There is no missing the ubiquitous presence of muscular megastar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the hearty mix of action-packed spectacles that seem to pop up on the big screen at an alarming rate. The heralded Hollywood hotshot has in recent years, with larger-than-life charm and muscles, convincingly taken over the mantle of being the…
I don’t know, but I suspect the following conversation may have taken place between the writers of Fist Fight — Van Robichaux, Evan Susser and Max Greenfield — as they were scribbling their ideas down. Van: Remember, guys, we need to set the record for the number of F-words in this script. Evan: Yes. Almost…
Some romantic comedies can be conventional in nature and not really want to invest in anything substantive beyond the familiar follow-the-dots formula of lightweight lunacy. In director Christian Ditter’s romantic romp How to be Single the gloves come off and are thrown in an entirely different direction. Sure, one can applaud Ditter for not hanging any…
It is a natural reaction to want to seek revenge for a wrong doing. What isn’t so natural is putting it into action, especially when the revenge sought involves murder or kidnapping. Or attempting to do it a second time when the first shot misses and escaping blame was by pure luck. Horrible Bosses 2…
Seeing Kevin Spacey back in action is a good thing. Back in action in Warner Bros. Pictures’ Horrible Bosses 2 is up to debate, however, as this is a sequel no one was looking to see happen. In it, instead of trying to eliminate their horrible bosses (which Spacey was one of) with a cockamamie…
