I’ve never seen a remake refer to its source material so often and with such reverence that it felt like a two hour suggestion that maybe you should, in fact, be watching the original film. That is exactly what Paul Feig’s 2016 Ghostbusters reboot feels like. At every opportunity, a cameo orContinue Reading
Have you ever watched a film and thought afterwards that you’d just witnessed someone’s idea of a prank? That’s how I felt after watching Kevin Smith’s Tusk. Wallace Bryton (Justin Long) is an American podcaster who, along with his assistant, Teddy (Haley Joel Osment,) brings his listeners “real and raunchy”Continue Reading
Chris (Ron Livingston) and Kate (Olivia Wilde) are one of those couples that shouldn’t work. He is a socially awkward bookworm and she is an outgoing, social butterfly. Similarly, Jill (Anna Kendrick) and Luke (Jake Johnson) are equally mismatched. She’s an artist and he works in a brewery. Luke andContinue Reading
When a friendless 8-year-old boy wishes his newly acquired teddy bear could have the ability to talk and be his friend forever, he probably didn’t think about the possible consequences of his actions. Of course, who would think such a wish would (or could) come true? For John Bennett (MarkContinue Reading
Although the original 1978 Piranha was written off by many as a ripoff of the then-current Jaws, the 2010 remake earned a reputation for being completely over-the-top in the sex and gore department. Thanks to a clever cameo by Richard Dreyfuss, numerous scenes of gratuitous nudity, and a gag involvingContinue Reading
Every 100 years, the balance between good and evil in the world reaches equilibrium. 100 years ago, Dr. Abraham Van Helsing (Jack Gwillim) unsuccessfully attempted to defeat Dracula (Duncan Rehger) with an amulet that can tip the balance in favor of the forces of good. Dracula, however, did not gainContinue Reading
What if someone donned a costume and fought crime like the superheroes found in the pages of comic books? That is what average high school student (and comic book fan) Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) asks at the beginning of Kick-Ass. Although this topic has been tackled before — most notably in Watchmen and Special — Kick-Ass handlesContinue Reading