Tag Archives: Coming-of-Age

Fun spin on Hughes’ cringiest movie

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Steve
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Seeing Red: Must See

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Steve

Rather bummed that Disney didn’t have the confidence to release this semi-original idea in theaters exclusively as they do with the MCU stuff. It was stronger than Luca (the Little Italian Mermaid) and about on par with Inside/Out or Soul, the last two near-perfect movies … Continue reading →

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Luca: Streaming at best

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Steve

Maybe Pixar is stuck in a pattern of great movie followed by mediocre movie, repeat. Currently, it would go: Coco, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, Onward, Soul and Luca. If I chose to go back farther, my hypothesis would have more interruptions of … Continue reading →

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Good Boys

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Steve

Hollywood dips into the Superbad/Booksmart well one more time with Tweeners and the results are predictable. All the best jokes were wasted in the trailer. Did I mention these are the morons who gave us the unfunny Sausage Party? Well, I … Continue reading →

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Sierra Burgess is a Loser

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Steve

John Hughes would’ve been proud of this high school take on Cyrano de Bergerac and I loved it because Sierra killed off a couple common tropes in its storytelling. I’m also stoked to see Stranger Things‘ breakout actress Shannon Purser getting a … Continue reading →

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Bad Company

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Steve

Besides being the first movie to use the title Bad Company (the name reappeared in 1995 and 2002, both as modern Action flicks), we can also blame the 1972 period piece for giving the AOR band its name; Paul Rodgers loved … Continue reading →

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1999: Mission Hill debuted today on the (now CW) WB network

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Steve

A big thank you to Bill Oakley’s Twitter feed to remind us all on this momentous date in adult-orient animation history (and progress!). There’s a fantastic, long piece regarding Mission Hill on Polygon from 2017 here. It goes into the level … Continue reading →

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Booksmart: Worth seeing, actually funny

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Steve

Two quick things about Booksmart, put aside the nonsense plug saying from the people behind the unfunny movies Superbad  or Sausage Party, this is actually good, clever and humorous. The other was how Olivia Wilde is a better director than actress. Admittedly, the … Continue reading →

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Firstborn: 35 years later, still great

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Steve

Darned Hulu, finding favorite movies of mine with a looming deadline! I’ve also come to suspect that if the movie is getting yanked from the service in a few days, they’ve reduced its bandwidth or something. Every time, be it 1984 or … Continue reading →

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Slut in a Good Way: Worth Seeing

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Steve

The message of this Quebecois comedy is the double standard between the sexes. Namely how women get labelled sluts and men are congratulated for the exact same behavior. Let me rewind to the movie. Charlotte is a teenage girl enamored … Continue reading →

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The Big Mouth Club

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Steve

I think the artist who did this shirt is one of those people that focuses on a couple themes and then does them to death. However, this mashup of the Big Mouth crowd with The Breakfast Club is rather fitting. Although Nick, … Continue reading →

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New shirt from WizWorld #4: The Hormone Monster!

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Steve

Big Mouth‘s imaginary advisor to Nick and Andrew is one of the funniest thing Nick Kroll has actually done, I often find his other stuff a bit weak. Either way, it’s great to have this character which is part satyr … Continue reading →

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Eighth Grade: Must See

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Steve

Bo Burnham’s directorial debut is a triumphant day-in-the-life of an eighth grade girl. The ghost of John Hughes would’ve been impressed because Bo went ever further on the authenticity with today’s teens without mocking, pandering or tsk tsk’ing the heroine. … Continue reading →

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RIP: David Ogden Stiers

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Steve

Another rough day in which you see a name you haven’t seen in a while show up on the side of the headlines of FaceBook and you know it can’t be good. Sadly, David passed away Saturday from bladder cancer. … Continue reading →

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Big Mouth

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Steve

Nick Kroll has finally done something funny! I’ve seen his stand-up, feh. His characters are mediocre. The movies he’s co-starred, I haven’t read any rave reviews. Big Mouth seems to work better as a vehicle for what he likes to do … Continue reading →

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