The Kitchen
In 1978, three women (Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss) find their mobster husbands thrown in prison; when the local mob boss refuses to help them out financially, the women start...
View ArticleCan You Ever Forgive Me?
HER GREATEST WORK WILL BE HER BIGGEST CRIME. In 1991, alcoholic writer Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) finds work scarce and begins to forge letters from dead cultural icons, then selling them⦠Based on...
View ArticleThe Boss
WATCH YOUR ASSETS. Wall Street tycoon Michelle Darnell (Melissa McCarthy) loses everything; after a stint in prison, she moves in with her former assistant (Kristen Bell) and tries to build a new...
View ArticleLife of the Party
GIVE LIFE THE OLD COLLEGE TRY. When her husband announces that he wants a divorce, Deanna Miles (Melissa McCarthy) decides to go back to college, becoming her daughterβs (Molly Gordon) classmateβ¦...
View ArticleIdentity Thief
SHEβS HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE. In order to save his job, Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman) needs to find the woman (Melissa McCarthy) whoβs stolen his identity and keeps emptying his bank accounts. A...
View ArticleThis Is 40
THE SORT-OF-SEQUEL TO βKNOCKED UPβ. As Pete and Debbie (Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann) are both turning 40, their marriage is challenged by trouble with money, the hardships of raising two daughters and...
View ArticleThe Hangover Part III
IT ALL ENDS. The Wolfpack are kidnapped by a mobster (John Goodman) who needs them to find their old nemesis Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong) whoβs stolen millions of dollars in gold bars from him. Labeled as...
View ArticleThe Greatest Hits of 2018
Itβs time for that annual list of next yearβs highly anticipated Hollywood films. Hereβs 2018 for ya. As always, premiere dates may change. JANUARY: * Insidious: The Last KeyΒ βΒ The fourth movie in this...
View ArticleSpy
In the middle of a crisis for the CIA, the usually desk-bound agent Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is unexpectedly given the assignment of keeping an eye on an arms dealer (Rose Byrne) with access to...
View ArticleTammy
SHE HIT THE ROAD. THE ROAD HIT BACK. After losing her job, car and husband on the same day, Tammy Banks (Melissa McCarthy) goes on a road trip and reluctantly brings her grandmother (Susan Sarandon)β¦...
View ArticleMy Emmy Predictions 2017
Tonight is the Emmys; the clip above fromΒ Entertainment Tonight shows Stephen Colbert in promos for the awards show, which will air on CBS. As usual, Emmys were handed out a few nights ago at the...
View ArticleEurovisionβs Silliest Acts
Weβre one week away from this yearβs Eurovision Song Contest (ignore the dreary semifinals leading up to it) and I feel as conflicted as ever. The shows are simultaneously ridiculous and glorious. The...
View ArticleHollywood Stars in Super Bowl Ads 2017
With an authoritarianΒ man in the White House, it was unavoidable that this yearβsΒ Super Bowl ads would be political. There were also plenty of movie and TV trailers, but few of them offered any real...
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St. Vincent
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR. A boy (Jaeden Lieberher) whoβs recently moved to Brooklyn with his mom (Melissa McCarthy) befriends a grumpy, alcoholic Vietnam veteran (Bill Murray). A pleasant indie flick that...
View ArticleHow Fanboys Ruined Their Own Brand
I sawΒ GhostbustersΒ today. In an alternate, sane universe the experience wouldnβt have been very special. I gave this remake three stars. It was fun and entertaining but typical of Paul Feigβs...
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Ghostbusters
WHO YOU GONNA CALL? When one of New York Cityβs oldest buildings appears to be haunted, two parapsychologists jump at the chance to see an actual ghost, and drag a skeptical friend (Kristen Wiig)...
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Central Intelligence
SAVING THE WORLD TAKES A LITTLE HART AND A BIG JOHNSON. Twenty years after graduating from high school, Calvin Joyner (Kevin Hart) is contacted on Facebook by a guy who was spectacularly humiliated by...
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The Heat
GOOD COP. MAD COP. While trying to capture an elusive drug lord, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is ordered to cooperate with a Boston cop (Melissa McCarthy) who is her opposite in...
View ArticleThe Greatest Hits of 2016
Itβs time for that annual list of next yearβs highly anticipated Hollywood films. Hereβs 2016 for ya. As always, premiere dates may change. JANUARY: * 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of BenghaziΒ β...
View ArticlePaul Walker is Dead and Schwarzenegger Old β Time to Get Over It
There have been two blockbusters this season whereΒ American critics have mystified me. Sure, I didnβt much care forΒ San Andreas, I did loveΒ Mad Max: Fury Road, andΒ Jurassic World was disappointing but...
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