MacGruber
Will Forte expands his Saturday Night Live skit, a send-up of the MacGyver TV series in which Forte’s MacGruber is forever failing to defuse some bomb. It’s a one-joke premise that doesn’t sound promising stretched out to 90 minutes or so, but Forte and his co-writers John Solomon and Jorma Taccone (who also directs) turn it into a wildly profane spoof of action-espionage flicks like the Mission: Impossible series. How long has it been since an SNL movie really worked—Wayne’s World? The Blues Brothers? This one is very funny, though not for the prim or prudish—there’s a constant stream of foul language, and some of the raunchiest (and funniest) sex scenes in movie history. Ryan Phillippe, Powers Boothe and Val Kilmer play sporting straight men to Forte, while Kristen Wiig matches him at the comedy.
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Published on 05.27.10
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Published on 05.27.10
The Final Chapter for the lovable green ogre (voice by Mike Myers) ends on a high note, thanks to a script by Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke.
Published on 05.27.10
So here, from Brian Helgeland’s prosaic script, comes another of director Ridley Scott’s bloated vehicles for the battle-action Russell Crowe.
Published on 05.20.10
A physical therapist (Queen Latifah) works with an injured NBA star (Common) and gradually falls in love with him.
Published on 05.20.10