Too many Hollywood comedies, Office Christmas Party included, seem to expend all their creativity in the casting office. Filmmakers assemble these impressive lineups acting talent — and Office Christmas Party has as good a collection of actors as any comedy this year — and then sets them adrift in dumb stories with no jokes, hoping their evident charisma and endless improvisations will deliver enough laughs to fill out a decent trailer. The people in this movie are funny, but the movie would be a lot funnier if it gave those people some clever material to perform.
Hollywood seems to be going country. Country stars have been going to Hollywood for years with artists like Jerry Reed, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Partin and even George Strait making it big on the silver screen.
The new trend seems to be going in the opposite direction now with superstars like Gweneth Paltrow going country. Jennifer Aniston will be the next artist to give country music a try in her up