Deadpool 2 (2018)
“Kids give us a chance to be better than we used to be.” It’s hard to laugh at the same joke twice. Those unexpected, ab-tigheting, stomach churning experiences really only […]
Category Archives: Comedy
Life of the Party (2018)
“This is not helping our process.” About 15 minutes too long, full of a few characters/scenes which truly don’t matter, and too inconsistent with its laughs – a symptom that […]
Tully (2018)
“She seems really awake.” Even with its surprising narrative twists and turns and shocking revelations, there are few false truths orchestrated throughout Tully, only a reality where blemishes and pain and anxiety […]
Overboard (2018)
“Most of us only know the world we’re born into.” Better than you might expect while just as easily forgettable, Overboard seeks to reinvent a formula that never went stale or got […]
The Week Of (2018)
“Let me bail us out of this.” There’s something very clearly awry from the start in The Week Of, and it has less to do with the attempted “disaster piece theater” nature […]
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
“The fate of the universe is at stake.” Too many moviegoers are too easily appeased by what they simply want, and to remedy this epidemic of the mostly unearned praise […]
I Feel Pretty (2018)
“I’ve always wondered what it feels like to be undeniably pretty.” There’s been much backlash behind I Feel Pretty, and I have no doubt in my mind that the unconscious and thoughtless remarks […]
Isle of Dogs (2018)
“Whatever happened to man’s best friend?” The well from which Wes Anderson’s films are derived never go dry or run short on the same predictable sense of sardonic, caustic humor. […]
Blockers (2018)
“Who you are today is not who you’re going to be.” With each increasingly gross gag from three desperate parents banding together to stop their daughters’ prom night sex pact […]
Game Over, Man! (2018)
“We’re done following you around for good.” Press pause on this Netflix film and you’ll eventually see the testosterone filled log-line (the short summary meant to pitch a film) for Game […]
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