I’ve no idea how we got onto this, other than maybe it being on a list of “20 worthy films to watch” in The Observer or something, but I’m so glad we did. Seeing a film produced by a different
The Jesus Rolls
The Jesus Bombs, rather. So I’ve been anticipating this character spinoff from The Big Lebowski for AGES now, and Liz being out one night provided the perfect opportunity – and, casting the film’s 4.3 IMDB stars to one side, in
The Proposal
Agreeing to marry your ball-bustin’ boss to keep your job because her visa’s expired and she doesn’t want to leave the country? Yep – perfectly reasonable premise there. The stupidity unfolds as we discover that Ryan Reynolds’ character’s heir to
Masterminds
Frigging silly film – definitely earned all of it’s 5.8 IMDB stars. Frequently treading the wrong side of the border with “too stupid”, there was something loveable about this. I really can’t put my finger on why I didn’t hate
Palm Springs
Described to me as “The Groundhog Day remake that nobody asked for” – am I just getting too old/cynical, or is it fair to describe this as Groundhog Day mashed up with a “best friend’s wedding” trope? I thought Cristin
Thunder Force
Thunder Farce. I reckon they came up with one implausible scenario/joke for this, then built a film around it. I could never understand the opprobrium out there aimed at Melissa McCarthy, however after seeing this and Life Of The Party
Moxie
I love a good “girls strike back” film, only it genuinely pisses me off that this kind of female empowerment has to come as a result of guys being complete dicks. Why can’t we have a story where the alpha-jock
Bill Bailey: Limboland
Haven’t seen any of Bilbo’s solo work in YEARS, it turns out – Tinselworm could’ve been the last one I went to? – and it was a delight to see him on form and resolutely odd here. Interesting that he’s
Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies…
Merchant’s a genius, and uses his stature, profile, and appearance to pinball his status around like a trapeze artist. The material here was pretty solid, but I think I could’ve done without the contrivance to thread it all together. But
The Three Stooges
I put this on late one night out of morbid curiosity, expecting VERY LITTLE but at the same time looking forward to seeing the performance of Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe… and was actually quite pleasantly surprised! When you consider how