Category: Comedy
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John Dies At The End: What in the Name of Elvis is going on?
John Dies At The End – 2013 Writer and Director Don Coscarelli Starring Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Doug Jones, Glynn Turman, Daniel Roebuck, Angus Scrimm, Jimmy Wong One reaches a point where everything is a metaphor, and nothing is real. Coscarelli reaches this point in the opening moments of John Dies at the…
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Cool Papa E and Grouchnapper: That’s My Boy: A half-engaging piece of crap
That’s My Boy – 2013 Directed by Sean Anders Starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Susan Sarandon, Ciara, Luenell, Vanilla Ice, Milo Ventimiglia, Eva Amurri Martino, Nick Swardson Written by David Caspe The following is about the worst review I could imagine ever posting. It’s beneath the dignity of anyone who might ever want to read about…
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Warm Bodies is a simple tale of hope for the Walking Dead
Warm Bodies – 2013 Writer and Director Jonathan Levine Starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton, Cory Hardrict, John Malkovich Based on the book by Isaac Marion This is a movie that accomplishes everything it wants to, within the limits of its scope. It isn’t out to be scary. It is not intended…
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Silver Linings Playbook: Who says crazy can’t be funny?
Silver Linings Playbook – 2012 Written and Directed by David O. Russell Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Julia Stiles, Anupam Kher, Shea Wigham, John Ortiz, Brea Bree Pat: How old are you? Tiffany: Old enough to have a marriage end and not wind up in a mental hospital. I can’t be…
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Parental Guidance – The more dedicated you are, the better it gets
Parental Guidance – 2012 Director Andy Fickman Starring Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, Joshua Rush Screenplay Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse Almost every ounce of my being made me want to resist this movie. But not all of them. Thank goodness for that. There is a lot of talent on the screen…
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Hit and Run is an accident constantly happening
Hit and Run – 2012 Written and Directed by Dax Shepard (also directed by David Palmer) Starring Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Kristin Chenoweth, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold No one should have to see a tattoo to start a movie, especially a really bad one. Why would Veronica Mars even let Dax Shepard touch her? Who would ever…
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This is 40: The sort of Sequel to Knocked Up
This is 40 – 2012 Written and Directed by Judd Apatow Starring Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Jason Segel, Albert Brooks, Charlene Yi, Megan Fox, Ryan Lee, Lena Dunham, Melissa McCarthy, Graham Parker, Chris O’Dowd, Robert Smigel, Tim Bagley, John Lithgow, Anne Mumalo “This is coming out wrong.” A lesser storyteller would have saved…
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For A Good Time Call: More genuine than the real thing
For A Good Time Call – 2012 Directed by Jamie Travis Starring Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller, Justin Long, Sugar Lyn Beard, Mimi Rogers, Nia Vardolos, Mark Webber, James Wolk, Seth Rogen Written by Lauren Miller, Katie Anne Naylon “You know you’re not better than me. You’re not better than phone sex.” Lauren and Katie are at the…
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Here Comes The Boom: Kevin James a bit better than usual
Here Comes The Boom – 2012 Director Frank Coraci Starring Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Bas Rutten, Gary Valentine, Greg Germann, Mark DellaGrotte Screenplay James and Allan Loeb As the movie opens, we get to see Scott Voss (James) laying in bed as he sleeps past his alarm. We see one strategically placed Cheeto at his chest and from here,…
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