Tag: Comedy

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP review

About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros. Animation): Porky Pig and Daffy Duck venture to the big screen as unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Faced with cosmic odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel NOVOCAINE review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): When the girl of his dreams (Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped, everyman Nate (Jack Quaid) turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back. Alright, let’s dive into the exhilarating ride that is Novocaine. If you’re looking for a film that …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel LOVE HURTS review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): No matter how hard you try, you can’t break up with your past. Ke Huy Quan stars as Marvin Gable, a realtor working the Milwaukee suburbs, where ‘For Sale’ signs bloom. Gable receives a crimson envelope from Rose (Ariana DeBose), a former partner-in-crime that he had left for …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in the most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with power unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel NIGHTBITCH review

About the film (courtesy of Searchlight Pictures): A woman ( Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn. Nightbitch, based on the novel by Rachel Yoder, is a film that sinks its teeth into the primal anxieties of motherhood and doesn’t let go. It’s …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE review

About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE review

About the film (courtesy of Marvel Studios): A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life. His days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. When his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctantlier… reluctanter? Reluctantest? He must convince a reluctant Wolverine to—F*ck. Synopses are so …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel DESPICABLE ME 4 review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Gru (Steve Carell), Lucy (Kristen Wiig) and their girls – Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Madison Polan) – welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal (Will …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel KINDS OF KINDNESS review

About the film (courtesy of Searchlight Pictures): A triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel INSIDE OUT 2 review

About the film (courtesy of Disney and Pixar): This film returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how …