Alonso, Ben and I liked this mob comedy better than a lot of other critics did. Great cast, dark humor, clever violence....
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What the Flick?! — Drinking Buddies
Matt, Alonso and I all loved the smart dialogue, crackling chemistry and naturalistic settings of director Joe Swanberg’s latest indie....
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Magnolia Pictures Rated R for language throughout. Running time: 90 minutes. Three stars out of four. “Drinking Buddies” is a crackling screwball comedy refracted through a low-key, mumblecore prism. Admittedly, I’m not terribly fond of the word mumblecore and find it reductive — not unlike the phrases “chick flick” or...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — The World’s End
Matt, Alonso and I can’t remember the last time we had this much fun at a movie. “The World’s End” is a must-see....
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Warner Bros. Pictures Rated R for crude sexual content, passive language, drug material and brief graphic nudity. Running time: 110 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four. Jennifer Aniston is beautiful and stylish and envied with her trend-setting hair and yoga-toned body and the ability to achieve longevity...
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Matt, Alonso, Ben and I pretend to be one, big happy family, but we’re actually quite split on this very R-rated comedy....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — 2 Guns
Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg have crazy chemistry, but it can’t drone out the din of the gunfire....
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We’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers, but especially in our What the Flick?! review of Woody Allen’s latest, “Blue Jasmine.”...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — The To Do List
Dammit, we like Aubrey Plaza. And we want better for her than this comedy that hangs her out to dry....
Read moreStudio 11 LA — Wolverine, summer movie bombs
Talking “Wolverine,” and why so many movies have tanked this summer, on Studio 11 LA with the lovely Bobby D. Watch the Video...
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