Finding Comedy in the Mundane: The Big Sick

I’m not like a big rom-com guy. I don’t know if that’s because I grew up in a household of four brothers, all of who (Sure, whom, but that just doesn’t sound right, and I’m not a hardcore prescriptivist) preferred action movies, or because of some underlying genetic predisposition against romantic comedies. Maybe I haven’t …

The iPod Classic & Abnormal Relatability in Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’

I mean yeah, the main character was a gaping black hole of nothingness (aside from the love for his girlfriend, and mildly unhealthy [sarcasm] loyalty to his job), but I think that’s why the movie works. We go to see movies to escape, certainly, but we also go to be moved, both emotionally, mentally, adrenally, …

Sausage Party: More Like Homeschool Party (Because It’s Disappointing)

PG-13 for some language and really weird content. You don’t really walk into a Seth Rogen movie with high expectations. That’d be sort of like stopping at an Exxon gas station in Waco, and expecting a well-dressed attendant in a red vest and black slacks to hand you a warm, freshly cleaned towel after you used …