Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Hard As Steel Ultimate Edition makes its Blu-ray Steelbook arrival as a Walmart Exclusive. The film’s SteelBook upgrade from Mill Creek Entertainment comes as Walmart is feeling the void being left by Best Buy’s departure from physical media. Best Buy’s loss is Walmart’s gain. Anyway, this edition includes both the theatrical edition (96 minutes) and American Cox: The Unbearably Long, Self-Indulgent Director’s Cut. What follows is my original review…
"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Hard As Steel Ultimate Edition"Tag: Tim Meadows
Mean Girls (2024) is not going to replace Mean Girls but the musical adaptation keeps the spirit of the classic 2004 comedy. There is a universe where the film is going straight to Paramount+. Thankfully, the studio also came to their senses and is giving it a theatrical release. This is a film that audiences should see in a theater. It may be a musical but it still remains a comedy at heart. In my…
"Mean Girls: The Musical Offers As Much Fun As The 2004 Classic"
A professor is in for a shock when he learns that people are seeing him in their dreams and then it becomes a nightmare in Dream Scenario. That’s the gist of the new horror-comedy from writer-director Kristoffer Borgli. The filmmaker also finds a way to use the film as commentary on cancel culture. It’s got a solid mix of comedy and horror as we watch the incredible rise and tragic fall of Osler professor Paul…
"Dream Scenario: Nicolas Cage Gets Cancelled"
In Chapter 21 of The Mandalorian, the episode offers a solid mixture of action and the future direction of the series going forward. Spoilers follow for the newest episode of The Mandalorian. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse‘s Peter Ramsey directs the newest episode and it’s a delight. I’ll have more in-depth thoughts below the photo below because I do get into spoiler talk. In any event, his directing work on The Mandalorian has me really looking…
"The Mandalorian: Chapter 21 – The Pirate" John C. Reilly delivers an Oscar-worthy performance in the cult classic musical biopic spoof that is Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. While 2007 may have been the year of Judd Apatow, Walk Hard was not well-received by audiences. It’s since gone onto become a cult classic. I mean, the fact that we’re talking about this film on its 15th anniversary tells you the respect that it commands today. You cannot make a musical biopic…
"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Marks 15th Anniversary"
Mean Girls, the celebrated teen comedy written by Saturday Night Live‘s Tina Fey, celebrates 15 years following its release in theaters. When zoologists Betsy (Ana Gasteyer) and Chip Heron (Neil Flynn) relocate to Evanston after a dozen years in Africa, it means Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) would have to enroll in an actual high school. No more home-schooling for their daughter. Cady is certainly in for a rude awakening upon arriving at North Shore High…
"Mean Girls: Teen Comedy Classic Marks 15 Years"
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is a genius satire as the musical mockumentary genre gets an update for the 21st century. When we first meet singer/rapper Conner4Real (Andy Samberg) in Popstar, the former Conner Friel on the verge of releasing his sophomore album, Connquest. It’s been some time since his former band, The Style Boyz, broke up. While he’s still working with Owen Bouchard (Jorma Taccone), former bandmate Lawrence Dunn (Akiva Schaffer) has been pushed aside. Much…
"Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is Genius Satire"