Cooper Raiff announced himself as a name to know with his feature debut, Shithouse (which he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in), in 2020. Sure, it wasn’t a box office hit, but nobody was expecting it to be. And it didn’t need to be. Not when someone so young – he made it when he […]
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LIGHTYEAR Review: Characters, Gorgeous Animation Overcome Bland Story
Sequels, spin-offs, reboots, legacy sequels, requels (credit to this year’s Scream). They’re all the rage. So it makes sense that Disney and Pixar would eventually dip back into the Toy Story well (well, dip back into the well again, to be fair). So where does Lightyear fit into this? When the project was first announced, […]
HUSTLE Review: The Underdog Sports Drama Is Once Again A Winning Formula
I’m honestly surprised it took Adam Sandler this long to make a basketball movie. Golf, football, football again. But never basketball. And the Sandman loves basketball. So it had to only be a matter of time. And whenever it was going to happen, you knew he was going to do it the right way. In […]
‘Survivor 42’ Finale Recap: “It Comes Down To This”
Kula Kula The final five arrive at their new beach, in what is still a completely pointless twist. There’s three days left. What’s the point. A huge part of this “new era” of Survivor is how hard the game is supposed to be. Who cares if the last few days are a little tougher? Lindsay […]
TOP GUN: MAVERICK Review: Hell Yeah
Thirty-six years ago Top Gun launched into theaters, becoming a cultural phenomenon. It ended the year as the highest grossing movie on the way to securing four Oscar nominations, including a win for Best Original Song for “Take My Breath Away.” In other words, it was a massive movie in every sense of the word. […]
‘Survivor 42’ Episode 12 Recap: “Caterpillar To A Butterfly”
Kula Kula Lindsay is riding high after the big Tribal Council. On top of surviving the Do or Die, her amulet now becomes a full idol. That has to be used at the Final 6, so she’s through to the Final 5 at least. Likewise, Omar is feeling great too. He gives the idol back […]
THE VALET Review: Doesn’t Break The Rom-Com Mold, But Is Still Plenty Charming
I can’t help but feel a little bit like a broken record any time I review a new romantic comedy. I don’t think that’s being lazy or anything; it’s just the nature of the genre. Unless a movie comes along and truly breaks the mold, or is unusually bad, romantic comedies tend to share several […]
SENIOR YEAR: Netflix Original Fails Its Terrific Cast
By default, any movie starring Rebel Wilson, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Chris Parnell, Mary Holland, Justin Hartley (and even Alicia Silverstone in a tiny cameo) should be good. Or at least decent. That’s a powerhouse lineup right there. Their talent and charisma alone should be able to carry any movie. So I guess that makes […]
‘Survivor 42’ Episode 11 Recap: “Battle Royale”
Kula Kula After the Hai vote, Lindsay and Drea talk briefly at camp about their amulets. With Hai gone, their amulets now make a Steal-a-Vote. Drea, Omar, Mike, Lindsay, and Jonathan form a tentative Final 5 agreement. Drea says she wants to play with people who play the game like her, even if that means […]
MEMORY: Predictably Forgettable Liam Neeson Thriller
In Memory, Liam Neeson plays an aging hitman with early onset Alzheimer’s. If you take out Liam Neeson, and just have that one simple pitch line, that actually could make for an intriguing movie. But Neeson is there, and given that Memory is a 2022 movie, you can pretty much figure out what kind of […]
