Jake Peffer Watches

In high school trying to fit in is one of the hardest things to do. Being friends with two of the most popular and attractive girls should help your popularity. At least that's what someone would think until they find out they may only being your friends because you make them look better. That's the situation we find Bianca (Mae Whitman) in when she finds out that she is her friends DUFF, designated ugly fat friend. Bianca and her friends Casey (Bianca A. Santos) and Jess (Skyler Samuels) have been best friends for years and Bianca has never noticed how much more attention everyone gives Casey and Jess over her until she's told at a party by her neighbor Wes (Robbie Amell). With this new information Bianca questions her friendship with Casey and Jess and with the help of Wes tries to do everything in her power to get away from the title of the DUFF. On the surface The DUFF seems like a fairly generic teen comedy with not much going for it. And while it does have some mo...

Just a few years ago we were introduced to the first Pitch Perfect . From the trailers it looked like it could be the movie version of Glee , which could be a good or bad thing, or it could just be an absolute train wreck. Surprisingly enough the film turned out to be extremely funny and went on to become a huge hit with critics and audiences. After so much success it was inevitable there would probably be a sequel which, when it comes to comedies, isn't always a good thing. Sure every once in a while you a get something like 22 Jump Street that ends up being better than the first film but that is a rare occurrence. However, Pitch Perfect 2 might just be in that same category. This time around we continue to follow the Barden Bellas as they have become quite popular since the end of the last film. So popular in fact that they get to perform in front of the President and his wife. Unfortunately for them something goes haywire that causes Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) to flash everyon...

Melissa McCarthy has really blown up over the past few years after her hilarious performance in Bridesmaids . Since then she's gone on to headline a ton of different films and has started to make herself a household name. Despite having made a good deal of films in the last few years, not all of them have been winners. Last year's Tammy was a dreadful outing and 2013's Identity Thief where she starred alongside Jason Bateman was pretty rough as well. It seems that when she's paired up with the right people it can be a comedic success which was the case with The Heat which also starred Sandra Bullock and was directed by Paul Feig who just so happens to direct this film. Do McCarthy and Feig strike gold again or is this another flop on McCarthy's rise to the top? In Spy we follow Melissa McCarthy as Susan Cooper, a CIA analyst who is the eyes and ears for super spy Bradley Fine (Jude Law). Fine is one of the best agents the CIA has to offer and with Susan guid...

Aside from a CGI film in 2007, it has been over 20 years since we've seen a live action film of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . While that film didn't really spark a ton of interest in the property, it did lead to a Nickelodeon series that has been somewhat popular since it started in 2012. With Nickelodeon taking over the property they decided to reboot the series with a new live action film in 2014, bringing the Ninja Turtles back into the spotlight. It's a shame that they couldn't have brought them back in a fun or entertaining film. In the new reboot we once again follow April O'Neil, this time played by a less than stellar Megan Fox, a news reporter who can't catch a break when it comes to her job. When an evil group called the Foot Clan and their leader Shredder try and take over the city April discovers a group a sewer-dwelling human sized turtles with the right skills to help protect the city. The turtles have always been kept away from society by...

This Is Where I Leave You  stars Jason Bateman as Judd Altman, a man who has just discovered that his wife has been sleeping with his boss (Dax Shepard). To make matters worse he receives a phone call not too long after from his sister Wendy (Tina Fey) telling him that their father has just died. Now all the Altman kids are coming home for the funeral and must stay for seven days as they take part in a Jewish tradition called "sitting Shiva." The Altman's don't have the best relationships and once they're all under the same roof chaos ensues. There have been many films that are extremely similar to this premise. A dysfunctional family all come together for one reason or another and have to try and work out their differences for the sake of the family. Been there done that. That's the biggest pratfall for this film, the fact that it is so cliche and hits a lot of the same notes we've seen in plenty of other films. With that being said the film is able t...

What would you do if you knew you only had 90 minutes left to live? In The Angriest Man in Brooklyn  we watch as one man tries to see everyone he can before he dies. Robin Williams, in one of his final performances, stars as Henry Altmann. Henry is a very unhappy man who goes through every day just as miserable as the last. When he goes to visit his doctor Sharon Gill (Mila Kunis), who is experiencing her own rough day, Henry is told that he has a brain aneurysm. This information gets Henry even more angry than usual causing him to get very angry with Sharon which leads to her mistakenly telling him that he only has 90 minutes left to live. Despite not believing he only has an hour and a half left to live Henry sets out to make amends with some of the people in his life that he's wronged including his son, brother (Peter Dinklage) and ex-wife (Melissa Leo). While this film does boast a talented cast the execution feels just a little flat throughout. Not only is the story not al...

Neighbors  is the latest film to star comedian Seth Rogen. Rogen tends to come out with 2 to 3 comedies a year and for the most part the majority of them I have rather enjoyed. This time around Rogen has teamed up with Zac Efron as they go head to head trying to one up each other throughout the film. Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne play Mac and Kelly, a married couple with a new baby girl who have just moved into a great new house. Everything is fine until they have some unwelcome new neighbors move in next door. A college fraternity lead by Teddy (Zac Efron) sets up camp next to Mac and Kelly and now they fear that their baby will never sleep again. They want to approach the fraternity and let them know to keep things down but they don't want to seem like some uncool old folks. That doesn't matter anymore once they call the police on the fraternity and break the trust of Teddy which leads to a war between the college kids and the married couple as they both try to get one anothe...