The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part had a lot to live up to when looking at the success of 2015’s The Lego Movie. There was a part of me that was excited beforehand, but as always, I tried to hold reasonable expectations since it’s usually hard to replicate the same level of success with sequels. Although that was the …

With R rated comedies like The Happytime Murders, you just hope they take advantage of the freedom they have to do whatever that rating allows. Doing that doesn’t guarantee that the movie will be good, but you can at least see the potential for it to get a positive reaction from the audience. With this particular product, I think there …

A movie about going back to school is familiar territory in the film world that has proven to work well before. However, we haven’t really seen it much in a while, so it can feel somewhat fresh while also offering its creators a chance to provide an interesting concept to play with. Those are the good factors in making Life …

Leading into the long summer of super serious blockbusters, it is nice to have a spot of silliness to cleanse the palate. And Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is just that; a delightfully silly breath of fresh air to remind us that Hollywood is capable periodically removing its own head from its ass.

House party movies will never go away. From my generation’s Can’t Hardly Wait, to the millennials’ Project X, watching a house full of teens let loose their angst and indulge their hormones will always have an audience. What we rarely see is a reunion, as adults, throwing an equally epic house party. Old School hinted at the arrested development in …