It’s New York in the not-to-distant future, as indicated by see-through smartphones and pills that look as though they were produced by a Play-Doh Fun Factory. Hip ad exec David (Benjamin Dickinson) is moments away from the biggest pitch of his life. He’s meeting with Augmenta, a company who has developed some spectacular…
There aren’t many films with a nun at their center without the words Sister or Act in their title. Far fewer start by plastering a Marilyn Manson quote over the screen as if they are the words of scripture. But…
Let’s get this out of the way up front. The trailer for Everybody Wants Some!! does not inspire confidence. When I heard that Richard Linklater was planning on making a “spiritual sequel…
Editor’s Note: This month marks the 15th anniversary of Super Troopers. Feel free to share…
The character of Deadpool happens to be a character entirely in the hands of his writer. Across comics and movies, he’s seen multiple varied incarnations ranging from good, to tolerable, to awful. Whether his one-liners are dumb references, genuinely humorous quips, or non-existent altogether is entirely up to the…
The Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan, have often been accused of mocking the characters and the topics they make comedies about, and it’s easy to make that leap if you don’t understand that poking fun at someone or something is often a form of affection. In every film they make, their love and appreciation for their characters and their…
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend us your ears (or really, your eyes and only for a few moments). We come here not to praise William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (it’s received no shortage of acclaim over the last five or six centuries), but to praise the Coen Brothers’ latest film, Hail, Caesar!, an utterly delightful, unapologetically…
The Intern (Warner Home Video), written and directed by Nancy Meyers, is the kind of movie that’s hard not to like. The characters are engaging, if not overly complex, and the story unfolds pleasantly as it combines some serious themes along with touches of humor…
It’s 1969 and the United States government, afraid of losing the space race, has seized upon a drastic plan: to stuff a suitcase full of cash, give it to a scary CIA agent, and fly him to the UK on a mission to force director Stanley Kubrick to fake the landing of a man on the moon. But this is Moonwalkers, an allegedly wacky farce…
Hilarity is hard to come by, seeing as it’s more subjective than any other aspect of film. Comedic taste, more frequently than the artistic integrity of the comedy being watched, influences how often one will find it, and so many comedies will find a niche group to satisfy. To name a few broader groups, there’s the teen crowd, the…