Category: Comedy

  • Movie Review: “Better Nate Than Ever”

    Movie Review: “Better Nate Than Ever”

    Nate (Rueby Wood) has a dream: To be a huge Broadway star! Unfortunately, he has to survive 7th grade (where he is bullied) first, and it would be nice if he could land a part in the school play. Well…..he lands the part: That of a tree. Nate supposes that his career is ending at…

  • Movie Review: “Waffle Street”

    Movie Review: “Waffle Street”

    Financial wizard, James Adams (James Lafferty), just landed the biggest deal in company history. A bit shady, but, not illegal….just like the company likes and encourages. He knew he would make partner. He got fired. Luckily, his wife, Becky (Julie Gonzalo) is a nurse and makes enough, supplemented by their savings, to keep them afloat…

  • Movie Review: “Go Back to China”

    Movie Review: “Go Back to China”

    Shasha Li (Ana Akana) graduated from fashion school over a year ago and, although she has been diligently looking for a job, she has not found one because she has no work experience. Typical catch-22 of a person new to the job market. Nevertheless, Shasha keeps trying to find a job, then spends her nights…

  • Movie Review: “Breaking News in Yuba County”

    Movie Review: “Breaking News in Yuba County”

    Sue Buttons (Allison Janney) has been ignored most of her life. No more so than now. At the grocery store to buy herself a birthday cake, her name is spelled “Suc” instead of Sue, and the folks in the store don’t give a shit. Walking in the door at home we find out that her…

  • Movie Review: “Mean Girls”

    Movie Review: “Mean Girls”

    Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) has spent her life in Africa where her parents were doing research. She was home-schooled. Now, the family situation has changed and Cady finds herself going to a public high school……and the transition is……interesting (to put it mildly). Not yet knowing about the politics of school, Cady meets, and becomes friends…

  • Movie Review: “The Adam Project”

    Movie Review: “The Adam Project”

    This is all about time travel…..so hang on. 🙂 2018 Professor Louis Reed (Mark Ruffalo) has developed a technology that will, theoretically, open a worm hole in space to, hopefully, allow time travel thru that worm hole. 2022 Louis’s son, Adam (Walker Scobell), is 12 years old and is driving his widowed mother, Ellie (Jennifer…

  • Movie Review: “Senior Year”

    Movie Review: “Senior Year”

    One day away from attending her senior prom (and hopefully being elected Prom Queen), young Stephanie (Angourie Rice) falls to the ground during a cheer and….. 20 years later 37 year old Stephanie (Rebel Wilson) wakes up in the hospital where she has been in a coma! Yikes! Problem is…..Stephanie’s mind is still 17 years…

  • Movie Review: “The Lost City”

    Movie Review: “The Lost City”

    Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) has been a romance novelist for many years, and has written many “Lost City……” books all of which have been very successful. Five years ago, Loretta’s husband and “soulmate” passed away. Since then, Loretta has struggled writing her next novel and, in fact, has become a shut-in in her own house.…

  • Movie Review: “Pitch Perfect 3”

    Movie Review: “Pitch Perfect 3”

    The Bellas have now graduated from college (except of course for Emily (Hailee Steinfeld) and are working at their, less than wonderful, jobs. Speaking of less than wonderful jobs….Beca (Anna Kendrick) finally got up the nerve to quit her terrible music producing gig and now has time to spare. With all the old Bella’s gathering…