Hubie Halloween (2020)
“Halloween’s upon us.” For his entire life, Hubie DuBois (Adam Sandler) has been the laughing stock of his beloved Salem, Massachusetts. He’s a bit dim-witted, affable, too kind and too […]
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The Willoughbys (2020)
“Change is hard.” I couldn’t help but feel tired and bored by the chaotic, noisy nature of The Willoughbys, a stunningly animated film hamstrung by a one-note script. The movie […]
Wine Country (2019)
“Age is truly just a number.” Headlined by a murderer’s row of legendary SNL ladies who worked both in front of and behind the camera on NBC, it’s easy to […]
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
“Nothing in this place makes sense.” Like a massive model set built by freehand instead of reading the careful and precise directions included with the packaging, the mostly mindless and […]
The Happytime Murders (2018)
“It’s their world and we just live in it.” The Happytime Murders exemplifies how looks can temporarily kill as well as how they ultimately fade. The puppetry work here […]
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 […]
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. […]
Sisters (2015)
“Coming home always makes things better.” Sisters seems to know that audiences nationwide adore Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. We’re drawn to their charm, humor, and their god’s honest friendly chemistry. And […]
Inherent Vice (2015)
“They’re helping me wake up from my bad hippie dream.” We’ve all had the typical nights that we won’t remember with the people we won’t forget. That’s Inherent Vice. There’s little to […]
Big Hero 6 (2014)
“On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain?” Judging from the initial promo clips, I figured this would be a grand tale of a boy wonder […]
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