Three weeks after release, I wandered into Ride Along 2 on a weekend where four or five actual new movies came out (it was a timing issue). This is the unwanted sequel to the “made enough money to justify a … Continue reading
Caught the Zack Ephron / Robert De Niro raunchy comedy Dirty Grandpa today and, boy, was that a long 100 minute movie. Just tedious and kind of repetitive and completely predictable. And not as outrageous as they think it is … Continue reading
Also saw the kids cartoon Norm of the North… a movie with an inexplicably big release given how amateurish, sad, and pathetic it is. It’s a CG kids movie with art and animation sub Toy Story 1 with a nonsense … Continue reading
Checked out the new Will Farrell / Marc Wahlberg comedy Daddy’s Home – about a regular guy step-dad who has to content with the return of his step kid’s cool / bad-ass dad (I’ll let you guess who guy plays … Continue reading
The Ridiculous Six is a new Netflix-produced western comedy made by Happy Madison / Adam Sandler – it’s the first of four threatened direct-to-netflix movies by the Sandler crew. And, as an opening salvo, it effectively ruins everything. Just everything. … Continue reading
Saw Sisters, the new Tina Fey / Amy Poehler comedy where they come home to have one last bash in their childhood home before their parents sell it. It’s daring and courageous counter-programming on Star Wars opening weekend. The film … Continue reading
Went to see Spike Lee’s new movie Chi-Raq, a movie that kind of proves Spike Lee will make whatever in hell he wants. The film is a retelling of an ancient Greek play by Aristophanes while it’s also a serious … Continue reading
Krampus is a new Christmas horror comedy that released this weekend with limited advertising… but it looked like it had potential. It is based on the Germanic folk tale of Krampus, an evil spirit known as Santa’s shadow. If you … Continue reading
Checked out the rather tepid retelling of Frankenstein… Victor Frankenstein which is confusingly titled since it’s retold from Igor’s point-of-view. But that’s not the only tepid crime the movie makes… mainly it’s … just kind of a movie I saw … Continue reading
I’ll admit to going into Pixar’s new movie The Good Dinosaur with very low expectations so I’m surprised to say that I rather enjoyed the movie. It’s a really by-the-numbers animated film in theme and plot but it has a … Continue reading