Tag: Comedy

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Time for a Reel MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN review

Ten years ago, the smash hit Broadway musical Mamma Mia! (2008), featuring ABBA’s greatest hits, made its way to theaters and it made a killing. The musical grossed over two billion dollars and the movie brought in somewhere north of 140 million dollars. I’m sure Universal Pictures sang “Money, Money, Money” all the way to …

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Time for a Reel UNCLE DREW review

Lionsgate went hard with all of their video promoting of Uncle Drew over the past few months. There’s no doubt that the onslaught of comical clips raised a few eyebrows. I even fell into the trap of being intrigued and curious as to how a movie based on a seemingly silly premise would stand up …

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Time for a Reel TAG review

You know those crazy stories you hear and think to yourself, “there’s no way that can be true”? In 2013 a Wall Street Journal article captured the attention of quite a few people. It was an unbelievable story of a group of friends that started playing tag with one another when they were just kids …

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Time for a Reel OCEAN’S 8 review

The run was good for George Clooney, Brad Pitt and the rest of the gang over a six-year span as Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen held all of the cards under the direction of Steven Soderbergh. With the franchise running its full course over a decade ago, the creative con seemed to have been forgotten …

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Time for a Reel DEADPOOL 2 review

It took Ryan Reynolds ten whole years of begging, pleading and scheming before Twentieth Century Fox FINALLY gave in and greenlit the project that Reynolds had been so passionate about. Deadpool (2016) went on to amass an astounding almost $800 million worldwide, becoming the top grossing R-rated ever! And against a miniscule budget of under …

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Time for a Reel SUPER TROOPERS 2 review

When it comes to humours collaborations that involve the United States and their overly friendly neighbors to the north (that would be Canada), there are some other comedies that you might probably already have in the back of your mind. Strange Brew (1983) was a classic and Goon (2011) is another solid, more recent comedy …

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Time for a Reel I FEEL PRETTY review

Amy Schumer has found a nice little niche for herself as female comedic lead with an edgy side. Much in the way that Melissa McCarthy has done in recent years, Schumer has given herself a leg up with R-rated humor that tickles fans in the right way. She’s now taming things down a bit with …

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Time for a Reel BLOCKERS review

Kay Cannon has done a lot of writing for NBC’s 30 Rock and she wrote the screenplays for all three Pitch Perfect movies. Cannon clearly has the talent needed to bring laughs from the audience is all that she does. Now she has progressed to the next step, directing. Making her directorial debut with the …

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Time for a Reel GRINGO review

Nash Edgerton has been in the movie industry for 15+ years. He has had a some bit part roles acting, but has spent the majority of his time focused on the stunt side of things. He branched out doing some small directorial works which were mostly shorts, with the lone exception of a little-known Australian …

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Time for a Reel GAME NIGHT review

Jason Bateman has seen a sustainable success rate throughout a television and movie career that has spanned four decades. Bateman’s youthful presence has been a constant throughout, although it’s been his sarcastic side that has been in the forefront in this last decade or so. It’s the rated R works such as Horrible Bosses (2011), …