REVIEW: Belushi [2020]

I don’t think he’ll survive this. Because I enjoyed John Candy and Chris Farley‘s work growing up, their deaths didn’t automatically become their identity. I’ve never been one to be affected by the death of anyone I didn’t personally know, so my sense of loss focused upon the art instead of the person. I can therefore remember their larger-than-life personas and the smiles they coaxed in real-time throughout my adolescence during the 1980s and 1990s. It’s something I don’t possess when it comes to John Belushi since he passed away…

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BNFF11 REVIEW: More Than Me [2010]

“Screw you, why wasn’t my kid in the game?” When you hear about a documentary featuring Jim Breuer on his first stand-up tour in six years, you think pot jokes, Goat Boy, and plenty of laughs. The last thing you’d expect is a film that pushes the concert aspect to the background in lieu of a poignant tale of family, love, and compassion. William Philbin’s More Than Me shows how this tour is not a cash grab or attempt to restart a career—Breuer is doing quite well on Sirius Radio—but…

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REVIEW: Baby Mama [2008]

“My avatar is dressed like a whore” Say what you will about the marketing machine, but I truly think the people behind promoting Baby Mama did a bang up job … even if I believe they did so without trying. They make expectations so low in the trailer that you almost have to enjoy the film. Was it a great comedy? No. However, it was much better than I ever could have hoped as Michael McCullers takes us places you never would expect going in. I thought that it would…

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