Posts Tagged ‘Billy Madison’
Film Review – That’s My Boy
There was a pivotal moment in Adam Sandler’s career in 2002, when he starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch Drunk Love. Anderson took the volatile, unstable behavior Sandler exhibited as immature, comedic fodder in such films as Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore and channeled it…
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There were two things I was thinking about while I was watching Just Go With It (2011), the latest comedy starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. The first is that this is not a very good movie, but simply a retread of just about every…
READ MOREFilm Review – Reign Over Me
When you think of Adam Sandler, you think of the comedies that you grew up with, the potty humor and the cheap laughs that he gave you. One thing that you do not think of right away is great dramatic acting. While he has dabbled…
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