Jessica Alba is hot. In fact, she is so hot that if she made a move on you, some of you would even leave your wives or girlfriends just for one night with her. Hell, there are some women who would leave their husbands for a night with her. With a slew of new movies coming out, including Good Luck Chuck and The Love Guru, I'd like to take a look at her accomplishments... or lack thereof. While I truly believe that most actors who make it to the A-list do have talent whether we actually see it or not, it certainly seems like Ms. Alba is riding on her looks thus far, as her career choices suggest...

Here are her top six worst movies, with number one being the worst:

6. Sin City

How could Sin City end up being in a "Worst" list? Easy: when an actress has only starred in six or so films, even good movies end up on the list. Sin City is an awesome movie, with great visuals, acting and plot. Jessica Alba looks hot and pulls off her part well (and her clothes) - in fact, this is her best performance to date. And in reality, it was her sex appeal that pulled a lot of people into theaters, where they then witnessed a wonderful experience (by that I mean a good movie, not a more "personal" wonderful experience). There is nothing wrong with Sin City, and Sin City 2 is on the way (presumably).

5. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

I went into this movie with really low expectations and came out moderately enjoying this film. It is funny, has some good action, and Jessica Alba is in it. Still, the movie is a piece of crap, and had it been made with an appropriate script and director, it actually could have been something. Alba, despite a PG-rated nude scene where she flops naked onto a sidewalk in front of dozens of people, is definitely not the highlight of the film, and in fact she's quite bad. She's never been good in the Fantastic Four movies and probably never will be. Oh, and her blonde hair makes her look less hot. It is amazing what makeup artists can do!

4. Into the Blue

This action-adventure starring Paul Walker wasn't an especially good movie, but it made up for a dreadfully boring first hour and a half with a halfway decent conclusion full of all kinds of action and death. That being said, the movie almost succeeds on Jessica Alba's looks herself; after all, she spends the entire movie in a skimpy bikini and seems more like part of the beautiful scenery than anything else. And this film is also remarkable for the fact that it actually features a blink-and-you'll-miss-it boob shot of Ms. Alba as she's trying to escape a man underwater. Still, the movie is as shallow as the water she's swimming in.

3. Honey

I don't remember much about this hip-hop dance movie, other than that Jessica Alba stretches her body in all kinds of unnatural yet seductive ways. Still, the movie isn't all that great as it's been done a hundred times before. Once again, the film seems reliant on Alba's hotness to piece together the story, as otherwise there would be no noteworthy reason to ever watch it.

2. Idle Hands

Idle Hands, the odd horror-comedy, was the first movie I ever saw Jessica Alba in, and I must say that she was the one positive thing I remember from the film. The plot has something to do about a kid getting an evil hand, but he's also trying to get the hot girl next door, a very young but uber-hot Alba. The movie sucked and was a dreadful waste of time, but Alba was nice to look at.

1. Fantastic Four

The first Fantastic Four movie had a lot going for it: cool special effects, a cool superhero team and Jessica Alba as the Invisible Woman. Unfortunately, Alba ended up being not-so-good and the movie overall was one of the worst comic book adaptations ever. Cheesy, ludicrous and boring from beginning to end, this was the most disappointing film starring Jessica Alba. Ever. How it spawned a sequel amazes me.

As you may have guessed, the reason for this article was simply so we could find some good Jessica Alba pictures to go along with it.