Category: Comedy
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Another Look at Quick Change (***): Bill Murray’s Clown Caper
Quick Change, directed by Howard Franklin and featuring Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid, showcases a bank robbery gone awry. Murray plays a clownish robber navigating chaotic situations while pursued by an inept police chief. Though the film lacks significant humor and a strong romance, Murray’s performance makes it worth watching.
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Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part 1 (*****) doesn’t leave us hanging
McQuarrie and Cruise have pullled this series right to the top of the heap in an era where many movie makers feel justified making films with such animation as to feel like literal cartoons of CGI.
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Barbie (****1/2) is esoterica
Gerwig and Baumbach walk the line between preaching and expression of genuine feelings.
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Asteroid City (***1/2) – What a beautiful world this could be
For those who’ve seen any one of Wes Anderson films, Asteroid City will fit right in with previous experiences.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (****1/2) – Finds a home inside
The Guardians of the Galaxy series is a gift that keeps on giving to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Beau is Afraid (**1/2) – When weird isn’t enough
…requisite talent is in abundance but Beau is Afraid feels more like a vanity project aping his auteur heroes.
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Renfield (***1/2) is Familiar Territory
Director Chris McKayScreenplay Ryan Ridley based on characters by Bram StokerStarring Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Nicolas Cage, Camille Chen Ever since this remarkably funny moment in Vampire’s Kiss, the wait began for when Nic Cage could play Dracula for real. Over 35 years later, we finally get our chance to…
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods (*1/2) is a last gasp
If there’s nothing else – and here there really isn’t – the film is worth viewing just for Levi alone.
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania – What the hell? (***)
Ant-Man is fun, but it’s definitely the lesser of the series by a longshot.
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