Tag: will ferrell
-
Christian’s Christmas: Elf (2003)
By Christian DiMartino It had been 10 years since I’d seen Jon Favreau’s Elf. I’m sure some people watch it every winter, and that’s great. For me, it was a movie I’d always liked, but… my sophomore year of high school, I was forced to watch it in three different classrooms. And that did it…
-
Review: Spirited
By Christian DiMartino My local theatre hosted a “Mystery Movie Screening” this evening. This is basically a movie that hasn’t been released yet that you get to see early, for $5- the catch being, you don’t know what the movie is until you’re there. I almost went to one of these back in September, but…
-
From the Shelf: The Producers (2005)
By Christian DiMartino Mel Brooks’ The Producers is a wonderful classic. Made in 1967, Brooks won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and with good reason. It’s a great premise, brought to life by Brooks and his two stars, Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. As time went on, The Producers went on to be a…
-
Review: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of the Fire Saga
1/2 By Christian DiMartino With the world the way it is right now, I have entered each of 2020’s straight to streaming releases with a thought: could it have been successful theatrically? Now, some of these were probably always intended to be a straight-to-Netflix deal, while others, like The Lovebirds, didn’t quite turn out the way…