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“MaXXXine” Movie Review
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07/05/24 • 1 min
Rated R
Opens: July 5, 2024
Kevin says MaXXXine ROCKS!
Ti West wraps up his dark side of fame trilogy with MAXXINE.
The story follows Mia Goth as the main character from X. It’s 1985, and Maxine is trying to jump from adult films into mainstream Hollywood. She lands a role in a high-profile horror film but her past – and the notorious serial killer The Night Stalker – keeps getting in her way.
Like X and PEARL, West uses his encyclopedic understanding of film style to offer a different story while playing with the same darker themes. Where X was a throwback to TEXAS CHAINSAW and PEARL a love letter to early cinema, MAXXXINE stirs together 80s urban vice dramas with a healthy dose of Satanic panic.
The cast includes a bright array of talent used in sparse doses. They all serve Maxine, and we see in her a more wily and deliberate lead. And it has just enough twists and turns to avoid falling into the cliches it pays homage to.
A solid slasher playing into fun nostalgia, MAXXXINE gets four VHS tapes out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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“Despicable Me 4” Movie Review
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07/03/24 • 1 min
Rated PG
Opens: July 3, 2024
Kevin says Despicable Me 4 kinda rocks!
Gru and the gang are back for another Despicable Me movie.
By the fourth film (with a couple stand-alone minion flicks along the way), these movies have hit a stride. They don’t have the emotional sweetness of the first film, but they know their place.
It’s all about absurdity and zaniness. And this one certainly leans into that. Things kick off with a supervillain turning into a human cockroach (without the Kafkaesque malaise) to exact revenge, sending Gru and his family into hiding.
Then we head into sit-com mode with multiple storylines ranging from fitting in a quote-unquote “normal suburban life” to the Minions overrunning a secret base and gaining super powers.
Don’t look for logic or even coherency with this film. Just give into the silly and watch it like a child would. If you don’t expect too much charm, heart, or basic common sense, you can have a lot of fun. For all the two-hour cartoons that Hollywood makes, this is definitely the cartooniest, and that mindset is the only way to enjoy it.
DESPICABLE ME 4 gets three and a half bananas out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” Movie Review
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06/07/24 • -1 min
Rated R
Opens: June 7, 2024
Kevin says Bad Boys: Ride or Die kinda sucks!
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back as wise-cracking Miami detectives in a new BAD BOYS movie.
The story follows the buddy cop duo facing midlife crises at home and getting framed as cartel operatives.
Fans of the BAD BOYS movies should enjoy this because it has all the expected elements: from explosive action and dripping machismo to sports car product placement and drawn-out comedic moments. I suppose that’s what you get with a generation of filmmakers who grew up on a diet of Michael Bay movies.
The problem with this film is its utter lack of originality. I know buddy cop films rely on formula, but there wasn’t even an attempt to put an original spin on things. We are left with a cliché smoothie of a plot interspersed with out-of-place comedy where Martin Lawrence seems to be auditioning for a new sit-com.
Everything from the worn-out dialogue tropes to Will Smith’s Tommy Wisseau dye job makes this movie feel like a relic of the 90s that should be called BAD MIDDLE-AGED GUYS.
BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE gets two Oscar slaps out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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“Ezra” Movie Review
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05/31/24 • -1 min
Rated R
Opens: May 31, 2024
Kevin says Ezra kinda rocks!
Leaving CGI creatures and high-octane action in the dust, a new film puts a spotlight on parenting challenges.
EZRA tells the story of a divorced couple struggling to raise their autistic son. Faced with uncertain medical treatment and tough educational choices, the situation is complicated by the father’s unconventional job as a stand-up comic and a well-meaning-but-sometimes-out-of-touch grandfather.
The cast does a fine job humanizing the complex situation, and director Tony Goldwyn seems comfortable in his wheelhouse of real-life relationship drama.
I applaud the film for neither sensationalizing nor demonizing autism. It also shows that the problem isn’t the child as much as it is the adults. Whether its strangers offering unsolicited advice, experts recommending conflicting solutions, or the parents themselves making their own bad decisions, the grown-ups can be the biggest problem.
This hard truth is the film’s greatest strength and greatest weakness. Because not everyone is ready to hear that truth.
Relevant to many, but often frustratingly realistic to watch, EZRA gets three and a half stand-up mics out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it
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“The Garfield Movie” Movie Review
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05/24/24 • -1 min
Rated PG
Opens: May 24, 2024
Kevin says The Garfield Movie kinda rocks!
If you hate Mondays, love lasagna, and enjoy sleeping in, your spirit animal might just be Garfield.
The new GARFIELD MOVIE ditches live-action and goes full CGI. Based on the beloved comic strip, it tells the story of a fat and lazy cat who goes on an adventure with his long, lost dad.
Let’s face it... Garfield has never been an action thrill ride, so it keeps things cinematic by not focusing on dry commentary about suburban living. Like the many direct-to-video movies released over the years, this film keeps up the story by getting the pets out of the house.
But also like the TV cartoons, this is a watered-down version of the cynical and sarcastic character that stole the spotlight from Heathcliff decades ago.
Chris Pratt is passable as the latest voice of the feline, about the same as Bill Murray (but he doesn’t hold a candle to the OG* Lorenzo Music). In the end, THE GARFIELD MOVIE is fine for the kiddies, but it was exactly what I expected: a pale version of his original 1978 self.
THE GARFIELD MOVIE gets three lasagnas out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
Original Garfield
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‘IF’ Review
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05/17/24 • 1 min
Rated PG
Opens: May 17, 2024
Kevin says IF kinda rocks!
Director John Krasinski takes a break from Jack Ryan action and quiet place monsters to make the uplifting family film IF.
The story follows a girl who has lost her mother and sees her father in the hospital. When staying with her grandmother, she encounters a group of imaginary friends whose children have all grown up. She decides to help them find new children to befriend.
Overall, the movie is sweet and has its heart firmly in the right place. It definitely plays off of Krasinski’s attitude to his “Some Good News” YouTube series he did during the pandemic.
Still, as charming as some of the elements are and as great as the supporting cast of imaginary friends are, the script could have been left in the oven a little longer. And it lays on the cheese so thick, if might have more of that in it than the upcoming Garfield movie does.
Playing out like a children’s book with a sometimes silly plot, it’s fun for the family and great for kids. Just don’t think too much about the logic behind it.
Cute but sometimes overly sweet, IF gets three insulin shots out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Review
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05/10/24 • 1 min
Rated PG-13
Opens: May 10, 2024
Kevin says Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ROCKS!
The first sequel to kick off the summer is a return to the Planet of the Apes.
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES takes place generations after the human population has been decimated by a virus, giving rise to ultra intelligent apes who build a new society. But when a violent group enslaves a peaceful village, one ape seeks to overthrow the group’s king and save his clan.
Of all today’s rebooted sci-fi franchises, the Planet of the Apes series has been the most consistently well-made and thought-provoking. The shades of gray in the ape characters provide us with a safe mirror through which to view our own species.
But in addition to a well-written script, KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES delivers the spectacle with thrilling action sequences and some of the best photorealistic performance-capture CGI around. Your brain just accepts what you see is real now.
It may not be the best of the four modern Planet of the Apes movies, but it is in great company and still a fantastic film on all fronts.
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES gets four Caesars out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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‘The Fall Guy’ Review
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05/03/24 • 1 min
Rated R
Opens: May 3, 2024
Kevin says The Fall Guy Kinda Sucks!
The latest adaptation of a TV series with few similarities to that series is THE FALL GUY.
If you loved the old Lee Majors show about a stunt man helping people on his days off, I have no idea if you’ll like this movie. ‘Cause they’re very different animals. I mean, this is a tongue-in-cheek action movie about a stuntman, but the similarities end there.
The film follows a retired stunt man brought back to work for his ex-lover-slash-director on a sci-fi epic blockbuster. He then has to track down the missing star of the movie.
Yeah, the stunts are fantastic. That’s to be expected. But it’s held together with the filmiest of scripts. It feels like one of those stunt show spectaculars performed at theme parks, with a story as an afterthought and ends up being simultaneously convoluted yet clichéd, and predictable yet baffling.
Stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have chemistry and are fun with the comedy, but their characters at times don’t even seem necessary for the film. We are left with a slick-looking movie about making movies that appears to have no idea how movies are actually made.
THE FALL GUY gets two and a half thumbs up out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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‘Challengers’ Review
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04/26/24 • 1 min
Rated R
Opens: April 26, 2024
Kevin says Challengers SUCKS!
The new film CHALLENGERS asks the question: Can tennis be sexy?
The answer – at least how it’s presented her – is a resounding NO... Unless you want to be visibly drenched in flop sweat from the actors on a 30-foot tall screen.
The story examines the relationship between three tennis phenoms over the course of thirteen years and their passion for each other and the game itself.
Alas, the characters are all shallow, despicable, and thoroughly unlikeable. But even worse, the film is plain boring. It doesn’t matter how much pulsing pop music you blast on the court.
Still boring.
The film’s success depends on how much of an actual movie star leading lady Zendaya is. It’s so desperate for this that the advertising implies some pretty intense moments.
Sorry guys. None of it actually pays off. We’re left with a feature-length version of a jewelry ad with attractive but utterly vapid people wandering in confusion.
Die hard tennis fans may like this, but it’s a double fault for me.
CHALLENGERS gets 1 1/2 tennis balls out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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“Deadpool & Wolverine” Movie Review
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07/26/24 • 1 min
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE. © 2024 20th Century Studios / © and 2024 MARVEL.
Rated R
Opens: July 26, 2024
Kevin says Deadpool & Wolverine ROCKS!
After a few stumbles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an unlikely hero might end up saving the franchise.
The third DEADPOOL movie is the first under the Disney brand, and it also taps into the classic characters from the 20th Century Fox films, most notably Wolverine.
Hugh Jackman is back... again... as an alternate Logan, and it’s his chemistry with Deadpool activist and star Ryan Reynolds that anchors the film.
Admittedly, the story is a bit flimsy, with Deadpool being tapped to save the sacred timeline in a wild and wacky romp into the R-rated multiverse.
But story is kinda unimportant. It’s really an excuse to have fun and see a load of characters and cameos on the screen together.
Make no mistake: DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE is a full-blown comedy disguised as a messy and often inappropriately violent action film. But for those who have been waiting years for something like this, it’s an absolute blast.
DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE gets four variants out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.
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How many episodes does Fat Guys Network have?
Fat Guys Network currently has 79 episodes available.
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The podcast is about News, Film, The, Comedy, Office, Reviews, Podcasts, Second, Movies, Fat, Dvd and Tv & Film.
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The episode title '“Ezra” Movie Review' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Fat Guys Network is 16 minutes.
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The first episode of Fat Guys Network was released on Sep 15, 2023.
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