There isn’t much funny about this film billed as a comedy, even with a great cast including Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd and Kevin Klein. The film has some sweet moments but it is more depressing than anything else. The one thing this film can provide is the […]
New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: The Starling
Something of a blast, John Landis’ 1981 horror comedy is one of these few films that gets just about everything right. Written in the 60’s, after an experience while working on WWII action movie Kelly’s Heroes, Landis had shelved the result while his own stature grew via hits like Kentucky Fried Movie, Animal House and […]
An American Werewolf in London
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Life in the 21st century is more like being on the phones and laptops with no human interaction whatsoever. Even passing by restaurants, you find people staring at the blue screen more often than using words. It’s sad but becoming our reality. And things can only change if we […]
TIFF 2021: “I`m Your Man”
Guy is not the kind of character you’d usually want to play in a shooter game. In fact, he’s not the kind of character you’d normally be able to play at all. Guy is a non-playable character, or NPC, a background figure created to populate a video game’s environment, whether to just provide atmosphere or […]
Review: “Free Guy”
Red Notice (2021), Gal Gadot, Dwayne Johnson, Netflix Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson’s latest action/crime/comedy, Red Notice tells the story of an Interpol agent. One whose job it is to track the world’s most wanted art thief. From writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber; additional key cast includes Vincenzo Amato, Ivan Mbakop and Ritu Arya. Talk about […]
RED NOTICE (2021): New Trailer From Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot…
Lincoln has 10 exceptional sisters. He’s great at helping his parents navigate the chaos of having such a large, high-achieving family, but at the end of the day, being a great helper doesn’t get him any trophies, and he’s having an existential crisis about not having his own special talent. The Premise: In pursuit of […]
The Loud House Movie
We’ve been holding out for a hero for some time now, but in the midst on unprecedented political corruption and staring down the barrel of a deadly virus outbreak that’s been going on for eighteen months, Ted Lasso arrives with perfect timing to capture the hearts and minds of an utterly exhausted public. Inspired by […]
Ted Lasso
I had planned on NOT posting today – however, when you usually do Birthday posts – and find out that someone from one of your favorite TV shows of all time was born on this day. — a birthday post is in order! Also, a lot of folks who follow this blog are big fans […]
Happy Birthday to Alexei Sayle of The Young Ones 😃
The Premise: Based on a beloved ride at Disney that’s 20% water ride and 80% dad jokes (now with less racism!), the film adaptation introduces us to Dr. Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt), thwarted at every turn because of her gender, but dedicated enough to scientific pursuit to follow it all the way to the Amazon […]
Jungle Cruise
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 8 out of 10. As if I wasn’t going to dip my toe in for more Peter Sellers! Yes, the pre-eminent British comedian returns, but nine years earlier than Dr. Strangelove in 1955 comedy The Ladykillers – yet, Sellers isn’t the one that steals the show… The plot is simple, yet oh-so-effective: dapper […]
The Ladykillers: Corrosive, Dark And Beautifully British
Dying To Survive (Wo bu shi yao shen) China (2018) Dir. Muye Wen Corporate greed is one of the biggest threats to society yet is allowed to operate legally and openly without recourse. It’s an anomaly that will never change because the law is usually on the side of the big corporations, allowing them to […]
Movie Review – Dying To Survive (Wo bu shi yao shen)
Ever since I’ve seen the first trailer for Jojo Rabbit, I knew that this will be a film like no other. I had faith, as Taika Waititi has proven himself several times now (from What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Thor: Ragnarok (2017) to somewhat underseen and underappreciated Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) which if […]
Jojo Rabbit (2019) Review – F*ck Off, Hitler!
Title: Superman III.Rated: PG. Director: Richard Lester.Screenplay by: David Newman & Leslie Newman. Release Date: 1983.Runtime: 125 min. Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy.Cast: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O’Toole, Annie Ross, and many more! Budget: $39,000,000 (estimated). Opening Weekend (US & Canada): $13,352,357. My Overall Rating: ⭐⭐ Rating: 2 out of 5. […]
Superman III (1983) Movie Review
Turning up on Amazon Prime’s streaming service like a lost sock, Mike Nichols’ forgotten comedy is a star-powered throwback to the screwball comedy era, top-lined by Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty. Comedy and period revivals were a big deal in the 70’s, from What’s Up Doc? To The Sting, but The Fortune, despite an illustrious […]
The Fortune
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 9 out of 10. Oh – hello there. The following tale of celebrity fetishisation and psychotic delusions is true. And by true, I mean false. Welcome, to The King of Comedy. I’d just like to make this clear: I love this film. And by love, I do not mean hate. In every sense […]
Is The King of Comedy Scorsese’s Best Film? No – It’s Simply The Best Film
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 8 out of 10. The world can end in many ways: a super-volcanic eruption, an asteroid impact, a gamma ray burst, a devastating pandemic (that one’s still on the table), even a rogue black hole. But while those are all a vengeful mother nature’s doing, nuclear warfare could only be placed on humanities’ […]
Dr. Strangelove: How Kubrick Made Us Love The Bomb
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Note : 8.5 sur 10. The cultural zeitgeist of mockumentaries (or ‘rockumentaries’, if you will), a film doesn’t simply get credited with that title without some of the greatest jokes ever to be told. I don’t think I need to say anymore. But I will, because this would a very boring review if I didn’t. This […]
This Is Spinal Tap Still Stands Eighteen Inches Tall
The Second Civil War (1997) A very uncivil comedy So, Joe Dante’s unjustly obscure 1997 HBO movie, The Second Civil War, landed on Binge recently as part of the Aussie streaming service’s ongoing process of trawling through HBO’s more obscure properties for content. Having not watched the thing in years since I lost or gave […]
The Second Civil War (1997)
T.S (Jeremy London) and his friend Brodie (Jason Lee) go to the mall after their girlfriends break up with them. Hijinks ensue. I feel I’m not in on the joke. While I’m aware that Clerks preceded this film I still feel as if I’m wandering in an abyss while everyone praises this film. First, the […]
Mallrats (1995)
Tunç Okan’ın zamanında anlatmak istediğini hafif abartı mizahla hafif de gerçekçilikle işleyen aşırı nadide bir filmi. Batı ve Türkiye karşılaştırması anlamında modernizme dokunan eleştirisini İsveç’e kaçak yollarla giden Anadolu insanımız ile aktarıyor. Yapım yılına bakıldığında dönemi aşırı iyi yansıttığı söylenebilir. Bazı yerlerde abartı veya aşırıya kaçılmış gösterimler olsa bile Anadolu’dan gelmiş birinin gözünden düşünüldüğünde o […]
Otobüs (1974) İnceleme
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