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‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ Review: Fey’s Finest

Philip Brown — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 16:00:07 +0000

Though Tina Fey long ago found herself a spot at the table for the comedic elite on television, her film career has been spotty at best. To be clear, she’s always been good in her big screen outings, but they all tend to be blandly mainstream despite her wit. Thankfully, ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ (reduce the...

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‘Sisters’ Review: Doin’ It for Themselves

Philip Brown — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:00:40 +0000

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are a comedy team so gosh darn irresistible that pretty much anything they do together is worth watching. Case in point would be ‘Sisters’. The movie is a party comedy. You know the type, where a couple of sad so-and-sos decide to throw a big bash in an attempt to...

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Finally, Your Action Figure Collection Can Watch Comedy Fake News Too

Josh Zyber — Wed, 27 May 2015 16:00:22 +0000

The past couple years have seen an outpouring of retro-style action figures based on movie and TV licenses – most prominently Funko’s expansive ReAction line (of which I have mixed feelings). This fad has reached perhaps its strangest incarnation yet with new 3.5-inch versions of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler sitting at the ‘Saturday Night...

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‘Monkey Kingdom’ Review: DisneyNature Finally Monkeys Around

Philip Brown — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:00:45 +0000

Ever since Disney got into the nature documentary game, it was only a matter of time before we’d get an entire film dedicated to monkeys. Those lovable little scamps were made for the very particular brand of gentle animal humanization and grandiose visual stimulation that defines the DisneyNature series. Thankfully, that flick is finally here...

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Statuesque: 2015 Golden Globe Winners

Josh Zyber — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:00:43 +0000

‘Boyhood’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ came up as the big winners at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night. Not that anyone has ever taken the Globes seriously as a measure of artistic worth, but the awards are sometimes considered a possible indicator of future Oscar success. Sometimes, not always. In fact, I’m not...

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‘This Is Where I Leave You’ Review: Sappy Sobs and Gentle Laughs

Philip Brown — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:00:10 +0000

‘This Is Where I Leave You’ is a kindler, gentler version of ‘August: Osage County’ to watch with your mom. The movie plays mild family dysfunction for mild laughs and milder drama. It’s like a cup of instant chicken noodle soup – superficially as warm and pleasing as the real thing without any real nourishment....

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‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Review: An Almost Equal Sequel

Philip Brown — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:00:32 +0000

The Muppets had fallen on hard times by the time Disney picked them up and hired Jason Segel and Nick Stoller (based primarily on a single joke in ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’) to revive their felty ways. Yet, thanks to assigning folks who genuinely loved the source material, the Muppets’ charming comeback vehicle proved to be...

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Statuesque: Golden Globes 2014 After-Party

Josh Zyber — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:00:08 +0000

The Golden Globes aired last night, hosted for the second year in a row by funny ladies Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The Globes have a reputation for being the most fun event of awards season, but sadly, I have to say that this one was pretty dull. As for the prizes handed out, well…...

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Statuesque: 2014 Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Josh Zyber — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:00:11 +0000

Here we are almost at the end of the year, which means that awards season has officially begun. Several regional critics’ groups have already named their best-of picks for 2013, but let’s be honest; the only movie awards that anyone really cares about are the Oscars and, to a much lesser extent, the Golden Globes...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 7th, 2013 – Girls Gone Wild

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:00:41 +0000

Welcome back from the long weekend, those of you who were lucky enough to take one. Unfortunately, even with the holiday behind us, this is another uneventful week for new Blu-ray releases. New Releases Not to be confused with the 2006 Korean monster movie of the same title, ‘The Host‘ is author Stephenie Meyer’s attempt...

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Now Playing: ‘Admission’ Barely Passes the Entrance Exam

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:00:57 +0000

Tina Fey and Paul Rudd star in this rocky comedy from ‘American Pie’ director Paul Weitz, which jumps between being a heartfelt drama and gross-out comedy far too often. Based on the novel of the same name by Jean Hanff Korelitz and adapted to a screenplay by Karen Croner, ‘Admission’ tells a tale on the...

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2013 Golden Globes Not-So-Live-Blog

Josh Zyber — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:00:30 +0000

The past couple of years, I live-blogged the Golden Globes here in the blog. Unfortunately, while we had a lot of fun with that, I wasn’t able to do it again this year. I just have too much going on with my home remodel and moving right now. Also, I’ve been walloped by that flu...

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