Dia de los Muertos. Day of the Dead. Not exactly Christmas, Thanksgiving or the Fourth of July but this was a holiday episode. I don’t claim to know much about the Day of the Dead but it was nice how this episode revolved around shows of affection (sometimes public) and how they have a good ripple effect. This was sort of one of those “awww” sweet Modern Family episodes, I say sort of because I was left wanting more. I actually didn’t believe the episode was finished when Phil had his reaction to the open can of paint. For the record Google couldn’t help me find the clinical term for an open can of paint phobia, any of y’all know what they call that?

Most importantly- Cam revealed that gays don’t high five. This makes me sad. I want everyone to be able to enjoy the high five no matter their sexual orientation. Also this-

Kiss Worthy Moment Official List:

Buying a shirt.

Finding jalapeno stuffed olives.

Making the light on Maple.

Every time you see a VW “Kiss Buggy.”

Almost getting a turkey (bowling).

As if that weren’t enough Cam also gave us a hilarious physical comedy gag (as seen above) when he turned to kiss Mitchell, Mitchell moved away from the attempted kiss and Cam fell over the couch and onto the floor. I don’t know what this show would do without Cam and Phil, easily two of the top ten funniest characters currently on television. Luke gets honorable mention.

What did you think of tonights episode? How do you feel about PDA?

Eddie Murphy does three types of films – voice over work as Donkey in Shrek, bad movies such as last years Norbit, and fun family movies such as Doctor Dolittle.  Murphy’s latest movie comes in the form of Meet Dave and it falls squarely into the “fun family movie” category.

Meet Dave. Dave is not human at all. It seems that Dave is really a spaceship crewed by star fleet personnel from the planet Nill. This crew, lead by their Captain (Eddie Murphy) was trained in Earth culture by studying information found on Google and Yahoo. They have a lot to learn.

When accidentally hitting Dave with her car, Gina Morrison (Elizabeth Banks) and son Josh (Austyn Myers) befriend Dave as he tries to assimilate into Earth’s culture and environment. Dave is on a mission of locating an orb that was sent from Nill to Earth and not heard from since.

Eddie Murphy plays two roles and is excellent in both forms. His first role is that of the ship’s captain and the second is as of the ship itself…Dave. His ability to make both the Captain and Dave two different characters yet be connected was simply amazing. Murphy proves that you can still do slapstick comedy without having to physically harm oneself.

Elizabeth Banks showed that she can do more then sit at a desk as she did in the Spider-Man movies (she was Betty Brant). New comer Austyn Meyers does a great job and had perfect screen chemistry with both Murphy and Banks. With a supporting cast consisting of Marc Blucas (Riley on Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Scott Caan (son of legend James Caan), and Mike O’Malley (Stuart on My name is Earl) there was plenty of real world interaction for Banks and Meyers to work with.

First time movie director Brian Robbins knows family features as he is one of the driving forces behind the hit TV show Smallville and has produced tons of family shows for Nickelodeon over the years. This is a very good family movie that manages to get in lots of laughs while not stooping to sophmoric fart jokes or silly parody gags along the way. The pacing was just perfect and the 90-minute run time makes it a good way to spend some quality time at the movies and not feel as if you had been there all day.

Meet Dave is rated PG for bawdy and suggestive humor, action and some language.  Trust me when I say your children will love this movie.

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ 

With the long weekend an endless fireworks and parades, I was lost in all of the fun that is July 4th. With that said walking into the office this morning and seeing my google reader at over 200, I about fainted. Well least to say nothing much really caught my eye, but those that did will be named!

Below I have gotten together some of the stories around the net that I think are news worth this fine Monday morning. Enjoy!

Our friends over at ReelComix have 13 Dark Knight Clips to share with the world!

Vic over at ScreenRant, rants well about how Trailers, TV Spots and more could of ruined The Dark Knight.

Peter and the hard working crew of /Film have a photo up of Wolverine from the latest X-Men spin off.

The Day The Earth Stood Still has a trailer, and a wierd one at that.

Hancock, depsite all of the rumors and the drop in rating from R to PG-13 has come in on top for this long weekend. As it should for debuting on a Tuesday?!?!

And last but not least, the boys over at Collider have 7 great photos of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.