Home Entertainment: Easy Money/ Men At Work Review
Another odd ball double feature from Shout Factory, Easy Money and Men At Work are a couple non-essential yet fun 80s/early 90s comedies that certainly aren't without their charms.
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Unsung Anniversaries #4: The Chase
This week's Unsung Anniversaries takes a look at the Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson 1994 action comedy The Chase, a film that is actually better than our Film editor remembered it being.
Machete Kills Review
Eschewing the straight-laced (and sadly often boring) grindhouse aesthetic of its predecessor, Machete Kills dives headlong into off-the-wall comedy like it probably should have done in the first place. It’s still way too long and the energy considerably flags towards the conclusion, but at least the laughs are fairly consistent throughout and there’s hardly anything that can be called a lull in the action and gags.
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III Review
In the lugubriously titled A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, Roman Coppala creates a very nice period styled comedy that keeps his characters grounded within an offbeat and purposefully bizarre framework.
Interview: Roman Coppola
We talk to A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III writer and director and current Academy Award nominee Roman Coppola about creating his latest trippy, mind bending comedy, working with Liam Hayes on the film's groovy soundtrack, subliminal messages in advertising, working with Charlie Sheen and Bill Murray, and why he likes coming back to the same kinds of characters.
This Week in DVD: 1/8/13
As we dig out from piles of new releases from before and after the holiday season, we take looks at the home video releases for Looper, Frankenweenie, Cosmopolis, Dredd, Pitch Perfect, Compliance, The Words, Hit and Run, and season one of Anger Management
