Tag: Jonah Hill
“It’s Horrific and It’s Beautiful at the Same Time”: Although Meant to be Satirical, Adam McKay’s Portrayal of How Humanity Would Deal (And Is Dealing) With Its Own Potential Extinction is All Too Realistic
Some part of us, at any given moment, “secretly” hopes for the end. Not necessarily an end to ourselves, but an end to all of [Read More…]
U.S. Government Is A Lot Like That Orgy Scene in Sausage Party
Anyone who saw Sausage Party in 2016 can never forget its haunting and climactic food orgy scene in which all the foods formerly divided by [Read More…]
The Pharma-Trial Friends That Jump In and Out of Each Other’s Minds Together Bump and Grind Together: Maniac
“Your defense mechanisms are fungible. You’ve been accepted.” With that, Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill) embarks upon a pharmaceutical trial that aims to cut the middle [Read More…]
Why Him? Is A Bit Like the Urine-Soaked Moose Featured In It: A Curiosity That Wears Off Quickly
One knows going into Why Him? that the entire reason the movie received the green light was based upon the notion of envisioning the dynamic [Read More…]
Hail, Caesar! Reveals the Most Important Job of the Hays Code Era of Filmmaking
If one thinks that spinning the sordid personal lives of celebrities now is an impossible feat, look only to the Golden Age of Hollywood to [Read More…]
War Dogs a.k.a. Todd Phillips Keeps Trying To Remake The Hangover
Todd Phillips has a problem. The kind that might be akin to something like having Michael Bay Syndrome. Perhaps appropriately born in Dix Hills, New York, [Read More…]
Depraved, Bacchanalian & Ruthless: Food Emulates Humanity in Sausage Party
From the very first few minutes of watching Sausage Party, you can’t help but look around you to see if everyone else in the audience feels [Read More…]
Something Rings False About True Story
With a movie title like True Story, it’s no surprise that, yes, it’s based on a true story–incidentally, a book based on a true story. [Read More…]
The MTV Movie Awards Continues to Reflect the American Filmgoer’s Stupidity
The MTV Movie Awards has never been something that “the industry” takes seriously. However, since its inception in 1992, it seems the executives at MTV [Read More…]
