Mack and Rita is an old fashioned body swap movie that just wants to be loved. Really, really, desperately wants to be loved. Yeah, it tries too hard to be wacky and relatable and winds up feeling anything but. The … Continue reading
The struggle was real. The struggle, in this case, was to enjoy this very rocky, wildly uneven, tonally chaotic, and weirdly overacted Amazon Prime comedy. Because sometimes it was perfectly sweet and funny and more of the time it was … Continue reading
What a wild disappointment. I enjoyed the original Enchanted quite a bit and this sequel, while well-cast and with some good ideas, falls flat in so many ways. The film reunites us with Giselle, former fairy tale princess (Amy Adams) … Continue reading
Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds doing Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? You know this ain’t gonna be a straight adaptation and it most certainly isn’t. There are so many Christmas Carol adaptations that this film turns it into a cottage industry. … Continue reading
Forgive me for using this obvious but completely apt adjective here, but The Menu is a delicious movie-going experience. A wicked and cruelly delightful satirical spit in the eye of a film. The flick is about an exclusive island where … Continue reading
The latest re-animated fan favorite franchise that threatens to ruin your childhood is somehow not brought to you by Disney+. No, this time it’s HBO Max potentially bringing the hurt with A Christmas Story Christmas. Will it crush your withered … Continue reading
RIPD 2 is what you get when you complain about Ryan Reynolds doing the same old schtick in all his movies and then they release an unexpected and unwanted sequel to one of his most forgettable movies that really needed … Continue reading
Next Exit is a genre-bender… a romance, a romantic comedy, a comedy sci-fi road trip that never really coalesces into something great. But I think they put in the effort to focus on the emotional life of two characters and … Continue reading
Dropping dead center among all the Oscar Bait films is a comedy that isn’t exactly playing in that league. I suspect it will not be the talk of the town come Awards Season… but it’s still an amusing little comedy … Continue reading
While watching Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, I asked myself who this movie was made for. And I immediately answered: Me. It was made for me. And every thirteen year old who rocked out to Eat It at the roller … Continue reading