It was very good! I think at the time (and currently, honestly) almost all sketch comedy is male dominated. Her sketches were usually the best when they brought a woman’s persepctive, which kept it fresh compared to other sketch comedy shows.
Around the same time (a little later) a Canadia sketch show completely written and performed by women came out and it was refreshingly funny for the same reason. I’m not sure how well known this is outside of Canada (it was pretty niche even in Canada).
I am one who appreciates the absurdity of this trailer, but I feel like this will be a marketing miss. People who have never heard of Tim Robbinson will look at the tone of the trailer contrasted with the critic quotes in the trailer, will think “wtf is this whiplash shit” and then pass.
I could be wrong, but if they dont market it as a comedy in future ads, I can see this eating a loss at the box office.
Agree that was a bad trailer. Word of mouth is that it’s hilarious, but there wasn’t any humor throughout the trailer. It should preview the experience of watching the movie.
Mean Streets (1973)
This is the earliest I’ve delved into the Scorsese catalog, and I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. Thankfully - I’m sure aided by the fact that I didn’t try to hold it up against his larger-scale classics - I was able to enjoy myself quite a bit. From the viewing standpoint of someone who adores Goodfellas: taking that movie, making it grimier, hyper-focusing on a couple of small-timers who are little more than extras in that movie, and devoting a whole movie to an important arc in their lives is a pretty cool concept, and I find myself liking it even more in the light of the following day.
This movie actually makes me think that Harvey Keitel had the goods to be a successful leading man, and - realizing he did occasionally get other leading roles - I’m surprised he ultimately spent so much more time in the character-actor space.
Anyway, good movie. Fun to see some of the humbler beginnings of Scorsese at a time that I assume was before he could get funded for the massive budgets that would ultimately enable him to make his very best stuff.
3.5/5
Keitel’s performance in Bad Lieutenant is pretty wild
Watching this definitely made me more interested in seeing that.
mr nice guy (1997)
not a great jackie chan movie but his stunts are unreal. i don’t even think tom cruise would throw himself over a whirling table saw blade in the middle of a fight, it just feels so reckless. think about your kids, jackie! he survived tho, he’s doing great. 2 bags of popcorn. skip to the end where they show the stunt bloopers probably more fun than watching the whole movie
the wind and the lion (1975)
sean connery is the last berber pirate in morocco at the turn of the 20th century. reminded me a lot of red dead redemption 2 except sean connery is a devout muslim. he kidnaps candice bergen and some kids to make a point about the evil imperialist united states and how modern warfare is the true barbarism. i loved the overall themes but it didn’t feel like it totally worked for me. 2 bags
michael collins (1996)
for a movie about armed revolution against an imperialist monarchy, it’s sadly boring. it’s very historical and whoever made this isn’t genius enough like ridley scott to make up more interesting historical plotpoints. 2 bags
at this point i’m worried these are all bad. but then i see Deathtrap (1982) was directed by sidney lumet. the same sidney lumet who directed serpico and dog day afternoon and the verdict. and after today, he is known to me as the director of those great films AND deathtrap, a top tier elite film. everything works. i love this movie. it’s free on youtube you have no excuse. watch it right now. 5 bags of popcorn
It’s great and so is the Nic Cage version.
Shallow Grave (1994) was a great time. Black horror/comedy that ratchets up the tension in a very satisfying way. Made for only 2.5M.
The Perfection
When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
Kudos to whoever wrote that pitch because I was struggling to come up with a synopsis that didn’t ruin the movie.
This is a truly fucked up movie that just gets more and more twisted as it goes on. The ending was cathartic but in a sinister way, as there can never be a real and lasting resolution to the crazy stuff that happens to these two girls.
I was so blown away by Herzog’s version I didn’t think I could go back. Might have to check it out.
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
This is minor MCU and not a game-changer (for good or for ill). If a person enjoys the passable MCU projects like The Marvels then this is worth a go; if you’re just over it with these movies - or I guess never liked them to begin with - then don’t expect this to be any different. I did think that Anthony Mackie was a good lead, and I found him easier to accept with the Captain America glow-up than I was necessarily expecting to after he’s been treated like a jobber in the MCU for a very long time.
(All of this faint praise is to say that it’s obviously 250 trillion times better than Deadpool 3.)
3/5
Holy crap, I know this is a classic but Noises Off is incredible. What an absolute masterclass in comedic choreography.
5/5
It was a very good play first.
Just watch says flow is on max now
Lawrence has confirmed to the folks at Collider that post-production work on the film is almost complete, and he’s “super happy” with it.