First off, I must apologize for the lateness of this review. The whole point of this blog is to get reviews out as quickly as possible, so you the consumer can decide the best use of your movie-going dollars. That said, there are two major reasons for the delay, which I think excuse it. For … Continue reading We Finally Got to the Fireworks Factory! – Avengers: Infinity War
One of the oldest proverbs of the entertainment industry is, "Leave them wanting more." That's what the boys at Broken Lizard did with their cult hit, Super Troopers some 17 years ago. After an unprecedented crowdsourced funding effort, we now have the long awaited sequel. Let's just get this out of the way. As a piece … Continue reading Happiness In Your Household – Super Troopers 2
Sebastián Lelio is having himself quite a year. A couple of months ago he won an Oscar for A Fantastic Woman, and now he comes out with his first English-language film, Disobedience, an achingly beautiful look at love and choice, without taking the easy road and vilifying a single person or establishment. After a beloved rabbi in … Continue reading All Good, No Bad, Love Wins – Disobedience
One of my biggest peeves with the movie-going experience is the massive commercialization of the process. When I was a kid, movies started at the listed start times, or at worst, after one or two trailers. Nowadays most movie chains warm their viewers up with half hour pre-produced commercial blocks, with the occasional two-minute behind-the-scenes … Continue reading Worst Commercial for SoulCycle Ever! – I Feel Pretty
When I first saw a trailer for Jon Hamm's latest outing, Beirut, I was interested. I wasn't necessarily drawn in by the proposed story of a hostage negotiation, but Lebanese history is something I find somewhat fascinating, as my biological father was stationed there the day I was born in August 1982, two months after the … Continue reading The Art Schmart of the Deal Schmeal – Beirut
When I was seven years old, the relatively new Disney Channel came out with a made-for-TV movie called Chips, the War Dog, about a German Shepherd who served in WWII alongside human companions. I loved the movie so much that when I finally got my first dog later that year (a beagle mix), I named it … Continue reading A Very Good Boy Fights the Very Good Fight – Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
It was a rough weekend for me as a movie fan. I saw three films, only one of which I loved (two new reviews coming), but most importantly, we lost two titans of cinema with the deaths of director Miloš Forman and actor R. Lee Ermey. These probably hit me more than they hit you, … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts – Legends Fall
As Apollo 11 was heading towards history on the Moon, there was a terrible tragedy on the island of Chappaquiddick, in which Senator Ted Kennedy flipped his car off a small bridge with no railing, and into a pond. He escaped. His passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, did not. For whatever reason, Kennedy didn't report the … Continue reading When You Pahk Yer Cahr at the Bahttom of a Pahnd – Chappaquiddick
I'm not even going to bother with the pretense of comparing Big Fish & Begonia - a Chinese animated film from 2016 finally being released in America thanks to Funimation - to the works of Studio Ghibli. It's not exactly a fair thing to do, as China is still relatively new to the animation game, and … Continue reading China Dives Head First Into a Sea of Animated Wonders – Big Fish & Begonia
Judd Apatow technically only gets a Special Thanks credit on the parent/teenager sex romp comedy, Blockers (illustrated with a chicken before the word in case you needed something to slap you across the face), but his fingerprints are all over it. The film is produced in part by Seth Rogen, there are dick jokes to beat … Continue reading Hugs, Drugs, and Butt Chugs – Blockers
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