A New Muppets Film For Old Fans Swift shot: The Muppets are back with all their singing and dancing and of course lightning quick cameos . . . it's a family film that will probably mean more to the aged but it was still a lot of fun for the littlest (and newest) Muppet lover in my family. Jason Segel deserves credit for making The Muppets cool again and for … [Read more...] about The Muppets
Comedy
Unicorn City
I had heard of Live Action Role Play or LARPing before, and I even had a little experience playing table games; but when I heard the whole film was essentially constructed around LARP, I was somewhat intrigued. . . but also a tad skeptical. I figured I should give anything a try once, especially an independent film, and I had the opportunity to screen this movie at Wizard World … [Read more...] about Unicorn City
Super
Shut up, crime! The H-Bomb: Frank D’Arbo (Rainn Wilson) is a schlubby everyman who lives an utterly unremarkable, and even slightly depressing life. He works as a short order cook in a dingy, disgusting, greasy spoon shit pit of a diner, and is married to Sarah (Liv Tyler), an ex-drug addict who doesn’t seem to be all that interested in him these days. One day he comes … [Read more...] about Super
30 Minutes or Less
“You brought a gun to a f*ckin’ bomb fight!” The H-Bomb: When Dwayne (Danny McBride), a thirty-something deadbeat do nothing, decides that he doesn’t want to wait for his rich, former-Marine father (Fred Ward) to keel over so he can collect his inheritance, he decides to have his old man whacked, just like in the movies. However, hiring a hit-man is going to cost him … [Read more...] about 30 Minutes or Less
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
Have you ever wondered the reaction Conan O’Brien had after NBC yanked him from the Tonight Show or what he really wanted to do about it? "Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop" delivers the goods! The exact moment the decision is made to get around the whole "legally prohibited from being funny on TV" is revealed in this excellent documentary. Director Rodman Flender (yes, that is his … [Read more...] about Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
