Posts Tagged ‘SNL’
Film Review – The Apprentice
Imagine taking the scene between Matthew McConaughey and Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) – in which the former gives advice to the latter on how to be a successful stockbroker – and expanding it out to feature length. What you end up with would probably resemble The Apprentice (2024).…
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Film Review – Top Five
Chris Rock’s Top Five (2014) is a movie that is in conflict with itself. On one hand, it’s an insightful examination of fame and artistic freedom. On the other, it’s a sexual comedy of the most obscene nature. Rock (who wrote and directed) is going…
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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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SXSW Interview – Matt Piedmont/Andrew Steele – Casa de mi Padre
Spencer interviews director Matt Piedmont and writer/producer Andrew Steele from Casa de mi Padre. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes and YouTube. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here. Also, be sure to check out our review of Casa de mi…
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Film Review – Tower Heist
Tower Heist (2011), the latest action/comedy film directed by the infamous Brett Ratner, aims to be nothing more than a straight down the line form of popcorn entertainment. On that basic level alone, the film accomplishes what it sets out to do. There isn’t much…
READ MOREFilm Review – MacGruber (reinforcing John’s review)
[And yes, I know John already posted a review – I’m just reinforcing his thoughts on it, since I read his after I wrote mine up. John’s is actually a better review, damn him! Haha] Here is what I knew about MacGruber before going to…
READ MOREEpisode 43 – From Bad to Worse
Spencer welcomes back John from his hiatus and they discuss the movies from Saturday Night Live, consider video game based movies, and give their DVD picks of the week.
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