Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Adam Sandler Produces a Lackluster, Overly Broad Heist Comedy in The Out-Laws

I don’t want to spoil anything up front about how I feel about the new Adam Sandler-produced Netflix comedy The Out-Laws, but it stinks to high heaven. Your reaction may […]

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Review: Out of The Loop Takes a Deep Dive into the Storied Stand-Up Comedy History of the Windy City

Although a little rough around the edges, the new documentary Out of the Loop is the deepest dive I’ve ever seen on the history of the Chicago stand-up comedy scene […]

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Interview: Filmmaker and Actor James Morosini on Getting Weird (and Getting Patton Oswalt) for I Love My Dad

Writer/director/actor James Morosini had something happen to him when he was slightly younger, involving his father, that was so disturbing and memorable that rather than erase it from his memory, […]

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Review: As a Movie You’ll Love to Hate, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas Deliver in Deep Water

This one is bonkers. Top to bottom bonkers. More importantly, the return to movie-making by director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, 9 1/2 Weeks, Jacob’s Ladder), Deep Water) finds ways to […]

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Review: Humorless and Ingratiating, Vacation Friends is a Comedic Dud

Vacation Friends

In the same way I’ll ding a horror film for not being scary, I’ll eagerly discuss the existence of comedies that rarely make me laugh. Welcome to the feature film […]

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Review: Set in a Video Game World, Free Guy Features Vibrant Visuals But Mediocre Humor

Free Guy

The challenge I’ve always put to filmmakers who choose to adapt a video game into a movie is to make it accessible to someone who has never played a modern […]

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Review: Space Jam: A New Legacy Is a Mess of IP, Flat Jokes and Cringe-Worthy Performances

Space Jam

I want to call everyone’s attention to one very significant fact about Space Jam: A New Legacy, and that is: it took five people to write Space Jam: A New […]

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Review: Comedian Kevin Hart Aims for Something More Thoughtful, Gentle in Pleasantly Engaging Fatherhood

Fatherhood

For a guy who is considered a powerhouse one-man publicity machine, Kevin Hart surprised me by not being out promoting his latest work  yet. Fatherhood is a lighter drama with […]

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Review: Staged Antics, Crude Humor and Inherent Stupidity Truly Make for a Bad Trip, Now on Netflix

Bad Trip

I suspect that watching the latest film from Jeff Tremaine, the primary producer of both the Jackass franchise and Bad Grandpa, is going to have one of two impacts upon […]

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