As the best thing about the Despicable Me films, you’d think the Minions would make for a great movie. Unfortunately, instead of creating some kind of fun origin story, which Minions starts to do, they just tell another story of how the minions worked for another uber villain. It’s much the same luke warm fun.…
DetailsAny film that spends a sixth of its running time watching its lead characters take ecstasy and following the come-on, the high and the come-down is not playing by the rules. Magic Mike XXL plays by nobody’s rules. Practically plot-free (and, with the exception of a couple of moments in the beginning, totally conflict-free, thereby violating…
DetailsTerminator Genisys might win an award for most green screened fight scenes and stunt guys pulled by cables. Or maybe for the highest number of convenient explanations pulled from a characters ass. I think Evel Knievel was in this because, holy shit there were quite a lot of leaps in logic here. I think disbelief…
DetailsYou know, Ted 2 has way more semen in it than is comfortable. I mean, it ‘s got more semen in it than most gonzo porn films. And let’s face it, I don’t mind some gonzo porn, so wow, you’re talking about a lot of ejaculate. Seth Macfarlane’s humor seems to swing wildly from smart…
DetailsI initially thought that making another Jurassic Park film was an exercise in superfluous redundancy. Well, I still kind of think that, but as one of the summer’s surprises, Jurassic World is actually pretty entertaining. Not that the film offers any surprises, mind you. There are no “didn’t see that coming” moments in the film itself.…
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