Director: Adam McKay Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt “The truth is like poetry, and most people fucking hate poetry.” Director Adam McKay has been involved in a lot of great movies (Anchorman, Sleeping With Other People) and also some not-so-great movies (Get Hard, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters). The Big Short falls … Continue reading The Big Short (2015)
Director: Chris Esper Starring: David Sackal, Joanna Donofrio Synopsis: Please Punish Me is a comedic 15 minute short film about a businessman who is overly blessed to the point that he seeks to be punished for his curse. We often hear people complaining when things just don’t seem to be going their way. In Chris Esper’s … Continue reading Please Punish Me (2015) – Short Film
Director: Jason Moore Starring: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena, Maya Rudolph, James Brolin, Diane West “We need a little less Forever 21 and a little more Suddenly 42.” Upon hearing the news that one of my favorite duos in comedy would be co-starring in a movie, I knew I would have to … Continue reading Sisters (2015)
Director: Anthony Stabley Starring: Valentina de Angelis, Adam David, Elisabeth Röhm, Pat Healy, Robert, LaSardo, Bai Ling, Cortney Palm “They tell us to never take the short cut – but I don’t believe that shit.” Everlasting is told from the perspective of a young, aspiring filmmaker named Matt, who has put together an honest film … Continue reading Everlasting (2016)
Director: Francis Lawrence Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Jeffrey Wright, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland “Katniss Everdeen: A small town girl from District 12 who the Games and turned a nation of slaves into an army!” A lot of people were … Continue reading The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
Director: Richard Curtis Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy, Rowan Atkinson “Let’s go get the shit kicked out of us by love.” The tagline of Love Actually boasts “Very romantic. Very comedy.” In my opinion, “very comedy” should have been left out – … Continue reading Love Actually (2003)
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