Olivia Wilde’s directorial feature debut could have easily been the gender-flipped version of “Superbad” with lame jokes and crude humor. However written by four females who understand what teenage comedies have been missing, inject “Booksmart” with wit, savvy, and quotable dialogue. As an actress Wilde has been hit or miss when it comes to comedy, […]
As formulaic sports films go, The Miracle Season might be the first mainstream movie to focus on the sport of volleyball. However, if you have seen any decent sports film, you already know it’s never about a specific sport. Director Sean McNamara is no stranger to these PG rated feel good family flicks, in fact
Like Trainwreck or Daddy’s Home, Blockers is a double scoop of raunchy American comedy sprinkled with life lessons. “Blockers” refers to the vulgar term “c*ck blocker,” meaning someone who interferes with another’s opportunity for casual sex. Pitch Perfect producer Kay Cannon making her directorial debut here, and I can’t figure out who she is targeting
Love, Simon has been called a Disney-fied version of Call Me By Your Name. That’s both unfair (this is 20th Century Fox, and they have done a great marketing job) and expected. It’s from the team that made millions with The Fault in Our Stars, and a savvy director, televisions Greg Berlanti (The Flash, Arrow),
The best news about the third Spider-Man reboot (now in the hands of Marvel, still a product of Sony like the previous five installments), is they forgo the origin story. No spider bite, no dead uncle, we’ve been origin story’d to death with these reboots. Director Jon Watts (“Natural Selection”, “Cop Car”) takes a cue
The way adults remember high school is very curious. The Duff is just another example in a long line of films where the cast is significantly older than the characters they are portraying. Both leads Mae Whitman and Robbie Amell (the Tom Cruise look alike) are 27 year olds playing 17 year old seniors; while
Spare Parts may look slightly like an after-school special, mostly due to the inexperience of the writers, based on an incredible true Wired magazine article. H