Get Smart could have gone wrong in oh so many ways. Fortunately, rather than parrot the ‘60s hit spy spoof, writers Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember choose to give us the story of how super-analyst Maxwell Smart [Steve Carell] made the shift from computer jockey to field agent. Mixing clever gags with action is […]
Tag: Comedy
MOVIE REVIEW: The Love Guru: Crickets… by Sheldon Wiebe
Imagine the sound of one hand clapping. Not in the Zen koan way, but in the actual one hand impacting on nothing but air way. This was the sound that accompanied eighty-five of The Love Guru’s ninety-one minutes at the screening I attended – and another four minutes were closing credits. In a nutshell: Toronto […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Sex and the City: Sex Still Sells by Sheldon Wiebe
It’s an odd thing to realize that you’re one of three straight men in a theater auditorium. It’s another thing entirely to realize that, properly presented, women will laugh at a poop joke as heartily as any man – and laugh just as hard when the incident is referred to later in the movie. Sex […]
$%#% Me Gently With a Chainsaw! 20 Years Later Heathers is Still So Very!
It’s been twenty years since Heathers was released by a dying New World to critical acclaim and some box office success. Now, Anchor Bay has released the dark high school comedy as part of its Cult Classic Film Series. The film’s indictment of kids who will do anything to be popular – and become the […]
Reviewing Forgetting Sarah Marshall In 300 Words or Less
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is doomed to be remembered as “that naked break-up movie” though it’s considerably more. For one thing, the naked break-up is a simultaneously funny and poignant scene and Jason Segel’s performance as Peter [the breakee] is staggeringly vulnerable. For another, that vulnerability continues to come into play when Peter tries to get […]
Upright Citizens Brigade: Asssscat! Up & Down Improv Has Many More Highs Than Lows!
The Upright Citizens Brigade is a group of improvisational comics who have taken their game to the next level.
Drillbit Taylor: Low-Budget Bodyguard Ekes Out Just Enough Laughs!
This small effort from the Jud Apatow funny factory skips the f-bombs but still manages to be funnier than at least one of his R-rated efforts. What can you do when you’re corpulent, skeletal or really, really short and are facing your first day of high school? Apparently, you can expect to get thumped on […]
Drillbit Taylor – Michelle’s Review
Have I said lately how much I really dislike Judd Apatow movies and Seth Rogen? Their films are generally hollow, profanity laced, geek boy fantasies. Where the slobby, foul mouth, fat jerk always ends up with the hot chick. Their formula is successful, but it’s cookie cutter beyond belief. The only difference is they switch […]