Checked on the new Seth Rogan, Joseph Gordon Levitt, and Anthony Mackie Christmas stoner comedy The Night Before. About three friends who, in their early 30s, have decided to call it quits on their annual Christmas Eve pub crawl in … Continue reading
So American Ultra is a stoner comedy action spy movie that makes the mistake of not actually being a stoner comedy… or much of a comedy for that matter. In fact, for a supposed stoner comedy, it’s extremely violent and … Continue reading
Caught up with Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie Inherent Vice, based on a book (that I have not read) by Thomas Pynchon. It’s a long – very long – rambling incoherent movie that I’d call a complete mess if that … Continue reading
Saw the new R-rated comedy We’re The Millers… about the fake family smuggling marijuana into the US under the guise of a real family. Not a bad movie. Fairly funny, fairly raunchy, a little flabby and pedestrian with its ultimate … Continue reading
Saw a weird Tuesday showing of the new comedy This is the End starring Seth Rogan, James Franco, academy award nominee Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, and Jay Baruchel with special guest stars Emma Watson, Rihanna, a coked-up Michael Cera, Jason … Continue reading
Saw Ted – the raunchy teddy bear comedy from Seth (Family Guy) McFarlan. It was rather funny in all the wrong (raunchy) ways and I laughed a fair amount. Definitely a movie for fans of the 80s (and that Flash … Continue reading
Another disappointment – a movie that blew it’s good jokes in the red band trailer and was otherwise… meh. So disappointing. I suspect others will find it funnier though. I felt it was just one low-brow, low-hanging fruit joke after … Continue reading
Saw the new Simon Pegg sci-fi alien encounter comedy (partially filmed at Comic Con!) For a movie genetically designed for me to like it, boy was this not a funny movie. I was surprised by how much fun I wasn’t … Continue reading