Category: movies

To be clear, I mean funny-ha-ha, not funny-strange. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)andGalaxy Quest (1999) Laugh it up, fuzzball: https://youtu.be/5vsANcS4Ml8 https://youtu.be/B34jbC43XzA Here’s why these are both classic comedies: because they work as whole stories. The fact that both…

You knew this was coming, right? South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut (1999)andFrozen (2013) We’ll talk after the trailers. https://youtu.be/aes3Iz8QPgA https://youtu.be/FLzfXQSPBOg I’m not going to explain or apologize for my love of musicals. If you can’t handle the singing and…

The title of today’s post is a reference to the Jonathan Coulton song, recorded for Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti, which later became a charming children’s book written by Greg Pak and illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa. Today’s movies are…

(All right, you got me. This entire blog series is, in fact, just an excuse for me to make up terrible puns. Deal with it.) Today we’re talking about: Rush Hour (1998)andThe One (2001) Let’s get it on after the…

What’s all this, then? Shaun of the Dead (2004)andAttack the Block (2011) You’ll see what I’m on about after the trailers, mate. https://youtu.be/12Ok6bbV7rQ https://youtu.be/m0ntk1o4V3k I’ve been a bit of an Anglophile ever since high school, when I discovered that my…

And now for something almost, but not entirely, completely different: Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)andBrazil (1985) Discussion after the trailers. Wait for it… https://youtu.be/TKPmGjVFbrY https://youtu.be/4Wh2b1eZFUM You may recall that two days ago I declared my personal belief that corporations…

Finding your favorite cover of the Bowie tune is left as an exercise for the reader. Meanwhile, let’s talk about… The Specials (2000)andThe Incredibles (2004) https://youtu.be/1wMvv924Gks https://youtu.be/eZbzbC9285I Astute readers will notice that, like yesterday, I’ve chosen to feature two relatively…

Out of all the science fiction movies I’ve seen, why would I choose these two? Children of Men (2006)andDistrict 9 (2009) I’ll explain after the trailers. https://youtu.be/2VT2apoX90o https://youtu.be/DyLUwOcR5pk Yesterday I talked about one of the reasons I love Star Trek…

In which no one is surprised by my first double feature: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)andStar Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983). Commentary starts after trailers… https://youtu.be/vOIYaRb6XpQ https://youtu.be/7L8p7_SLzvU Yeah, yeah. Did any of you…