Movie Review: The Beach Bum
Sometimes an actor or actress will find themselves in the part they were born to play. Ben Affleck’s personal life made him the perfect choice …
Comedy
Movie Review: Gloria Bell
Gloria Bell, like The Upside, is perhaps when my movie watching has jumped the shark. The minute I saw the trailer for Gloria Bell, I …
Movie Review: The Breaker Upperers
Watch this everyone. I’m gonna Kevin Bacon a direct line from The Lord of the Rings to The Breaker Upperers. LOTR director Peter Jackson filmed …
Movie Review: Happy Death Day 2U
Happy Death Day 2U is an example of movie making the best out of a bad situation. Taking The Groundhog Day premise and applying it …
Movie Review: Isn’t It Romantic
Let me start by saying Isn’t It Romantic is pretty harmlessly fun. Rebel Wilson’s send up of the 1990s romcom has some really fun parts …
Movie Review: What Men Want
What Men Want is one of those perfectly studio crafted Hollywood ideas. You know that Mel Gibson movie from the 90’s? Let’s simply make the …
Movie Review: The Upside
I was very excited to watch The Upside. For years, I had watched American films that were remakes of overseas dramas and comedies, but this …
Movie Review: Stan & Ollie
You know, grandparents want to see movies too. But what do they want to see? Something mildly silly and amusing, preferably from the past, with …
Movie Review: Holmes and Watson
Holmes and Watson is yet another signifier that I am no longer a young person. There was a time where whenever Will Ferrell showed up, …
Movie Review: Vice
About a decade ago, nothing excited me more than the latest Will Ferrell movie directed by Adam McKay. When you release movies like Anchorman, Talladega …