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Bridesmaids
Just when her life is falling apart, best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) asks Annie (Kristen Wiig) to be her maid of honor… and she immediately becomes very competitive. Another overlong Judd Apatow...
View ArticleNew Trailers: This Is 40, Playing for Keeps, The Big Wedding, Life of Pi
This Is 40 – The “sort-of-sequel” to Knocked Up (2007) is directed by Judd Apatow and seems to focus primarily on Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann’s characters from that film as they approach their 40s....
View ArticleThe Greatest Hits of 2013
It’s time for that annual list of this year’s highly anticipated Hollywood films. Here’s 2013 for ya. JANUARY: * The Last Stand – Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first starring vehicle in ten years. Not...
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This Is 40
THE SORT-OF-SEQUEL TO ‘KNOCKED UP’. 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...
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Identity Thief
SHE’S HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE. In order to save his job, Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman) needs to find the woman (Melissa McCarthy) who’s stolen his identity and keeps emptying his bank accounts. A...
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The 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) who’s stolen millions of dollars in gold bars from him. Labeled as...
View ArticleThe Greatest Hits of 2014
It’s time for that annual list of this year’s highly anticipated Hollywood films. Here’s 2014 for ya. JANUARY: * Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – This reboot of Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst cum action hero has...
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Tammy
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)…...
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Spy
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 ArticlePaul Walker is Dead and Schwarzenegger Old – Time to Get Over It
There have been two blockbusters this season where American critics have mystified me. Sure, I didn’t much care for San Andreas, I did love Mad Max: Fury Road, and Jurassic World was disappointing but...
View ArticleThe Greatest Hits of 2016
It’s time for that annual list of next year’s highly anticipated Hollywood films. Here’s 2016 for ya. As always, premiere dates may change. JANUARY: * 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi –...
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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...
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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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Ghostbusters
WHO YOU GONNA CALL? When one of New York City’s oldest buildings appears to be haunted, two parapsychologists jump at the chance to see an actual ghost, and drag a skeptical friend (Kristen Wiig)...
View ArticleHow Fanboys Ruined Their Own Brand
I saw Ghostbusters today. In an alternate, sane universe the experience wouldn’t have been very special. I gave this remake three stars. It was fun and entertaining but typical of Paul Feig’s...
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St. Vincent
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR. A boy (Jaeden Lieberher) who’s recently moved to Brooklyn with his mom (Melissa McCarthy) befriends a grumpy, alcoholic Vietnam veteran (Bill Murray). A pleasant indie flick that...
View ArticleHollywood Stars in Super Bowl Ads 2017
With an authoritarian man in the White House, it was unavoidable that this year’s Super Bowl ads would be political. There were also plenty of movie and TV trailers, but few of them offered any real...
View ArticleEurovision’s Silliest Acts
We’re one week away from this year’s 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 ArticleMy Emmy Predictions 2017
Tonight is the Emmys; the clip above from 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 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)…...
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