Category: Comedy

“Digger”

7.9

“They know the facts. The story has yet to be told.”

So this is what it would have been like if “Megalopolis” was actually good… This is how you do a passion project!

Cruise turns in a performance that reminds you that the guy can act his ass off. No matter how silly the subject matter got, there was always gravitas to spare. In multiple monologues that rival Cliff Booth’s trailer meltdown from “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” he shows that he’s STILL GOT IT. Definitely WEIRD, but not deserving of the rough reviews it’s amassed in its first weeks. Satire for the ages!

“Tow”

7.9

Dominic Sessa’s in it, I’m there! The guy can’t miss!

Rose Byrne also NAILS it… for such a simple plot (retrieving an impounded car), this one had me on the edge of my seat the entire run time! A story of the worst of modern society, the best of human nature… an amazingly human and humorous heroic tale!

“Eddington”

7.7

I typically hate COVID era movies, for obvious reasons… No one wants to go back to that.

This film somehow nails the absurdity and expertly skewers the insanity of those times in a way that won me over. Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal play local politicians perfectly in this masterpiece of mania. It’s really tough to adequately describe this one without losing the plot. You really have to see it to believe it! I haven’t said “what the actual fuck?!” out loud in a theater at a movie this much in a LONG time… Do with that information what you will.

“Short Term 12”

7.9

Holy shit… how did I miss this one!?!?

In the vein of “Four Good Days” and “Ben is Back,” this one cracks open the worst of humanity to see the slivers of light that make it through even the darkest moments. The unexpected laughs, the deepest connection, and the basic human decency we too often overthink and overshoot. An all star cast firing on all cylinders and killing it from the first frame to the last!