Will Forte
Movie Review: The Lego Movie
Cast aside any doubts you might have had, because The Lego Movie is wickedly funny, smartly written, surprisingly heartfelt, and will almost certainly end up being one of the best family films of 2014. As I’m sure was the case for many people of my generation, I loved playing with Legos when I was a kid. And when the news first broke that a feature film based on Lego was in the works, I was ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Get Hungry for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
I hope you all had a good Fourth of July weekend, and avoided The Lone Ranger like the plague. I’m so excited right now, because it’s almost here, dear readers! At long last, the release of Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim is only days away. I’ve been looking forward to this film for so long, and I’m both anticipating and dreading how it will be received by both criti...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: When Foodstuffs Attack Again in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
It’s finally March, the weather is getting warmer, and the season of big movies has begun. Best of all, Oz the Great and Powerful, my first highly-anticipated film of the year, finally comes out this Friday. In the meantime, this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ column examines our first look at the animated sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Premise: After the disastrous foo...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Watch
Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller are their typical comedic selves, with help from Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade, in the new comedy The Watch. In the tradition of Old School, Dodgeball, and Wedding Crashers, The Watch appears to be a typical guys movie with a slightly different comedic ensemble (i.e. swap Owen Wilson for Jonah Hill and Will Ferrell for Richard Ayoade or something like that), but it act...[Read More]