Tag: danny mcbride
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The Throwbacks: “Hot Rod” 15 Years Later
By Christian DiMartino You know what’s funny? The Lonely Island’s 2007 cult classic Hot Rod, which was released 15 years ago (lordy, look at the time) on August 3rd. You know what else is funny? A movie can get nominated for every Oscar under the sun, and chances are after the Oscar-dust has settled, nobody…
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Feelin’ Spooky: Halloween (2018)
The Halloween franchise has had a total of I think 11 movies, and the series has been rebooted at least two different times. Have I seen them all? No, but some of the ones I have seen are absolutely awful (cough, Rob Zombie’s Halloween II). So in 2018, director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, George…
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A Trip Back To: Aloha (2015)
There is nothing worse than going into a movie with extremely high expectations, and leaving extremely disappointed. Well, maybe being burned alive is worse, but I wouldn’t know anything about that. Still, over the years, I’ve gone into movies with high hopes, just to have those dreams horribly crushed. Cameron Crowe’s Aloha was such a…
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Review: Sausage Party
By Christian DiMartino If you have been waiting to see a used, talking condom, then Sausage Party is the movie for you! In all seriousness though, Sausage Party is truly unlike anything you’ve ever seen, or will ever see. You won’t believe your eyes for 89 straight minutes. But believe me people, I mean that in the best possible…
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Review: Don Verdean
1/2 By Christian DiMartino The work of director Jared Hess has always had a similar feeling. Especially with Napoleon Dynamite and Gentlemen Broncos, they have this odd quirkiness to them that I find somewhat hard to resist. When you’re watching a Hess film (with the exception of the dismal Nacho Libre), we can always tell we’re watching a Hess…