COMEDY
RYAN: Keanu is a new comedy starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, aka Key and Peele. I’m not familiar with their work, but am thrilled to be joined in this review by my associate Becky Banks, who has seen their show. BECKY: I’m a fan. They say he funny things that many people can’t get away with. RYAN: ..
COMEDY
RYAN: This is the latest from writer/director Richard Linklater, who is calling it the spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused, which I never saw. I’m not a big fan of his and didn’t love this movie for many of the reasons I don’t like most of his work – it’s plotless, aimless, not much going on. I ..
COMEDY
RYAN: This is a sassy, subversive indie comedy produced by the Duplass brothers and written by star Melissa Rauch and her husband, Winston. And you can really tell it is a fantastic showcase, written to the star’s strengths in comedic timing and delivery. CAROLINE: Sounds interesting. I like Mark and Jay Duplass. They do unique work. ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: This is the controversial true story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, who fought tirelessly against the NFL to bring to light CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), brain damage from multiple brain injuries. CAROLINE: And it stars Will Smith. How was his accent? RYAN: His Nigerian accent it excellent He’s quite good in this. I like Will ..
DRAMA
RYAN: Truth is a docudrama about the time when Dan Rather and his CBS news team reported on the validity of George W. Bush’s military service and it is quite the dramatization. It’s one of those stories that’s, like, “you just can’t make this stuff up.” CAROLINE: I remember when it all went down. This film is ..
ACTION
RYAN: This is a Halloween action film and I’m thrilled to see a movie featuring witches, when so many seem to tell the story of other kinds of monsters. I love the mystical notion of witchcraft and the fantasy of good vs wicked witches – and that’s a highlight in this film. They make reference ..
ACTION
RYAN: It’s the fourth in the Transporter franchise and the first without original star Jason Statham; in effect, it’s a reboot. But did this franchise really warrant a reboot? And without Jason? Are they trying to do what happened with the James Bond films where they pick it up with a new actor every now ..
COMEDY
RYAN: This comedy costars Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, who all along, I kept thinking looked a lot more like Gary Busey than Nick Nolte. CHUCK: (laughs) RYAN: Gary Busey got a big movie role after The Celebrity Apprentice, but no… this is Nick Nolte. He’s so gruff in this movie. What happened to his ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This movie makes me feel skeptical, or jaded or insert any dissenting word, because it’s about a DJ and I just didn’t predict much connection to the characters, the story, reality, etc… Not that it needs to feel real but the story has to hook you, ya know? CAROLINE: Oh honey, preaching to the ..
ACTION
RYAN: This film is different because it’s a CIA, undercover agent movie that has a sci fi vibe to it. But it’s overly ambitious and doesn’t really work. It tried for what Quentin Tarantino does, but never quite achieved it. There’s violence and gore, that’s entertaining, but as a whole, the film feels very B ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: This is a new biopic, character study, chronicling a journalist who spends several days traveling with a famous American author to do a feature story on him in Rolling Stone magazine. It’s based on the true story of when David Lipsky, the reporter, followed David Foster Wallace, who made a huge splash with his ..
COMEDY
RYAN: It’s a very long-time-coming sequel to Chevy Chase Vacation movies and it’s also a reboot. If there will be any sequels to this one remains to be seen, however, depending on box office. CAROLINE: The original films are comedy classics at this point. It was Chevy Chase at the peak of his career and they are ..
