Sketched TV: Sleepy Hollow

Get out your axes and machine guns, we're reviewing Sleepy Hollow!

Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) fights in the American Revolutionary War under General Washington and gets mortally wounded after beheading the Hessian. He suddenly wakes up in modern times, as does the Headless Horseman. Now he must work with Lt. Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie) to find and stop the Headless Horseman and investigate all the strange things happening in the small town of Sleepy Hollow. 

Paranorman

Get out your ghosts and zombies, we're reviewing Paranorman!

Norman Babcock(Kodi Smit-McPhee) is an outsider at school, in town and even in his own family, all because he can see ghosts.  When a century-old curse threatens the town, he realizes that he's the only one who can stop it. But can he do it alone?

Quick Review: Casa de mi Padre

Casa de mi Padre is that Will Ferrell movie completely in spanish that you probably heard of but never got a chance to see in theaters. And now it's out on DVD!  Armando Alvarez(Will Ferrell) is trying to keep his family together while his brother Raul(Diego Luna) and his new fiance(Genesis Rodriguez) threaten to tear it apart, all while battling the evil drug lord Onza. If you've ever seen a spanish telenovela, this is exactly like that, but on purpose.  In a way, it reminds me a lot of Black Dynamite, but instead of being completely ridiculous, it plays it straight, which is why it's so funny. It works straight, as the story is engaging, but then it's filled with fake sets, overly dramatic close-ups, fake animals and mannequins, and unnatural cuts in the film.

Usually a film trying to be both straight and funny at the same time fails at both, but here I think it really pulls it off.  Will Ferrell is a believable dramatic actor while still being hilarious, the action is over the top, the story is maddeningly engrossing, and the soundtrack is amazingly fun.  I can see how some would be turned off by it or think it's boring, as there are lots of long dramatic parts(and a HUGE dig at Americans), but I thought it was pure genius and one of Will Ferrell's better films in recent history.  Plus, Nick Offerman! I give it $$$$. Worth checking out, and enjoyable as long as you know what you're getting into.

Quick Review: Ted

Just trying out nibs and hatching.

Ted, the new movie from Seth Macfarlane, is about a boy who wishes his teddy bear real and he and his bear grow up to be stoner delinquents.   Ted is hilarious.  It's exactly like a classic episode of Family Guy; it has a cute story with a load of funny one-liners and TONS of 80's references. This is what happens when a man obsessed with cheesy 90's sitcoms makes a movie.  You could almost see it working better as a TV show, but as it stands, it's a pretty entertaining movie.  Seth Macfarlane is hilarious as the foul-mouthed teddy bear, Mark Wahlberg is perfect in a comedy role, and Mila Kunis is surprisingly good as the straight man. If you enjoy Family guy and cheesy 80/90's movies, you'll laugh your frickin' ass off at this.

$$$$-Definitely a must see!

Quick Review: That's My Boy

That's My Boy is the new Adam Sandler comedy. Underage Donny Burger gets involved with his hot new teacher(Eva Amurri Martino).  They get found out, she goes to jail and has a kid, who Donny get's custody of and subsequently messes up. Cut to present day, washed-up Donny(Adam Sandler) needs money and must reunite with his son Todd(Andy Samberg), so he doesn't go to jail for not paying taxes. Todd is getting married and of course wants nothing to do with him.

This is actually a really good metaphor for 90's Sandler gross-out movies. They're washed up and everyone tries to forget them, but they have this nostalgia and humor that's kind of endearing that everyone secretly wants to bring back.  I wasn't expecting much from this but I thought it was pretty funny in a gross-out crude humor kind of way.  It's not the best movie you could see, but it's not completely awful is what I'm saying. You can do a lot worse for a Sandler comedy.

$$$-It's not bad. If you like Sandler movies and gross-out humor, there's a lot to laugh at.

Kung Fu Panda 2

Get out your 3D glasses and harness your mad kung-fu skills, we're reviewing Kung Fu Panda 2! IN 3D!!!

Put on your 3D glasses now.

I have to say I really enjoyed Kung-Fu Panda 2. I was excited for it coming out, then I was worried that I was excited for it, and then I was excited again when I experienced it. And it was in 3D in a theatre full of screaming kids, so I really experienced the crap out of it.

The Hangover Part 2

Roofie yourself and grab your smoking monkey, we're reviewing The Hangover Part 2!

It's pretty funny, but it's exactly like the first one. I mean, EXACTLY. It's as if someone took the script from the first movie, took out certain words, then put in other words like the most boring mad lib. And also every word is penis. I'm not even going to bother with a summary of the plot. Just take your Hangover mad libs sheet, scratch out "Las Vegas" and put in penis Bangkok.