Category: Comedy

  • “The Stand In” Movie Review

    “The Stand In” Movie Review

    “Hit me where it hurts” Candy Black (Drew Barrymore) is a famous comedienne who became super successful doing physical stunts for laughs. She is also a drug addict and an asshole to those around her, not to mention miserable and unhappy. Her stand-in, Paula (Drew Barrymore), is an aspiring actress herself, but, seems to be…

  • “Good on Paper” Movie Review

    “Good on Paper” Movie Review

    Well known stand-up comedian, Andrea (Iliza Shlesinger), is having a great career, but feels she can do better. One day at the airport, she is waiting for her plane when a guy, Dennis (Ryan Hansen), finds her boarding pass that she accidentally dropped and gives it to her. Nice guy. On the plane, as luck…

  • “Summer ’03” Movie Review

    “Summer ’03” Movie Review

    Warning: If you are easily offended….do NOT read this review! On her deathbed, Grandma (June Squibb) decides she has nothing to lose by being honest with her family. She tells her son that he has a different father than his sister and tells her daughter that she kept her locked up because she was a…

  • “Luca” Movie Review

    “Luca” Movie Review

    Luca Paguro (Jacob Tremblay) lives with his family in a nice underwater cave. He is a sea monster. One day while herding his sheep-fish to pasture, Luca finds an alarm clock and a joker card…..human stuff that he is forbidden to have. In fact, he is forbidden to even think about going above the water…at…

  • Movie Review: “Still Today”

    Movie Review: “Still Today”

    Peter (Jody Thompson) was standing at the alter when his bride-to-be didn’t bother to show up. Depressed, his buddies decide not to waste the hotel room that was already paid for, and called a “hooker” to keep Pete company. Pete reluctantly goes along and heads to the hotel. When the door knocks, Pete opens it…

  • “Thunder Force” Movie Review

    “Thunder Force” Movie Review

    When Emily Stanton (Octavia Spencer) was in middle school, she lost her parents during an attack by the evil super-powered miscreants. Emily knew her parents (both Ph.D. geneticists) were close to developing a serum to help good people gain super-powers, to balance out the miscreants. Emily made it her mission in life to continue their…

  • “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” Movie Review

    “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” Movie Review

    Manny (Ray Romano) and Ellie (Queen Latifa) are expecting a little one anytime now. Manny keeps riling up the rest of the pack with false labors and some of them, well one of them, Diego (Denis Leary), decides to leave the pack to seek adventure. Sid (John Leguizamo) goes off on his own and comes…

  • “Magic in the Moonlight” Movie Review

    “Magic in the Moonlight” Movie Review

    Stanley Crawford (Colin Firth) is a very famous illusionist in 1928. His stage name, and persona, is that of Wei Ling Soo, and the costume he wears assures Stanley that no one will ever recognize him outside of show. As such, Stanley’s side hustle is to debunk those who claim to contact the dead in…

  • Movie Review: “A Rainy Day in New York”

    Movie Review: “A Rainy Day in New York”

    Gatsby (Timothee Chalamet) is a free spirit attending a liberal arts college in upstate New York. He plays the piano and gambles. Ashleigh (Elle Fanning) is a journalism student at the same college. She has an interview lined up with a famous director, Roland Pollard (Liev Schreiber)…….in New York City! She is super excited. Gatsby…