Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts

Monday, December 4, 2023

Candy Cane Lane (2023): Movie Review

                                                                        



Jim's Review

Chris Carver (Eddie Murphy) is have a big issue competing with his neighbors until he meets a mischievous elf you casts a magic spell.

His wife Carol Carver (Tracee Ellis Ross) and there 3 kids, Joy Carver (Genneya Walton) Nick Carver (Thaddeus J Mixon) and Holly Carver ( Madison Thomas) begin an adventure to reclaim there Christmas as a family

The climatic end is joyous and funny and bring the Christmas spirit home

8 out of 10

* I have included all the family names for a reason! (there is a joke in the film about it)


About film

A man makes a deal with a mischievous elf who casts a magic spell that brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life.



Monday, September 18, 2023

The Burial (2023): Movie Review

                                                                    


Jim's Review

Willie E. Gary ( Jamie Fox) is a lawyer of luxury who has always been a winner and show it off with his planes and cars, that is until Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe shows up with a special situation.

The dramatic adventure begins as Willie E Gary takes on a case that will have its twists and mega turns that will affect everyone on both sides

Based a true story director Maggie Betts brings this story some heart and lots of laughs throughout the film.

The climatic end will have you at the edge of your seat saying How much? just tell me please... Don't worry all will be revealed in due time..

9 out of 10 stars




About film

The Burial is a 2023 American legal drama film directed by Maggie Betts and written by Betts and Doug Wright. It is loosely based on the true story of lawyer Willie E. Gary and his client Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe's lawsuit against the Loewen funeral company, as documented in the 1999 New Yorker article of the same name Jonathan Harr




Saturday, July 9, 2022

Thor Love and Thunder (2022): Movie Review

                                                                                             


                                                                                   Jim's Review

      Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is working himself back to fight shape and trying to recapture his old self.

  He continues to fight battle with some of his old friends Guardians of the Galaxy until he learns there someone new who is killing Gods and he heads of to figure out why.

 As he attempts to working with his team Korg and Valkryie (Tessa Thompson) he come to meet a new Thor holding his old hammer Mjölnir. This causes issues with his new hammer!

  Gorr the God (Christian Bale) is introduced and his backstory of family and death take centre stage in one of many plots including the dynamic between Thor and Jane Foster and their new relationship will be truly tested in this new battles.

There are some cool cameos with Zeus (Russell Crowe) taking centre stage a epic mid movie scene! An addition 4 big massive Hollywood names make a epic appearance with adds to the comic relief that is spread throughout the film

 Director Taika Wakiti  adds the combination of drama, comedy and relationships to an epic rendition of the new life of Thor.

  As the epic final act reveals itself all the questions will be answered and the true epic power of Thor Love and Thunder will be a full spectacle and marveled for years to come

  Remember to stay all the way to end as there are 2 post credit scenes that will have large impact on the next journey of Thor.

                                                                                         9 out of 10 stars

                                                                          About film

Thor embarks on a journey unlike anything he's ever faced -- a quest for inner peace. However, his retirement gets interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods.

                                                                                   

Sunday, January 5, 2020

Stuber (2019):Movie Review


                                                             

  Jim Pagiamtzis Review
         Dave Manning (Dave Bautista) is cop with lots of problems work fail drug busts, daughter he doesn't see much and he can't see well due to eye surgery. The adventure begins when he ask for Uber and Stu (Kumal Nanjani) shows up to pick him up who has work problems and girl he loves and is supporting a new venture and then Uber to make more money.
              The two begin to stand each other and on the road with the electric car to solve Mannings case with Stu providing the transportation.
            By the time you get to the climatic end you will be rooting for both of them!

   8 out of 10
       


  Movie plot:
 A quick-tempered cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits a mild-mannered Uber driver to help him catch the heroin dealer who murdered his partner. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they pursue violent criminals through the seedy streets of Los Angeles. Learn more
                                            

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018): Movie Review


                                                          

  Jim Pagiamtzis review
          Priest (Jeff Bridges) and singer (Cynthia Enrivo) end up at the El Royale hotel and very quickly things go sideways and the mystery of this hotel that is in the middle of Nevada and California begins to show why it's not a safe place to be
               By the time you get to the climate end you will wondering how did things get so bad so quickly!

  7 out of 10 stars




  Movie plot:
The El Royale is run-down hotel that sits on the border between California and Nevada. It soon becomes a seedy battleground when seven strangers -- a cleric, a soul singer, a traveling salesman, two sisters, the manager and the mysterious Billy Lee -- converge on a fateful night for one last shot at redemption before everything goes wrong.


                                       

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Parasite (2019): Movie Review

                                                                


         Jim Pagiamtzis Review
                    
                The journey a family takes from an opportunity to instant wealth. They opportunist take an impressive approach to infiltrate a wealthy Park family which in the beginning seamed like a perfect plan until they faces challenges which takes them down the road of deception to betrayal.

               The climate ending will have you wondering are the ready to face the consequences of not having a plan

   10 out of 10 stars


            Movie Plot
                        

A glorious success and smashing box-office hit for Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho — who returns home after his foreign adventures in Snowpiercer and Okja — the Palme d'Or–winning Parasite is a politically charged cinematic wonder.

Described by Bong himself as "a comedy without clowns and a tragedy without villains," the film moves quickly from one tone to another, mixing pathos and satire with thrills and drama, in a perfectly controlled blend of many different genres.

A vertical story of class struggle — punctuated by staircase scenes going from mouldy basements to top floors, from darkness to breezy spaces designed by star architects — Parasite observes and dissects with surgical precision the life of two families of different social backgrounds.
Ki-taek (Song Kang-ho) is a good-for-nothing, unemployed family man, patriarch of a family of grifters — his wife Chung-sook (Chang Hyae-jin), his clever twenty-something daughter Ki-jung (Park So-dam), and his son Ki-woo (Choi Woo-shik) — who live in an overcrowded, sordid basement. The Parks, on the other hand, live in a fabulous house with their teenage daughter Da-hye and terribly spoiled son Da-song, who has suffered a childhood trauma that occasionally causes him seizures and strange behaviour. When, due to an unexpected stroke of luck, Ki-woo is hired by the Parks to be the private English tutor of Da-hye, the destinies of the two families cross. Their explosive meeting exposes the merciless evils of class inequalities, culminating in a powerful and utterly original outcome.


                                                    

Monday, September 9, 2019

Knives Out (2019) TIFF Movie Review



                                                     

            Jim Pagiamtzis Review
                It's a classic case of who done it with a spectacular cast (Jame Lee Curties) Lynda Drysdale (Don Johnson) Richard Drysdale ( Chris Evans)Roman Drysdale (Michael Shannon) Walt Thrombey and ( Daniel Craig) as Detective Benoit Blanc.

                It starts of with a party which ends in murder and the search begins as to who do it and why?   The journey begins which takes many twist and turns. Detective Benoit Blanc ask lots of questions which in time do get answers what follows are accusations and secrets that are shared.

              As the story comes to the end the knives come out and the culprit is brought to justice

            
      
   7 out of 10 stars

               Movie plot

A detective and a trooper travel to a lush estate to interview the quirky relatives of a patriarch who died during his 85th birthday celebration.

Knives Out IMDb learn more
                                                   

Monday, August 5, 2019

Hobbs and Shaw (2019): Movie Review

                                                            

    Jim Pagiamtzis review
             Fast and Furious is back with a extremely well done spinoff with Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Shaw ( Jason Stathan) trying to work together to solve a global catastrophe. Idris Alba is Brixton and super soldier of sorts who is making every effort to kidnap  Vanessa Kirby plays Hobb's sister.
           What happens are chases and comedic gags that will have you laughing so hard and make you forget you are in a movie theatre.  Ryan Reynolds (Locke) and Kevin Hart  (Air Marshall Dinkley)are absolutely hilarious in their roles!

               Look forward to the next chapter of spinoffs of Fast & Furious zoooooooooom.....
    
        9 out of 10 stars
  IMDb learn more
   Sujit K  Reddy:
  Good: lots of great action with car chases & stunts; the two unexpected cameos were a nice surprise Bad: There was no real resolution to the love story that was developed Ugly: the obvious set ups for a sequel
Special Mention: Idris Alba was a great bad   
               Movie plot:
Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs (Johnson), a loyal agent of America's Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw (Statham), a former British military elite operative, first faced off in 2015’s Furious 7, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they’ve tried to take each other down. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton (Idris Elba) gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever — and bests a brilliant and fearless rogue MI6 agent (The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby), who just happens to be Shaw’s sister — these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might be badder than themselves.


                                        

Monday, February 18, 2019

Happy Death Day 2U (2019); Movie review


                                                       

     Jim Pagiamtzis review;
          In the sequel Tree Gelbam is back again to save the day as her friends are now stuck in parallel universe. Happy Death Day was a huge success in 2016 and they have another blockbuster in this sequel. Full of comedy, drama and few moment that may make you cry. 

         The cast has amazing chemistry and they do a great job to explain the first film and what occurred, it may seem a bit confusing in the begin but will make sense by the time you reach the end.

             Make you sure you stay until the end credits for terrific post credit scene!

   9 out of 10 stars

IMDb learn more
        Movie plot:
           Collegian Tree Gelbman wakes up in horror to learn that she's stuck in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is now with someone else, and her friends and fellow students seem to be completely different versions of themselves. When Tree discovers that Carter's roommate has been altering time, she finds herself once again the target of a masked killer. When the psychopath starts to go after her inner circle, Tree soon realizes that she must die over and over again to save everyone.


                                                

Friday, February 1, 2019

The Big Sick (2017): Movie Review


                                                          

                     Jim Pagiamtzis review
                     Base on true story. Kumail Nanjiani and awesome cast bring this story to life with comedy, family drama and culture clash in the movie which will make you laugh and cry and truly understand how family values are important yet challenged by many cultures.

         6 out of 10 stars
    


                         Movie plot

               Kumail is a Pakistani comic who meets an American graduate student named Emily at one of his stand-up shows. As their relationship blossoms, he soon becomes worried about what his traditional Muslim parents will think of her.

 When Emily suddenly comes down with an illness that leaves her in a coma, Kumail finds himself developing a bond with her deeply concerned mother and father.

                                            

Fast and Furious presents Hobbs and Shaw : Trailer Review


Dynamic duo is back with fast action and comedy!
                                               

  Jim Pagiamtzis Review

        I only had to watch it once and I was laughing at the comedy between Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Shaw (Jason Statham) in the Fast and Furious spinoff. Fast cars and new villain in Idris Alba. Can't wait for the summer!                                    



Hobbs & Shaw first look poster out! The trailer of Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham starrer drops February 1 read more




                                               

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Tag (2018): Movie Review

                                                   


    Jim Pagiamtzis Review:
             An all star cast in this hilarious comedy based on true story that a group a friends had done for thirty years!  Jeremy Renner (Jerry Pierce) has been successful in not being tagged despite his friends trying to do it. 
              So many funny moments throughout the film that will have you laughing and wondering who is tagged? Are you sure they are it! 

            8 out of 10 stars
 
 IMDb learn more
        Movie Plot:
               One month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running for a no-holds-barred game of tag -- risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take one another down. This time, the game coincides with the wedding of the only undefeated player. What should be an easy target soon becomes an all-out war as he knows they're coming to get him.

                                          

Friday, December 21, 2018

Baywatch (2017): Movie Review



                                                                    

           Jim Pagiamtzis review
                Baywatch hits the big screen with Dwayne Johnason (Mitch Buchannon) and amazing supporting cast. The script sounds like it written during a bad party. Cast does best job they can to bring the plot to life. Chase sequence are well done and so funny blooper in post credits.

   6 of 10 stars


             Movie Plot:
When a dangerous crime wave hits the beach, the legendary Mitch Buchannon leads his elite squad of lifeguards on a mission to prove that you don't have to wear a badge to save the bay. Joined by a trio of hotshot recruits, including former Olympian Matt Brody, they ditch the surf and go deep under cover to take down a ruthless businesswoman whose devious plans threaten the future of the bay.

                                    

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Baby Driver (2017) Movie Review

Fast, Fun and lots of action!

                                                            

                 Jim Pagiamtzis Review:
                 The need for speed is how to describe this movie. Fantastic car chase sequence, stellar cast and amazing performance by Baby (Ansel Elgort) 

                   9 of 10 stars


                    Movie Plot:

              Baby, a music-loving orphan also happens to be the prodigiously talented go-to getaway driver for heist mastermind Doc. 

With the perfect soundtrack picked out for each and every job, Baby ensures Doc's violent, bank-robbing cronies - including Buddy, Bats and Darling - get in and out of Dodge before it's too late. 

He's not in it for the long haul though, hoping to nail one last job before riding off into the sunset with beautiful diner waitress Debora. Easier said than done.


                                                                             

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Happy Death Day (2017): Movie Review


                                                          


                    Jim Pagiamtzis Review:
            A superb movie to watch. Ground Hog Day (1993) Bill Murry played a TV reporter living the day over over, Has become a cult classic. Happy Death Day turns repeating the day on its head with this thriller / comedy as Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) plays her day over and over again. Getting killed every single time until she turns detective to figure out who is doing it to her and why?

 It will keep you guessing all the way until the end.Twist and turns and hilarious moments throughout the film.

    9 of 10 stars
                      Movie Plot:
                  Tree Gelbman is a blissfully self-centered collegian who wakes up on her birthday in the bed of a student named Carter. 

As the morning goes on, Tree gets the eerie feeling that she's experienced the events of this day before. 

When a masked killer suddenly takes her life in a brutal attack, she once again magically wakes up in Carter's dorm room unharmed. 

Now, the frightened young woman must relive the same day over and over until she figures out who murdered her.

                                           

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Game Night! (2018): Movie Review




                                                      

          Jim Pagiamtzis review: (contains spoilers)

  "Amazing movie from the beginning all to the end. Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams and the amazing cast gel well together to create synergy and comedic laughter!

  Game night is thrill ride that involves cofusion, cops, car chases and clever movie references all the way through. It makes a great experience to pay attention to catch it all.

   There is a amazing house chase sequence that is so epic that you have to go and watch the movie just for that!

   Just when you think you have figured it out another twist then turn happens!  I hope Ed and Denzel watch this film because they may find it hilarious! There is even a amazing references to multiple movies throughout the film.   I rate this a 9 out 10"  

   Movie Plot

Bateman and McAdams star as Max and Annie, whose weekly couples game night gets kicked up a notch when Max’s charismatic brother, Brooks (Chandler), arranges a murder mystery party, complete with fake thugs and faux federal agents.

So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it’s all part of the game…right? But as the six uber-competitive gamers set out to solve the case and win, they begin to discover that neither this “game”—nor Brooks—are what they seem to be.

Over the course of one chaotic night, the friends find themselves increasingly in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn.

With no rules, no points, and no idea who all the players are, this could turn out to be the most fun they’ve ever had…or game over.



                                                     

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Movie Review: Logan Lucky (2017)




                                               

               Jim Pagiamtzis review
        "It was brilliant movie to watch from beginning to the event. An all star cast who played their roles so perfectly. There are so many funny moment


               Sujit Reddy Review

   The Good:  That kid is awesome! She has bright acting career ahead of her!
    The Bad:  Daniel Craig, Adam Driver & Channing Tatum all had excellent comedic timing
  The Ugly: The movie moved too quickly at some points


              Movie plot:

     West Virginia family man Jimmy Logan teams up with his one-armed brother Clyde and sister Mellie to steal money from the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina. Jimmy also recruits demolition expert Joe Bang to help them break into the track's underground system. Complications arise when a mix-up forces the crew to pull off the heist during a popular NASCAR race while also trying to dodge a relentless FBI agent.





                                                    
      

Friday, July 10, 2015

Movie Review: The Graduate

                                                                        

After graduating from college Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) returns to his wealthy parents' South Californian home unsure of what he wants to do next. Feeling pressurized to get on with his life, the young Braddock escapes into an aimless affair with Mrs Robinson (Anne Bancroft), an older, married woman and friend of the family.

The pair meet regularly, with neither expecting anything serious from the relationship, but this seemingly simple situation becomes complicated when Ben meets and begins dating Elaine (Katharine Ross) - Mrs Robinson's daughter.

 Featuring a score by Simon and Garfunkel, the film was nominated for six Oscars, with Mike Nichols winning the statue for Best Director.

   " I had planned to watch this movie eventually and when I did it was worth it. Dustin Hoffman is birlliant and the supporting cast give the movie an authentic depiction" Jim Pagiamtzis