Greedy People is a sporadic and uneven crime/thriller/comedy that wants you to think about a Coen Brothers film while you watch it. Not as good as most of their oeuvre, but certainly playing in the same crime comedy ballpark. The … Continue reading
Literally the only thing I found amusing about this action/comedy buddy-cop film was the title. At first, I was thinking it was a reference to the buddy-cop film The Nice Guys… and later I realized it was actually a play … Continue reading
Incoming isn’t the best teen comedy I’ve ever seen and is actually overly-familiar in its characters and plotlines. But I bet it could be a formative, iconic film to just the right teenager looking for a modern teen comedy. Get … Continue reading
Yeah… <1950s style computer clicks and whirs> I’m a little unclear on how this flick’s lottery system is supposed to save the economy. Seems like mixing The Lottery with The Purge wouldn’t work as an income generator. But… pshaw, I … Continue reading
Of all the action/spy/comedy hybrids Netflix has burped up over the past few years, I’m surprised The Union wasn’t one of them. Don’t get me wrong, The Union is definitely a Netflix action/spy/comedy… the surprise is that it hasn’t already … Continue reading
Like the main characters of this movie, the film does just enough to get by. It isn’t stellar but its consistently amusing enough. I kept wondering if it would be anything more than it is… and it wasn’t. But that’s … Continue reading
I wasn’t even going to bother with Netflix’s latest SpongeBob movie. I’ve seen two of the films and only a handful of the original series. I was much too old for the show so I have no built up nostalgia. … Continue reading
When I bought my ticket to Kneecap, the ticker seller asked what the movie was. I shrugged and explained what I knew… it was about an Irish musical duo who insist on rapping in Irish. I shrugged and said, “If … Continue reading
As a child, I wasn’t a fan of Harold and the Purple Crayon. I was a stan for The Monster at the End of This Book. Those scaredy-cat “Crayolas” had to have a magic crayon for their imagination. “Book Monsters” … Continue reading
This vampire film is almost impossible to classify… is it a romance? a comedy? A Romantic Comedy? A horror movie? Not really any of those… even with all the vampires. It’s also not as quirky as the title suggests… it’s … Continue reading