Don’t Look Up is a movie about an asteroid which is hurtling towards Earth that will wipe humanity off the face of the planet… and it is scarily realistic. Not the asteroid part of course, although I’m sure there is … Continue reading Don’t Look Up (2021) Review
For all the stereotypical teenage comedies that have been and gone, ones set in the usual high school with usual types of students doing the usually unrealistic things, there is the occasional movie which gets it right. Superbad is one … Continue reading Superbad (2007) Review
Buddy-cop movies live or die on the chemistry of their leads. Lethal Weapon works because of the juxtaposition of crazed Gibson vs family guy Glover, while martial-artist Jackie Chan is the opposite of motor-mouth Chris Tucker for the Rush Hour series. … Continue reading Bad Boys (1995) Review
The hook for True Story is exactly that… that this is a true story. It begins in a very intriguing way as well, with James Franco’s suspected murderer using Jonah Hill’s shamed journalist’s name when he is arrested. It brings the … Continue reading True Story (2015) Review
Of many current actors, Leonardo DiCaprio has made the best career choices. Even credible film stars like Robert De Niro and Al Pacino have their stinkers, making you wonder what they were thinking as they signed on the dotted line, but … Continue reading The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Review
There is a very popular trend with R-rated comedies which involves taking a very thin premise, throwing two comedy actors at the role, and hoping it works. You can trace the roots of this back to 21 Jump Street, which was … Continue reading Get Hard (2015) Review
Pay attention Michael Bay, The Lego Movie is how you bring toys to the big screen. In fact, I don’t know the last time I was this impressed with the ingenuity and creativity of any movie, let alone an animated … Continue reading The Lego Movie (2014) Review
The traditional comedy actor isn’t even the best thing about 21 Jump Street. The two best actors in the whole film are actually Channing Tatum and Ice Cube. Jonah Hill is very good and delivers the lines well, throws himself … Continue reading 21 Jump Street (2012) Re-View
The best aspect of This is the End isn’t the actual story about the apocalypse at all – it’s all the celebrities playing completely against type and willing to make utter fools of themselves. There is something very refreshing about … Continue reading This is the End (2013) Review
It’s a common rule of comedy sequels that they are not usually as good as the original movie that inspired them. Most people know this, even the makers of 22 Jump Street, who reference this fact itself in a scene … Continue reading 22 Jump Street (2014) Review
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