Tag: Comedy

The Heat review

Director:
Paul Feig
Cast:
Sandra Bullock
Melissa McCarthy
Marlon Wayans
Michael Rapaport
Rated: R

The first female buddy cop movie! It would be really ground breaking if it wasn’t like every other buddy cop film out there.

“The Heat” stars Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. Bullock plays an FBI agent named Ashburn, who does everything completely by the books. Her latest case brings her to the streets of Boston where she meets Mullins (McCarthy), a cop who is the complete opposite of Ashburn, being a total loose cannon.

The case that the two have to work on involves having to stop some type of crime lord from doing some type of shipment. However, for these two, working together seems nearly impossible.

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This is the End review

Director:
Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen
Cast:
James Franco
Jonah Hill
Seth Rogen
Jay Baruchel
Danny McBride
Craig Robinson
Rated: R

“This is the End” is a simple enough story. It’s a movie following the biblical rapture, what’s different is it just so happens to be through the perspective of comedic actors.

The film begins with Jay Baruchel visiting Seth Rogen. The two are spending some time together in Los Angeles and Seth decides they should go to a house warming party at James Franco’s new place. Although Jay is hesitant, they go anyways.

During the party, chaos begins to ensue as earthquakes begin and sinkholes start appearing. Many celebrities who were at Franco’s party end up dying in the calamity and the survivors take refuge in Franco’s house. They include Franco himself, Seth, Jay, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson and Jonah Hill. What follows is a lot of insanity in the house as the six try to survive the seeming apocalypse.

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The Internship review

In case you didn’t know that Google was a sponsor for this movie, it will remind you about a thousand times.

“The Internship” follows two salesmen, Billy and Nick, played by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, who sell watches at their company, owned by their boss played by John Goodman. Things take a turn for the worse though as the company gets shut down and Billy and Nick are left without a job and have to find employment elsewhere.

Billy eventually gets the bright idea to join an internship at Google for an opportunity at getting a job. The duo become interns and find they have to work with a team of young misfits through the summer to win the job against other intern teams. The only problem is the protagonists don’t have any computer experience. However, they do have people skills.

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Now You See Me review

Director:
Louis Leterrier
Cast:
Jesse Eisenberg
Mark Ruffalo
Woody Harrelson
Isla Fisher
Dave Franco
Morgan Freeman
Michael Caine
Melanie Laurent
Rated: PG-13

I wish someone would have used a magic trick to make this a better movie.

“Now You See Me” sets up a few different story arcs that intertwine throughout the film’s run. The first arc that the audience is introduced to is the story of the Four Horsemen. These four, including a street magician named Daniel Atlas (Eisenberg), a mentalist named Merritt McKinnney (Harrelson), an escape artist named Henley Reeves (Fisher) and a young magician named Jack Wilder (Franco).

The four meet after being summoned to the same apartment building and a year later they are putting on a big show in Las Vegas. During their performance they end up robbing a bank and there enters the next story arc, an FBI agent named Dylan (Ruffalo) and an Interpol agent named Alma (Laurent), who are on the Four Horsemen’s trail. Another arc comes into play as a man who is an expert at debunking magicians, Thaddeus (Freeman), decides to help out the FBI for his own gains.

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Epic review

Director:
Chris Wedge
Cast:
Colin Farrell
Josh Hutcherson
Amanda Seyfried
Beyonce Knowles
Rated: PG

“Epic” is another animated film from the studios that have brought you the “Ice Age” sequels and “Rio,” and like those movies, this one is stunningly mediocre.

The film follows a teenage girl named M.K. (Seyfried), who is planning to live with her father played by Jason Sudeikis. The only problem is that her father is an obsessed scientist who believes that there is a race of tiny people who live in the forest.

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The Big Wedding review

Director:
Justin Zackham
Cast:
Robert De Niro
Katherine Heigl
Diane Keaton
Amanda Seyfried
Topher Grace
Susan Sarandon
Robin Williams
Rated: R

This movie dares to ask “how many sub plots can you fit into one movie?”

“The Big Wedding” follows a large family that has been split apart by a few different issues over the years. Mainly, Don (De Niro) and Ellie (Keaton) were once married for many years and had three children, Jared (Grace), Lyla (Heigl) and the third, an adopted child, Alejandro (Barnes). The two are now split up and Don has a new woman in his life named Bebe (Sarandon).

Alejandro is the one in the family getting married with the character Missy (Seyfried).

Things would seem like just a normal wedding if it wasn’t for the fact that Alejandro’s birth mother will be attending the wedding and is a devout catholic who believes divorce is a sin. So Alejandro convinces Don and Ellie to act as though they are still married so he can make sure his mother gives her full blessings.

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Pain and Gain review

Director:
Michael Bay
Cast:
Mark Wahlberg
Dwayne Johnson
Anthony Mackie
Tony Shalhoub
Ed Harris
Rated: R

This is certainly a step up for Director Michael Bay from “Transformers.”

“Pain and Gain” follows Daniel Lugo, played by Mark Wahlberg. Lugo is a steroid-using muscle trainer at a gym who, after attending a convention which tells the audience to be a “doer,” decides to do something to make himself get all the wealth and glory that he thinks he deserves.

Lugo eventually gets fellow trainer Adrian, played by Anthony Mackie, and ex-prisoner- turned-devout-Christian Paul Doyle, played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, to assist him in a rather crazy plan. The three execute a scheme to abduct a wealthy man named Victor Kershaw, played by Tony Shalhoub, who goes to the gym where they work. The three end up pulling off the kidnapping, however things don’t go so well from there as the three are just plain stupid.

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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone review

“The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” is a film that has a lot of comedic heavy hitters and yet it all goes wrong so fast.

The film follows the story of the title character played by Steve Carell. Burt Wonderstone is a Las Vegas magician who puts on a show with his friend Anton Marvelton, played by Steve Buscemi, and finds a great deal of success. For a good number of years, things go well for Burt, however as time goes on people grow tired of the show and the theater becomes more and more empty.

Meanwhile, a new magician named Steve Gray, played by Jim Carrey, comes onto the scene and does more extreme tricks and daring stunts. The film sets its plot around Wonderstone having to get his career back on track and outdo Steve Gray.

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Wreck-It Ralph review

Director:
Rich Moore
Cast:
John C. Reilly
Sarah Silverman
Jack McBrayer
Jane Lynch
Rated: PG

This movie is worth getting some quarters together for.

“Wreck-It Ralph” follows the story of the title character (Reilly), a video game villain in an arcade game where his job is to destroy a tall building and it is up to the game’s hero, Fix it Felix (McBrayer) to repair the building and knock Ralph off the top of the building. The game, and all the inhabitants in it are now 30-years-old and Ralph is fed up with the life of the villain. Because of this, he decides to leave his game and go to another one, Hero’s Duty to get a medal which will change his life and make him a hero.

The plan goes badly in Hero’s Duty though and Ralph ends up in the racing game Sugar Rush. There he meets Vanellope (Silverman), who, after a rough first meeting, the two end up working together to achieve their goals of being better recognized by other characters in their respective games. Meanwhile though, Ralph made a huge mistake in Hero’s Duty and the main character of that game Sergeant Calhoun (Lynch) has to work with Fix it Felix to get Ralph back to his game as well as stop a threat to the whole video game world.

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Here comes the Boom review

Director:
Frank Coraci
Cast:
Kevin James
Salma Hayek
Henry Winkler
Bas Rutten
Rated: PG

“Here Comes the Boom” follows the story of Scott (James), a teacher who was once really confident in education and school however has recently lost his drive. At the same time he finds out that the music department of the school, as well as other departments are going to be cut, which would mean Scott’s friend Marty (Winkler), would lose his job.

This sets Scott off on a quest to try to raise some money to rescue the music department. After watching a UFC fight with a man named Nikko (Rutten), who Scott teaches in a night class for American citizenship, he decides to go in and try to raise money by fighting since he had experience as a Division I wrestler in college.

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