For those seeking a little entertainment, I have a couple quick movies I wanted to recommend.  Whether you like On Demand, Netflix, or Blockbuster – there is no point wasting your time with a bad movie.  Here are a couple of recommendations for movies to check out on DVD.

The first is “Hot Tub Time Machine.”  I know – terrible name.  While it is not as good or crazy as “The Hangover,” it is a very original idea and incredibly funny.  The movie stars John Cusack and “The Daily Show’s” Rob Corddry and is about exactly what you would think it would be – through a series of ridiculous mishaps, four friends go back in time via time machine.

The jokes are outlandish, the material is definitely for adults only, and if you don’t mind the ridiculous way they go back to the 80′s and just have fun with it – that is exactly what you will have – fun.  Cusack is very funny and it is wild to see him back in the 80′s – a generation in which he starred in several great teen movies.  Corddry is outlandish as the wild loser of the bunch and “The Office’s” Craig Robinson is wonderful in his first real starring vehicle.  Movie fans will also like Chevy Chase, who plays a handy man who pops up throughout the movie to fix the hot tub.  While its no “Fletch” it is nice to see Chase in something funny for a change.

For those that want “The Hangover” you will be very disappointed – because this movie is not as good – but if there is a runner up category “Hot Tub Time Machine” is a good second fiddle.

The second movie to check out is “Taking Chance.”    This movie is the complete opposite of “Hot Tub Time Machine” and one of the most moving movies I have ever watched. “Taking Chance” was a made for HBO film that won acclaim at multiple film festivals and won Kevin Bacon a Golden Globe Award.

The film stars Bacon as a Marine Colonel who feels like he has not been of value to the country during the conflict in Iraq.  After searching the casualty list, he sees the name of a young private from his home town who had been killed in action.  He volunteers to take the solider home to his family to be buried.

Based on true events, Bacon is marvelous as Michael Strobel, playing a decorated solider and family man who travels across the country with the young fallen Marine.  He did not know the solider (Chance) but comes to know everything that he is about – and what he himself is about.

It does not make political statements.  It does not impose opinion on the war or anything of that nature.  It does show that no mater what your background or political belief – everyone supports the men and women of the military and the respect we all share for those that have fallen.

Watch this one with a kleenex, you’ll need it.