Posts Tagged ‘Adam Sandler’
SIFF Film Review – Guidance
Ah, the idiot man-child: comedy staple or sad, overused trope? Both actually. I won’t deny I occasionally enjoy watching a dysfunctional dude implode before learning a valuable lesson; Happy Gilmore and School of Rock come to mind as very funny comedies about men who have…
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Film Review – Pixels
Nerd culture has come a long way from its humble roots. What was once considered niche is now mainstream; with all facets of popular culture making its way into the public consciousness. Interestingly enough, if this were twenty some odd years ago, Adam Sandler would…
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Film Review – Men, Women & Children
It’s high time we stage an intervention for Jason Reitman, guys. It won’t be pleasant but he needs to hear the truth about how his actions of late have affected us. You go ahead and take Labor Day and I’ll cover Men, Women & Children.…
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Film Review – Blended
Well, you can’t say he doesn’t know what he’s doing. The audience I saw Blended with broke into laughter and applause at the very appearance of the “Happy Madison Productions” title card. This was gonna be a long night.
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CinemaCon Days 3&4 Recap
If screenings of clips from Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast & Furious 6 weren’t cool enough, we still had two days worth of studio presentations (Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate) at CinemaCon 2013. Generally the presentations went two ways: either the presenters would briefly mention a…
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CinemaCon Film Review – The Heat
It was with great anticipation that I awaited Paul Feig’s follow-up to Bridesmaids. While not the first of its kind, that film proved that female raunch comedies could be profitable. Feig has long been one of my favorite directors, as throughout his career he has…
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Episode 238 – Steve Buscemi
In honor of the release of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Spencer and Greg discuss Steve Buscemi.
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Episode 225 – DVD Rundown 1-29-2013
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for January 29th, 2013. In this episode they discuss Seven Psychopaths, Hotel Transylvania, Paranormal Activity 4, and Die Hard.
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