"Ted 2" Bearable, and Sometimes Not
Ted 2, is the sequel to writer, director, and actor Seth MacFarlene's, creator of such hit animated comedy TV shows like Family Guy and American Dad, hit 2012 comedy, Ted. MacFarlene returns as the voice of Ted the foul-mouthed pot smoking teddy bear, alongside Mark Wahlberg returning as John Bennett, Ted's best friend since John was a child and wished on a shooting star for Ted to come alive. In this film we see the "thunder buddies" as Ted gets married to his girlfriend, Tammy-Lynn (Jessica Barth). But after a year of marri…
"Need for Speed", More Like Need for Plausibility
What can be said about Need for Speed , the new action car racing movie. Well I guess the best way to start is to talk about the premise. Aaron Paul plays Tobey Marshall, a street race car driver who is framed for the murder of one of his best friends at the hands of his rival Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper). And the way to avenge his friend is not to sue Dino in court, not to gather evidence that Dino killed his best friend, heck Tobey does not even want to go out an murder the guy. The plan for avenging his friend's death is to compete an…
Almost "Epic", But Not Quite
Blue Sky Studios, the creators of the Ice Age series and Rio, released their newest animated family adventure Epic. The story follows a teenage girl named Mary Katherine, or M.K for short (voiced by Amanda Seyfried) who goes to live with her father, Professor Bomba (voiced by Jason Sudekis), after her mother had passed away. It turns out that the kooky Professor spends most of his life obsessing over and discovering an advanced and mystical society of small people that live in the forest, which may have have caused trouble with his family whic…
RANDOM REVIEW OF THE DAY: Batman Returns (1992)
T hat's right, Batman returns in well, Batman Returns! After the magnificent and epic 1989 film, Michael Keaton returns as the Caped Crusader continuing to fight crime in Gotham City. This time he has a battle with a new villain named The Penguin (Danny DeVito) who is in league with a tyrannical CEO executive named Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) and the complex and seductive Catwoman (Michelle Pfieffer). So is this Batman film just as great or maybe even better than it's predecessor? Not really. I do think there are still some enterta…
RANDOM REVIEW OF THE DAY: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Ever had that one film you are so confused about whether you like it or not? You look at it and say "This is a piece of junk, I would pity the person who would actually get enjoyment out of this", but you end up giving in to the film anyway because there is just something in it that gets you. That movie for me is Ace: Ventura Pet Detective. Starring then popular comedian and comedy actor Jim Carrey, who stars as the titular character who of course is a detective that solves cases about lost, missing, or stolen pets. He goes on a big …
HALLOWEEN REVIEW OF THE DAY: Ghostbusters II (1989)
The sequel to the ever so popular movie Ghostbusters, the heroes Venkman, Ray, Egon, and Winston are back and this time they have to face an underground route of slime that feeds on peoples' mean spirited nature and inner evil, plus a new villain called Vigo who is out to get Dana Barrett's baby Oscar, so that he can possess the body and be reborn in order to rule the world. First thing I want to get out of the way in this review is yes, this is much weaker than the first movie. But does it make it a horrible movie because it doesn'…
