Dead To Me (2019): Linda Cardellini, Christina Applegate, Netflix
Dead To Me is a new comedy series starring Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, Edward Asner and James Marsden.
Created by Liz Feldman, at the heart of the story is the powerful friendship that grows between a free spirit with an unexpected secret and a tightly wound widow.
I really like it when filmmakers put together two actors I had no idea I wanted to see in the same production. I’m in for the story, humour, mystery and certainly the sisterhood.
Tiffany Yvonne Cox, Sam McCarthy, Felice Heather Monteith, Luke Roessler, Diana Maria Riva, Adora Soleil Bricher, Nayeli Esparza and Gloria Calderon Kellett also star.
Youth In Oregon (2016), Billy Crudup, Christina Applegate
In the new Joel David Moore directed comedy / drama, Youth In Oregon which stars Christina Applegate, Billy Crudup, Josh Lucas and Frank Langella, Crudup plays a man tasked with driving his father-in-law (Frank Langella) to Oregon to get legally euthanised…
Youth In Oregon will be the second movie I see after Last Cab To Darwin (2016) that involves a long drive to another town to be euthanised. I wonder how this one will turn out. My predictions are clear in my mind but wouldn’t a surprise be nice?
Bad Moms (2016), Kristen Bell, Milla Kunis, Katherine Hahn
Starring Mila Kunis, Katheryn Hahn, and Kristen Bell, Bad Moms is written and directed by the team that wroteThe Hangover (2009) – Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. This isa truth that really should give us hope and confidence in the finsihed product.Sadly however, I found Bad Moms, to be quite the disappointment.
Bad Moms is unfunny because much of the story and plenty of the jokes were lazy cliches. Elements of the narrative and character development were simply unconvincing. So much so that I found myself wondering just how committed all the people involved in the movie really were to making it the best version it could have been. For example, were there budget and timing restrictions that meant it wasn’t possible to shoot or edit a more believable version of the emotional journeys and transformations of any of the characters? My frustration peaked at seeing the shift in Kristen Bell’s Kiki character. ‘REALLY? is all I could think and say out loud.
I’m not a mother so that may be the reason I laughed exactly zero times. Actually, I laughed one or two times. The most memorable one being thanks to a one liner delivered by Martha Stewart. But that really is it.
I’d absolutely love to see another Mila Kunis movie where she delivers a notable performance. That, for me hasn’t really happened since Black Swan (2010). I probably need to face facts and let it go, particularly because it’s widely understood that comedy movies are arguably always more fun to shoot than dramas or thrillers – and it looks as though Kunis’s preference is clear. Plus, I do definitely want her to be happy.
Watch it? Er… sure, if only so you can let me know whether I’m completely mad or as sane as can be.
I am Chris Farley features stories from friends, family, comics and Actors that worked with Farley prior to his unfortunate death by drug overdose in 1997.
Directed by Brent Hodge and Derik murray, I’m most curious about how Farley chose comedy and the cautionary tale in the struggles and success that resulted in his unfortunately early demise at 33.
