Tag Archives: Comedy Movies

Daddy’s Home 2 (2017) Review

A SHALLOW CHRISTMAS COMEDY SEQUEL   Toward the end of 2015, the comedy film Daddy’s Home emerged as the one of the last comedy feature films of the year. Directed by Sean Anders, the movie, which starred Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, follow the plights of Brad Whitaker, who seeks to be the best dad for his stepchildren. Unfortunately, Brad’s

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Girls Trip (2017) Review

DEFINITELY WORTH THE TRIP   As we reach the end of July (in the year of 2017), the films being released this year have been hit or miss, with some being poignant, profitable, and well-received, while others have been dismal, shallow, and flat out box office bombs. And that doesn’t count all the other movies that fall in-between these two

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The House (2017) Review

THE HOUSE DOESN’T ALWAYS WIN   Actors Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler are prime candidates for bring big laughs in both the big and small screen. Both came from appearing on SNL (Saturday Night Live) for several years, both have had major hits, and both have even starred in the same movie together. And while the two have had their

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Baywatch (2017) Review

SHALLOW WATERS  One word…Baywatch. The show, which was created back in 1989 by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Gregory J. Bonann, follows a team of Los Angeles County Lifeguards (led by David Hasselhoff’s Mitch Buchannon) as they patrol their shores of Emerald Bay (and later Hawaii) from natural disasters, shark attacks, serial killers, and saving lives in the process. Originally,

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Snatched (2017) Review

A UNDERWHELMING COMEDY ADVENTURE   Back in 2015, female stand-up comedian Amy Schumer made her starring lead role debut in the comedy film Trainwreck. With the screenplay written by her and guided by well-known raunchy comedy director Judd Apatow, Trainwreck was a standout comedy film of 2015, especially in Schumer’s performance, which found her to be hilarious and heartbreaking as

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How to be a Latin Lover (2017) Review

ANOTHER PASSABLE COMEDY   Who doesn’t love to laugh? The laughable (and bankable) takes on comedic levity as transcend itself on many different platforms from cartoon strips, to stand-up comedy, to television sitcoms, to quirky novels, and everything else in-between. As many would summarize, Hollywood (or rather motion pictures in general) is no strangers towards producing comedy feature films and

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Going in Style (2017) Review

A BLAND HEIST CAPPER   As many now know, the current trend of the major Hollywood studios is to looking towards the past for film ideas rather than striving forward. Yes, I’m talking about the somewhat direction that Hollywood is going through in its plethora of remakes and reboots. Ranging from big to small named ones and pulling from both

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CHiPs (2017) Review

ANOTHER FAILED “BUDDY COP” ENDEAVOR   Back in 1977, viewers were introduced to the world of the highway patrol officers of Baker and Ponch in the TV show CHiPs. Created by Rick Rosner, CHiPs (steaming from the abbreviation of “California Highway Patrol), followed the adventures of Jon Baker (actor Larry Wilcox) and Frank “Ponch” Poncherello (Erik Estrada) as a pair

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