There’s not a lot of life left in the Despicable Me franchise. Gru (voiced by Steve Carrell) has renounced his villainous ways, joined the Anti-Villain League as a spy, adopted his girls, Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier), and Agnes … Continue reading DESPICABLE ME 4
The play’s the thing, and for Conrad Earp (Edward Norton), a Tennessee Williams-type with a predilection for Tom of Finland cowboy art, his new play is sure to be the one that wakes the audience up. Or puts them to … Continue reading ASTEROID CITY
Every little boy has a dream. And for Gru, it’s been to join the Vicious 6. They’re a band of super villains led by Wild Knuckles, Gru’s hero since he was 10. Now he’s 11 and three-quarters, and through a … Continue reading MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU
Gary Zimmer (Steve Carell) is a typical liberal elite, the kind they grow in labs somewhere along the coast. He dresses well enough to look like he has taste, works at a job that makes him enough money to look … Continue reading IRRESISTIBLE
As the old saying goes: Hindsight is 20-20. But therein lies the trap, the notion that since we can see the past clearly, we can also understand it. If history has taught us anything, untangling what we know from what … Continue reading VICE
There’s an oft-quoted line from a 1982 Frank and Ernest comic strip about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers: As good as Fred was, Ginger could do everything he did, only backward and in heels. Though both actors found success apart, history will forever … Continue reading THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore. Howard Beale, Network Well, maybe not. The Big Short is director and co-writer Adam McKay’s run at an All the President’s Men or Network, and though it comes up short *cough cough* … Continue reading THE BIG SHORT
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