Ruby Sparks

Starring leads of  Ruby Sparks who are dating in real life too

I jump from movie to movie based on what actor or actress I'm currently obsessed with, and this weekend, I was/still am obsessed with Zoe Kazan, whom I first encountered in The Pretty One. She is very famous among indie starlets, having been on Broadway and in B-list films like any good indie actress. She is the writer of this fantastic film, Ruby Sparks, which she wrote for her and her boyfriend, Paul Dano, who stars as the lead.


In this film, Calvin is a once successful writer who now has an awful case of writers block. His shrink tells him to write one page about someone who likes his dog, and he soon finds inspiration, writing a love story starring a girl who he made up while he was dreaming. He wakes up one day to find out that the girl from his book, Ruby, is alive and living with him in his house as his girlfriend. He finds out that everything he writes about her becomes real and he promises to never write about her again because he loves her, but as time goes on, his character starts getting feelings of her own. He thinks she is going to leave him, so he writes about her again, changing her emotions and making her seem less and less real. He finally tells her the truth and proves it to her by making her do many tiring and embarrassing things until he jams his typewriter and she is able to leave. He writes a new book on his experiences with her and months later, meets her in the park. Ruby has no recollection of their relationship and is reading his new book. When she finds out that he's the author, she tells him not to spoil the end and Calvin replies with "I promise".

My goodness, the chemistry

I'm completely smitten with this movie and these two people and the fact that they're actually dating in real life made me die a thousand deaths, I was so excited. They have been dating for seven years and it is my new favorite couple. Forget Brangelina, these B-listers are where it's at and this indie flick was amazing. I really loved this movie and it's been like I've unlocked this safe of amazing movies that no one ever talks about but really leave a poignant impression on me for days and weeks afterwards. 

The Pretty One

When I watched Let's Be Cops, I realized just how

much I totally love Jake Johnson, so in keeping with him as a theme, I wanted to watch some of his other movies. It turns out I've already seen most of them, but he is in quite a few indie films, which are awesome. I watched The Pretty One and I have got to say, it was the best movie I've seen to date, for many more reasons than just the stellar script. 

Laurel is a girl in her early twenties, still lives with her dad and his fiancee, doesn't have any friends, and is not over her mother's death. Her identical twin sister, Audrey, is the exact opposite, popular, outgoing, and a successful real estate agent. Audrey comes home for their birthday and they both get into a horrible car accident and Audrey dies. Laurel doesn't remember who she is, and everyone thinks she's Audrey, so when she finally remembers, she just goes with it and decides to become Audrey. She moves into Audrey's house and quickly befriend her tenant, Basel (Jake Johnson), who Audrey was very mean to. They fall in love and it's basically the cutest relationship I've ever seen, better than Johnny Castle and Baby, but when he proposes, she tells the truth and he leaves. She goes back home and tells everyone, they have another funeral, the right funeral, and she becomes Laurel again. She decides to still live in Audrey's house and tries to win Basel back. Of course, since they're in actual , honest to God love, he forgives her and my life was completed. 

Not only was my favorite actor the lead man in 

this movie, but the actress who played Laurel/Audrey (Zoe Kazan) is completely one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen, in my sense of beauty. I will be watching more of her filmography. I think the reason I liked this movie so much was that I really saw a lot of myself in Laurel. I think it was mostly the fact that she didn't interact with people very well at first and also how everyone thinks she's a total oddball but no one even knows her. This movie was a comedy drama, my favorite genre, and there were some pretty good lines and scenes. Overall, it was a weird, quirky film, and  I LOVED it.

Let's Be Cops

Now, this movie was an action-adventure comedy, and I know what some people think about vulgar comedy movies like this, but I really enjoyed it. Let's Be Cops was a box-office hit and it was nowhere as stupid as The Interview (which I also liked). I thought it was a funny movie with an actual substantial plot that was fast-moving and perfect. 

Two thirty year-old roommates are about to give up on LA and move back to Columbus, Ohio when they wear cop costumes to a party (which, of course, turned out to be a black-tie party, not costume) when they realize that people think they're real cops. Ryan (left) takes it to a whole new level by buying a cop car and watching YouTube videos to learn official procedures. They pretend to be real cops, much to Justin's (right) opposition. They become friends with a real cop who gives them a case to take down an Albanian mob. In the end, the get in this whole shoot-out with the mob and bring it down. Their cop friends covers for them and Justin goes back to his life with more assertiveness in the workplace and Ryan becomes a real cop, going through the academy and everything. 

I loved this movie mainly because of the cast. The two main characters both star in one of my favorite shows, New Girl, and Jake Johnson(below) is one of my two absolute favorite actors (the other being James McAvoy from X-Men:First Class) and I watched this movie mainly for him. I love his face. I just got lucky that it turned out to be a really good movie