He’s going to kill Aurelia!
Cool!

This is so much hornier than any Christmas movie with it’s reputation ought to be! What were you thinking, Richard Curtis!

EKL #32

Odd as this is to say, this has to be one of the most realistic depictions of male friendships ever put to screen.

Keaton and kids go on a doomed sea voyage - complete with plenty of prat falls, leaky holes, and tumbling cabins. Some solid gags here that still made my children chuckle despite being born 99 years after its premiere.

A rather contained story (nearly everything takes place in or on the titular watercraft)... and I think that sensation of claustrophobia prevented this from feeling bigger or more impressive than some of Buster's others shorts from this era. Not his most inspired work, but a solid mid-season filler episode. I thought it was GOOD.

Given its shadowy setups and twisty framework, the plot here is way too straightforward to offer any genuine surprises or thrills. But paradoxically, way too much is left completely unanswered after the abrupt (but totally awesome) violent climax. Goldie is doing her best with a thin screenplay, and Heard plays the suspicious husband as well as anyone... but "Deceived" really fell flat for me. I thought it was MEH...

Pleasantly surprised by this one! Rainn has tremendous range with the deeply human and often cynical script, which balances out the heavy material with plenty of levity and hi-jinks. Sharp dialogue, amusing moments, and authentic characters make "Code 3" a truly original film with important themes about purpose, futility, and the inadequacies of our healthcare system. I thought it was GREAT.

Something's gotta kick off the holiday movie season. Might as well be this kiddie version of Ocean's 11. I think the kids enjoyed it enough. And Danny Glover as the big man — however brief his appearance — is actually rather inspired. Solid world-building and effects. I always love seeing how different films "adapt" Santa's Village and workshop. Some inventive stuff and cute moments here, for sure. But predictable to a Disney fault. I thought it was MEH...

There's no way they thought that was actually the correct way to pronounce "ski," right?

You love the song... now hate the movie!

Meandering, self-indulgent, and largely devoid of plot. The only interesting moments are the ones recounting the trash-dumping and draft-dodging scenes from the iconic title track... which are shown here briefly, as half-narrated montages. The rest of the picture is a slow and aimless character piece about wayward hippies and their patient keepers. Did not care for this LAME film.

Reminds me of when my wife and I were backpacking around Europe as teens and couldn't find (or afford) a private room to save our life. Poor Jimmy gets blue-balled for 90 minutes.

Dudley Moore's handful of scenes really save this sleepy caper in which Chevy Chase and Brian Dennehy are totally wasted and Goldie looks phenomenal. Solid car chase sequence towards the end, too - even if it is narratively very unnecessary.

John Reynolds was the best part. Everything else, snooze fest.