To my great surprise, the new indie flick Brigsby Bear is one of my favorite flicks of the year. It’s produced by Sony Pictures Classics though the production title cards also includes “The Lonely Island Classics” as a kind of … Continue reading
It’s not like I didn’t know The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature was probably going to be a bad movie. The first movie was really bad. But it was cheap ticket Tuesday and sometimes it’s funny to hate on … Continue reading
Checked out the new heist film Logan Lucky, directed by Steven Soderberg. Soderberg usually does genre films in an art house style, except for the Oceans 11 movies which were basically as main stream as he gets. This film is … Continue reading
The new movie The Hitman’s Bodyguard is a buddy action comedy bloated propulsive, loud, dick-swinging showcase for throwback film making. If you told me this movie had been released in the late 80s or early 90s, i’d believe you. It … Continue reading
Also, seven weeks in, got around to having the interest and the correct timing to see Despicable Me 3. And, you know, I should have gone sooner. Not that it’s a great movie but it’s not a terrible one and … Continue reading
So I went to see The Emoji Movie. I admit it. It happened. I took the hit so you wouldn’t have to. I’m really a hero, if you think about it. So, yes, if you saw the trailer (or … Continue reading
And finally went to see the new Will Ferrell / Amy Poehler comedy The House. When Ferrel and Poehler’s daughter gets into college and they lose the scholarship they were relying on, they decide to open a casino (with the … Continue reading
So, hey, women get to have their very own “debauched party where the main characters accidentally kill a stripper” movie! The new movie Rough Night is just that! It’s a comedy! It’s like this weird mix of Very Bad Things … Continue reading
So the new Baywatch movie was really disappointing. Not because I’m a Baywatch tv show purist (never seen an episode) but because the trailers were pretty funny and Dwayne Johnson always tries his hardest and Zac Efron has surprisingly turned … Continue reading
Also checked out the kid’s flick Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. This is the fourth film in the series and it is kind of a reboot in that they recast everyone… which makes sense for the kid … Continue reading