Category Archives: Comedy

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Fervent readers of author Lee Child’s popular series may have trouble with the discrepancy of title character Jack Reacher being 6’5″ and built like a 250-pound brick shithouse and the casting of the 5’7″ Tom Cruise. But so what if … Continue reading

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There must be some unwritten rule in Hollywood that the summer tentpole season begins the first weekend in May. The third and allegedly final Big Event in the man-and-machine franchise, Iron Man 3 officially kicks off the summer. Looking back, 2008′s Iron … Continue reading

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The following article contains a MAJOR SPOILER regarding Iron Man 3. It is strongly recommended that you do not read this until after you’ve viewed the film. If you saw Iron Man 3 last week (given the $175 million opening … Continue reading

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Iron Man 3 should be renamed Tony Stark, as that more accurately captures the true subject of Shane Black’s new summer blockbuster. The third entry in the Iron Man canon and the first Marvel film released post-Avengers, Iron Man 3 … Continue reading

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The Big Wedding is big all right — it’s a big, bland mess with a big guest list of likable, attractive stars, but it’s not painfully unpleasant, either. If the poster of photographed smiles and laughs is any indication, the … Continue reading

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I never thought I’d say this, but Michael Bay just isn’t the same without big robots. Actually, that’s false. Bay is exactly the same without the robots. The problem is, that polished, decadent style from Transformers doesn’t work around human … Continue reading

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Michael Bay isn’t exactly the poster boy for highbrow thinking fare, what with the mean-spirited, joylessly dumb-as-a-rock Bad Boys II and the increasingly brain-numbing Transformers franchise. With up to $200 million at his disposal, only to waste that large sum on pyrotechnics and … Continue reading

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In 2012′s Oscar race, Hyde Park on Hudson seemed to get lost in the shuffle, most surprisingly an acting nod to Bill Murray. The great comedic actor playing President Franklin Delanor Roosevelt would seem like a joke, but as it turns … Continue reading

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How do you solve a problem like Don Coscarelli? Well, you can either accept the loopy internal logic and messy, incoherent rules of John Dies at the End, which might or might not have the biggest spoiler in its title, or … Continue reading

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Recently, through a friend of a friend, I was able to begin an e-mail correspondence with SNL-alum and actor, Chevy Chase. Originally, I was being fielded by Chase’s personal assistant who insisted that I cease with contacting Chase and threatened legal … Continue reading

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