The Warped Shelf – Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor’s back in his fourth solo outing! A big first for the MCU outside of the crossovers. How does Waititi follow-up Ragnarok and how did it land with us? Episode #130
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Paradise PD – Season 1: Review
Paradise PD feels like the love child of American Dad and Reno 911, in all the worst ways.
Read moreFilm Review: Delivery Man (2013) – Ridiculous Concept, Well Executed
Vince Vaughn has been a stand out character in many memorable films (Old School, Anchorman and Zoolander to name a few) and a solid co-star (Swingers, Wedding Crashers) but has struggled to really prove he can be the star of the show. Dodgeball for instance, probably his best prior example as the leading man, had a huge (and fantastic) supporting […]
Read moreFilm Review: Philomena – Brilliantly acted and surprisingly witty
Philomena isn’t the type of film that American moviegoers are going to flock to the theaters to see. Judi Dench as someone other than “M” in a movie with a funny name starring a bunch of British people that aren’t James Bond. What’s that Philomena? I’m sorry, American audiences couldn’t hear you over the sound of Thor. Thing is, Philomena […]
Read moreFilm Review: Lunarcy! – Luna City or Bust!
We all have dreams. For some of us those dreams are to get a good education, a good job and live a comfortable life. For others, dreams take on a much different shape. For many of the subjects in Simon Ennis’ heartfelt documentary Lunarcy!, the dream is no less than the stars themselves; or more poignantly The Moon. Lunarcy! is […]
Read moreMovie Review: Moonrise Kingdom
I don’t have to sell you on Wes Anderson, right? I mean, he’s the indie / art film director whom it’s okay for everyone to like, isn’t he? After all, he’s always got Bill Murray in his corner, and everyone except for Communists and child molesters loves Bill Murray. And surely, this site doesn’t attract the kind of people who […]
Read moreMovie Review: The Dictator
Man, what happened to Sacha Baron Cohen? It’s hard to believe that the razor mind behind Da Ali G Show and Borat has reduced himself to… this. Each new outing with Cohen playing a kooky, un-PC foreigner has been a huge disappointment of diminishing returns. First Bruno misfired, and now taking his schtick out of the real world into the fictional realm hasn’t […]
Read moreHow I’d Fix It: The Five Year Engagement
I want to set the record straight right off the bat: despite this film’s inclusion in this column, The Five Year Engagement isn’t “broken” in any significant way. It’s a very warm, sweet, and funny movie, full of good performances and with a lively, clever script. It didn’t light a fire under me like other Apatow productions, but it’s still […]
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