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Comedy

Shaft is a bad mother ∼ shut your mouth!

October 7, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

A look at the ‘Shaft’ movies from the beginning to the present… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Action, Christian Bale, Comedy, Crime, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, Richard Roundtree, Samuel L Jackson, Shaft, Shaft in Africa, Shaft's Big Score, Warner Archive, Warner Bros. Pictures

Hustlers Review :: Hustlers hope to make it rain at the box office

September 12, 2019Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

‘Hustlers’ is entertaining but has issues… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Cardi B, Comedy, Constance Wu, Crime, Drama, Hustlers, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo, Mercedes Ruehl, STX Entertainment, STXfilms

Brittany Runs a Marathon is the feel-good comedy of the summer

August 29, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ earns the status as the most inspiring film of the year so far… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Alice Lee, Amazon Studios, Brittany Runs a Marathon, Comedy, Drama, Jillian Bell, Micah Stock, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar

The Farewell is a beautiful, heartfelt movie with universal themes

August 24, 2019Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Farewell’ is an emotionally rich, thematically dense movie about a Chinese family that might as well be everyone… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies A24, Awkawfina, Awkwafina, Comedy, Diana Lin, Drama, Gil Perez-Abraham, Han Chen, Jim Liu, Shuzhen Zhou, The Farewell, Tzi Ma

Good Boys is full of raunchiness and I loved every minute of it

August 16, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

‘Good Boys’ is essentially ‘Superbad’, but with a younger cast… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Adventure, Brady Noon, Comedy, Good Boys, Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Lil Rel Howery, Midori Francis, Molly Gordon, Universal Pictures, Will Forte

The Art of Racing in the Rain follows the same dog movie formula, but is sweet

August 16, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Kevin Costner has a soothing voice, but it ultimately feels like he is reading a book… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Amanda Seyfried, Comedy, Drama, Gary Cole, Kathy Baker, Kevin Costner, Martin Donovan, Milo Ventimiglia, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Twentieth Century Fox

The Art of Self-Defense Review :: The oddest karate movie I have seen

August 4, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Riley Stearns’ newest film is one of the best films of the year… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Alessandro Nivola, Bleecker Street, Comedy, Drama, Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Sport, The Art of Self-Defense

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is Quentin Tarantino at his best

July 28, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Leonardo DiCaprio was absolutely terrific in this movie… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Al Pacino, Brad Pitt, Comedy, Drama, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Yesterday will make you fall in love with the Beatles all over again

June 29, 2019Justin Moore 1 Comment

Boyle’s style of directing appears in this movie and it is mixed well with the comedy from the characters and the tribute to the Beatles… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Comedy, Ed Sheeran, Fantasy, Himesh Patel, Kate McKinnon, Lily James, Music, Universal Pictures, Yesterday

DVR Late Night to watch tomorrow

June 6, 2019Stephen Mosher Leave a Comment

Emma Thompson shines in a tarnished setting… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Amazon Studios, Amy Ryan, Comedy, Denis O'hare, Drama, Emma Thompson, Hugh Dancy, John Lithgow, Late Night, Max Casella, Mindy Kaling, Reid Scott

The Fall of the American Empire is a sly caper with a twist

June 3, 2019Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Writer and director Denys Arcand pulls you in with some wry humor and delivers a major gut-punch in the end… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Alexandre Landry, Comedy, Crime, Eddy King, Foreign, Louis Morissette, Maripier Morin, Maxim Roy, Pierre Curzi, Rémy Girard, Sony Pictures Classics, The Fall of the American Empire

Booksmart is brimming with humor and heart

May 17, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Even though this movie feels similar to many other comedies, the movie makes itself stand out amongst those movies… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Annapurna Pictures, Beanie Feldstein, Booksmart, Comedy, Jason Sudeikis, Jessica Williams, Kaitlyn Dever, LGBT, LGBT+, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte

Unicorn Store fails to deliver magic

April 21, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The whole movie just seems to big one big metaphor for the difficulty of letting go of your childhood and entering adulthood… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Annaleigh Ashford, Bradley Whitford, Brie Larson, Comedy, Fantasy, Hamish Linklater, Joan Cusack, Mamoudou Athie, Netflix, Ryan Hansen, Samuel L Jackson, Unicorn Store

The Perfect Date isn’t perfect, but it is still a lot of fun

April 20, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

I wasn’t expecting much from the film going into it, but I found it to be heartwarming and the characters to be likable… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Camila Mendes, Comedy, Laura Marano, Matt Walsh, Netflix, Noah Centineo, Romance, The Perfect Date

To Dust presents a new genre: The Jewish, mystical, dark, buddy comedy

February 18, 2019Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘To Dust’ sure isn’t for most people, and maybe not for me either… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Comedy, Drama, Géza Röhrig, Good Deed Entertainment, Matthew Broderick, To Dust

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    MERCY  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    THE HOUSEMAID  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    BUGONIA  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    ELEANOR THE GREAT  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    HIM Watch on Apple TV. ★✩✩
    THE BALTIMORONS  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    NE ZHA II Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    WEAPONS  Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    BAD SHABBOS Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    THE NAKED GUN Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
    THE FANTASTIC FOUR Watch on Apple TV. ★★★
    OH, HI!  Watch on Apple TV. ★★✩
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✦ HOME VIEWING ✦

    THE MOONLIGHT MURDERS  ★★★
    BEHIND CLOSED DOORS  ★★✩
    I'LL BE SEEING YOU  ★★★
    A HOUSE BUILT ON LIES  ★★★
    MURDER AT THE MERRIWEATHER  ★★★
    MURDER IN THE DARK  ★★✩
    TO PHILLY WITH LOVE  ★★✩
    THE GUEST WHO WOULDN'T LEAVE  ★★✩
    TEN THOUSAND REASONS FOR REVENGE  ★★✩
    I HAVE TO KILL MY NEIGHBOR  ★★★
    A LITTLE PARK MUSIC  ★★★
    HOME MAKEOVER NIGHTMARE  ★★✩
    KIDNAPPING MY OWN DAUGHTER  ★★★
    A SEASON TO BLOSSOM  ★★✩
    DON'T TRUST THE COUPLE UPSTAIRS  ★★✩
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