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Search Party manages to find a few laughs
When I first saw the Blu-ray cover art for the new comedy Search Party, I thought it was some of the worst I've seen. Why does everyone have to have their mouths open and in impossibly weird positions? It really ...
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The Secret Life of Pets is a Toy Story ripoff with dogs
So before we get to our main feature it’s worth mentioning that much like a Disney release, Illumination Entertainment included a short feature before the main event. Mower Minions unsurprisingly follows the antics of several Minions in their pursuit of ...
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Life, Animated shows the impact animation can have
When I first saw Owen Suskind, it was on Comedy Central’s charity show Night of Too Many Stars, where he performed a scene as Jafar from Aladdin with Gilbert Gottfried reprising his role as Iago the parrot. It was pretty ...
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Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates has a solid cast and lots of laughs
What do you get when you combine a first time feature director with the writers of the Neighbors movies, and add a dash of Zac Efron? You get the surprisingly hilarious comedy Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates, that's what! ...
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Sprint’s Spastic Advertising Spot
There is so much commercial monkey business out there on the airwaves it's a shame to let it drift on by. Instead, it's high time to capitalize on them for entertainment purposes.(Translation: Expect a whole lot more of this sort ...
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Maya & Marty get a few laughs with some familiar faces
Summer Song Monologue Monologue
Maya and Marty get right into things with their opening monologue this week posing that age old question, what will be the song of the summer? Well, they have their own idea with a song consisting of ...
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What kind of preacher IS Jesse Custer?
"Jaysis ... what kind of preacher are you?!?"
- Cassidy to Custer while both are in jail, episode 1
Right around the year 2000, I was flitting about from church to church trying to find one that felt right for my personal ...
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Win one of three copies of the new comedy Search Party on Blu-ray
To celebrate the release of Search Party, HOTCHKA and Universal Studios Home Entertainment want to give readers a chance to win one of three copies of the movie on Blu-ray!A pair of friends embark on a rescue mission to save ...
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Wreck-It Ralph returns to the big screen
Wreck-It Ralph is heading back to the big screen, and this time, he’s wrecking the internet. The Oscar-nominated Walt Disney Animation Studios team from the original film is reteaming for the follow-up, including director Rich Moore (Zootopia) and producer Clark ...
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My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding returns to TLC
From shimmering dresses to explosive wedding outbursts, TLC's buzz worthy series My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding comes back with a bang! With coming of age parties, arranged marriages, purification ceremonies and a Veil of Darkness wedding ritual, the Gypsies ...
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The BFG is charming but unwieldy Spielberg-lite
Steven Spielberg has directed enough amazing movies that he kinda gets a lifetime pass unless he commits a terrible crime. The BFG is not a crime, but it is a disappointment. When I was kid, I read a lot of ...
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The Legend of Tarzan swings into theaters
Alexander Skarsgård is Tarzan, legendary ape man, king of the jungle, swinger of vines, saver of Jane (Margot Robbie). The Legend of Tarzan picks up with a proper English Tarzan, err I mean John Clayton, having turned his back on ...
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