Logan Lucky (2017)
“You Logan’s must be as simple-minded as people say.” It makes sense that I haven’t come across another film quite like Logan Lucky since I first saw Ocean’s 11. That film, the magnum […]
Category Archives: Comedy
Person to Person (2017)
“It’s big and it’s not big, depending on how you see it.” Brief, bustling, and as bewildering as it is understated, Person to Person serves as a delightful appetizer of a film […]
The Emoji Movie (2017)
“Who has the time to type out actual words?” Not everything about The Emoji Movie is horrible. The colors are crisp. The voicework, while uninspired, has been cast well. It’s pretty short. […]
Girls Trip (2017)
“Better recognize your blessings.” Did I feel embarrassed to ask the high schooler working the ticket booth for one pass to Girls Trip? Hell yes I did, my eyes cast down and […]
The Big Sick (2017)
“There’s not just going to be a magic spark. You have to work at it. You have to be open to it.” It’s as if spouses and writers Kumail […]
The House (2017)
“What’s it gonna’ be like when it’s just us?” I will say this for The House; beneath its endless charade of constant ad-libbing and high-concept farce, the film dares to poke fun […]
Rough Night (2017)
“This is going to be the biggest weekend of our lives.” The conceit is simple: remove the dark parody of 1998’s macabre Very Bad Things but maintain a similar plot, then […]
Lemon (2017)
“I booked a thing.” Some movies intentionally take us off the beaten path to ill-effect, giving us a bumpy ride without anything meaningful to really latch onto. Take the […]
The Hero (2017)
“Movies are other people’s dreams.” Whether it be male or female (but definitely more unusual for women), roles for actors well past the twilight of their youth come too few […]
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
“Is it okay that I’m kind of loving this?” If you were to trade out the deviant bromance of Superbad for childish potty humor and sprinkle in a dose of Ferris Bueller’s Day […]
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