Movie Review: Quiz Lady
Quiz Lady is a coaster comedy. Not a roller coaster, unfortunately; I would like some highs and lows. Instead, this movie never really gets past …
Comedy
Movie Review: May December
Reviewing movies for a while now, I’ve heard a lot of interviews about actors describing their “process.” Generally my eyes start to glaze over as …
Movie Review: Dream Scenario
So now we have the Nic Cage pattern. Every other year he makes a deranged scenery chewing spectacle. And the following year he takes what …
Movie Review: Radical
Every generation needs one of these. The 1980s didn’t start this movement, but it did master it with classics like Stand & Deliver and Dead …
Movie Review: The Burial
There was a pre MCU time John Grisham ruled the movie world. Grisham’s books were legal dramas, usually adapted into movies built around an incredible …
Movie Review: The Holdovers
Alexander Payne has never really been one of my favorite directors. I never thought I’d understand the praise they heap on him for films like …
Movie Review: Pain Hustlers
The less you know about Pain Hustlers, the better. If you go into this movie with no expectations and just turn off your brain, it’s …
Movie Review: The Persian Version
If life were fair, The Persian Version would become the new My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Filled with delightful cultural specificity and multiple wonderful stories, …
Movie Review: Dicks: The Musical
In Chappelle’s Show, Charlie Murphy described Rick James as a habitual line stepper. If James is a habitual line stepper Borat Director Larry Charles is …
Movie Review: Totally Killer
I’ll always give Nahnatchka Khan a chance. She created one of the underrated sitcoms of the 2000’s, Don’t Trust the B in Apt 23 as …