Fred Topel Rom-coms have been the domain of white privilege for so long, it’s going to take a lot more movies like Crazy Rich Asians to even the score. But Crazy Rich Asians is making up for lost time because it’s pretty much all the rom-com tropes in one with an Asian cast and theme! Nick Young
For anyone who thinks superhero movies take themselves just a little too seriously, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies is refreshingly irreverent, and family friendly too. Even if you haven’t seen the Cartoon Network animated series, you surely recognize Batman’s sidekick Robin (Scott Menville). He leads a group of super friends including Raven (Tara Strong),
Musical sequels are so rare that the most successful ones are currently High School Musical 2 and 3! Grease 2 is great but it took people decades to realize, and Shock Treatment has great music but few people know there even was a sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Mamma Mia: Here We Go
The Mission: Impossible movies have been on a steady rise since at least the third movie. Just when you think Rogue Nation may have been too tough an act to follow, Fallout takes it to yet another level. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise)’s latest mission is to retrieve enough plutonium to make three nuclear bombs. The
When Die Hard revolutionized the action genre, a glorious slew of imitators copied the formula. I like to joke that Skyscraper is finally Die Hard in a building but Nakatomi Plaza was never on fire. Skyscraper lights Die Hard on fire! Also, Nakatomi Plaza was 40 stories. Skyscraper has about six times as many floors
Ant-Man and the Wasp may be one of the most family friendly Marvel movies. It’s a comedy with a light touch and kids will like all the shrinking and giant effects. For Paul Rudd, it was more important that Scott Lang is a father than that he’s a superhero. “This theme of parents and children
After Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel fans are itching to see how the remaining Avengers can defeat Thanos. The next Marvel movie coming out, Ant-Man and the Wasp, is more focused on what happened after the big fight in Captain America: Civil War. Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) joined Team Cap and revealed that his Ant-Man suit
Since I’ve had a DVR for the last 20 years, I have not watched commercials and therefore did not know that Uncle Drew was based on a series of Pepsi commercials. It just as easily could have been a high concept comedy, but the source material sort of informs the film’s shortcomings. The fake 30
Tag is the kind of movie so crazy you couldn’t make it up. So they didn’t. There really is a group of friends who have been playing tag well into adulthood. The movie is based on Russell Adams’ Wall Street Journal article. Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jake Johnson and Hannibal Burress play a group of
Tag is the funniest movie since Girls Trip. That’s not faint praise. There have been some great comedies like Life of the Party, Overboard and Blockers, but Tag captures the endearing friendship with “so wrong I can’t believe they went there” comedy. Hogan (Ed Helms), Bob (Jon Hamm), Chilli (Jake Johnson), Sable (Hannibal Burress)