The Other Guys
How in the hell had I not heard of this before? Adam McKay directing Will Ferrell and an excellent ensemble with all the trademark stupidity of situation and dialogue. Inane, and wonderful.
Movie Category: Comedy
Death to 2020
Clearly a different style of show to his “wipes”, but at the same time essentially and necessarily similar – so it’s impossible not to invite comparison. Some pretty good stuff in here, albeit with a much slower pace than I’d have liked. And I think it was possibly aimed at …
Central Intelligence
Oddball buddy setup with Kevin Hart (former highschool sports hero who became an accountant) and Dwayne Johnson (former overweight dweeb who became The Rock, and works for the CIA). I love a film that barefacedly walks in to a stupid premise. This one did just that, and now I think …
Zombieland: Double Tap
I couldn’t BELIEVE that the original Zombieland film was 10 years old – hell of a long wait for a seemingly inconsequential sequel, and while it’s true this film isn’t going to change lives, it IS a wonderful & fun extension of the kickass story from the first film. I …
The Hitman’s Bodyguard
MASTERPIECE. Liz was convinced we’d already seen this, but as it didn’t appear in my Media Roundups anywhere it’s clear that there’s NO WAY I could have already seen it. Even despite how familiar lots of bits in it were. But in any case, Samuel L. Jackson & Ryan Reynolds …
Miss Congeniality
Can’t believe I hadn’t seen this – and I think it unlocked a bit more of an understanding for me about why people are so interested in Sandra Bullock. I’d always found her a bit beige as an actor, however this role highlighted Bullock as an actor with quite the …
Happiest Season
Fairly standard “girl takes partner home to parents for Christmas” story with subterfuge because parents will disapprove, notable chiefly because the protagonists are a lesbian couple. I think a reasonably admirable cast, in search of a better storyline. Definitely a less-awful denouement. 👎
When Harry Met Sally
I was drawn back to a rewatch of this following hearing Lucy Prebble on the ALWAYS EXCELLENT Rule of Three podcast – and though visibly an artefact of its time, I thought it was an incredibly well put together film. Romantic comedy masterclass, and makes me smile to see Billy …
Hari Kondabolu: Warn Your Relatives
I mainly watched this to have a chance to see Hari Kondabolu in action after hearing him so many time on The Bugle.
Plus One
A wedding-table-comedy which I was sure I’d already seen before, but didn’t recognise any of the details. Jack Quaid from off of The Boys inadvertantly ends up in pact with his laddish behaving mate about them taking each other as their Plus One to all the weddings they’ve got lined …