A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

I WOULD BE DOING THIS ENTIRE MOVIE A DISSERVICE: Even though Smokin' Aces is a muddled mess of a movie, it (along with the fact that Blue Oyster Cult was playing at the club next door to the theatre) reminds me that America has a fever, and the only cure is more Bateman. Seriously, since about 2004, Bateman's been on a huge roll, not just with Arrested Development, but in scene-stealing cameo bits in Dodgeball and The Break-Up, and here, he winds up being the only truly original thing in the movie. Fortunately, we're getting a lot of Bateman this year, with this project looking particularly interesting (Bateman! Garner! Cooper! Foxx! Piven! A substantial portion of the cast of Friday Night Lights!).