Posts Tagged ‘Adam Sandler’
Episode 150 – You Are So NOT Invited To My Bat Mitzvah
For this week’s podcast, we review the Netflix original teen comedy, You Are So NOT Invited To My Bat Mitzvah. For the streaming homework, we look back at the 2018 comedy Game Night, and Keith gets quizzed on what older movies are remakes or originals. …
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Film Review – You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
The title says it all, doesn’t it? You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023) is not only an examination of a specific Jewish tradition, it also covers the ups and downs of a kid quickly coming of age. The transition is not an easy…
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Episode 109 – Hustle
For this week’s podcast, Cassidy and Keith discuss the best and worst of Adam Sandler’s career and we review his latest basketball movie, Hustle.
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Film Review – Hustle
Now here is a situation where a movie follows a well-worn blueprint but is executed with such flourish that it transcends its cliches. Hustle (2022) has all the ingredients of an underdog sports story: characters coming from nowhere, overcoming impossible odds both external and internal. It’s a…
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Top 15 Films of 2019 – Allen’s Picks
2019 was such an excellent year in film that I seriously debated pushing this list out to 25, maybe even 30 entries. There was such an abundance of quality work that whittling it down to a small grouping is about the equivalent of a parent…
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Episode 30 – Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker and Uncut Gems
Welcome to the new decade! In this episode of the podcast, we talk at length about the final film in Disney‘s new Star Wars trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker. We also review the Adam Sandler crime drama Uncut Gems and we discuss the upcoming films…
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Film Review – Uncut Gems
Taking a breather from both his multi-million dollar Netflix deal and basketball shorts, Adam Sandler again reminds us how good he can be outside of his Happy Madison orbit as Howard Ratner, a charmingly idiotic gambler and star of the Safdie Brothers’ Good Time follow-up,…
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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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