Kick Ass

It’s not, as many have already warned, pleasant watching an eleven year-old girl use that special c-word slur for women (among other terms), or get beaten to a bloody pulp by a much older man. This is true even more when it’s happening in a mediocre movie like Kick Ass. The premise is frighteningly self-aggrandizing.  Loser kid, played by (good looking of course, but disguised as ugly by Harry Potter-esque glasses,  poor wardrobe... Read More

Role Models

Crassness offends me. Unless it’s hilarious. Which allows me to excuse David Wain’s Role Models, because this movie is hilarious.  You’d think Judd Apatow was the driving force behind this irreverently funny movie, but he’s not.  I’d like to give most of the credit to Wain who directed, and co-wrote the script with Paul Rudd, Ken Marino and Timothy Downing. The spoiler-ific trailer gives most of the plot away.  Two... Read More