Tag: Prime Video
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John Candy: I Like Me
4 outta 5 John Candy: I Like Me, the documentary about the Canadian film and TV legend is an in-depth and often heart-wrenching look into the life of John Candy, who left this world far too soon. The story of a big guy who hid a lot of personal demons behind a smile and a…
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Heads of State
3 outta 5 As far as action buddy comedies go, Heads of State is one of the more unique ones as it’s amusingly involving the action-comedy antics of particularly bulky President of the United States and the Prime Minister of the UK. What gives this film a pass is the entertainingly shouty dynamic of the…
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Red One
3 outta 5 Red One is an action-comedy Christmas film, which feels a lot like the superhero FX blockbusters of the last few years, with big brawls and lots of quips. It is trying so hard to be bombastic and outsized it ends up being a bit too long, cutting out about fifteen minutes from…
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Brothers
4 outta 5 Brothers is an amusingly zany movie about low rent crooks that also doubles as a dysfunctional family reunion story. It is billed as an “action comedy” but there probably isn’t a lot of action, aside from one madcap chase on a golf course, and the finale features some big mishaps involving a…
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Jackpot!
4 outta 5 As far as action comedies about future dystopias go, Jackpot! is entertaining. The leads have good chemistry, and the constant action is engaging, even if just a bit numbing. It is consistently funny with some random asides like one of the main characters rapping the “Turtle Power” rap from the 1980s movie,…
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Road House
3 outta 5 Road House is a movie that is primarily concerned with bar fights, mostly set in a bar, featuring lots and lots of fights inside or outside of said bar. It is a straightforward remake of the straightforward 1989 film. What makes this worthwhile are some decent quips and enjoyably crunchy action that…
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Ricky Stanicky
3 outta 5 Director Peter Farrelly was originally a directing duo with his brother Bobby for movies like Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary, and then Peter directed the Best Picture winning Green Book. And while they have directed separately, its not as if Peter Farrelly has become some sort of respected prestige…
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Role Play
2 outta 5 Role Play is a film that seems like it should be funnier than the premise/title/trailer leads one to believe. Even the tagline, Every Couple Has Their Secrets and the premise seem like a lower budget version of True Lies which handles the action and comedy much more deftly. There are still funny…
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