Posts Tagged ‘Michael Cera’
Film Review – Lemon
I usually bristle at the descriptor “anti-comedy,” but am struggling to come up with another term to accurately sum up Janicza Bravo‘s Lemon, starring husband and dependable weirdo Brett Gelman. Those familiar with Gelman’s stand up and occasional Adult Swim forays won’t be shocked to…
READ MORESIFF Interview – Brett Gelman & Janicza Bravo – Lemon
Spencer interviews co-writer/star Brett Gelman and co-writer/director Janicza Bravo from the dramedy Lemon at SIFF 2017.
READ MOREFilm Review – The LEGO Batman Movie
Good News! Everything is still Awesome! Back in 2014, The LEGO Movie was a shot of pure joy. It was the best kind of surprise, a property that was likely to only be a 90 minute commercial for a toy line was in actuality a…
READ MOREFilm Review – Sausage Party
Ever wondered how Toy Story 3 would have ended if instead of an emotional catharsis between friends we got an extended orgy scene between Woody and Bo Peep? Me neither. And yet here we are.
READ MORESIFF Film Review – Crystal Fairy
Michael Cera has got to stop playing the same character in every movie. Even when he’s playing an ass, as he does in the new film Crystal Fairy—which I saw at the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival—he’s basically the same guy, just super annoying and…
READ MORESeth Rogen – Video Podcast #263
In honor of the release of This Is The End, Spencer and Greg discuss Seth Rogen.
READ MOREFilm Review – This Is The End
I have a lot of respect for actors that are willing to make fun of themselves. Acting is a job that cultivates insecurities (too young or too old, too thin or too fat, etc.), so it is often a challenge to get actors to willingly…
READ MOREFilm Review – ParaNorman
I love stop-motion animation. It played a big role in the formation of my movie sensibility growing up, particularly projects like Wallace & Gromit and The Nightmare Before Christmas. There is a sense of it being the rawest form of filmmaking to me, where you…
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