Film: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Directed by: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone Starring: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer From the makers of heralded comedic masterpieces such as “Dick in a Box” and “Motherlover” comes a 21st century satire on the extravagance and vapidness of modern pop idols. Sounds like a pretty good tagline, right? […]
2016 movie review
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Popstar’ has at least a few hits
June 3rd, 2016 
Sam Cohen 
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Tags: 2016 movie review, andy samberg, imogen poots, joan cusack, jorma taccone, macgruber, movie review, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Sarah Silverman, the lonely island, this is spinal tap 
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May 21st, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Directed by: Nicholas Stoller Starring: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron Do sequels really need to exist? This thought kept bouncing around in my head before seeing Neighbors 2, a movie that more or less finds a legitimate reason to exist. As is with almost every second entry, the audience […]
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May 13th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Little Men Directed by: Ira Sachs Starring: Theo Taplitz, Jennifer Ehle, Greg Kinnear Director/writer Ira Sachs is the kind of artist that cuts through convention to get to the everyday issues that keep us up at night. In a way, his films can be construed as psychologically horrifying. He has a deep understanding of […]
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May 10th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Folk Hero & Funny Guy Directed by: Jeff Grace Starring: Wyatt Russell, Alex Karpovsky, Meredith Hagner I don’t know who created the road movie genre where two best friends work out their shit after nights of drinking and philandering, but people have been trying to create greatness out of that simple concept for years. […]
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May 5th, 2016 Gabe Aikins Film: Captain America: Civil War Directed by: Anthony and Joe Russo Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson It’s safe to say that we’re right where Marvel wants us. The release of each of their new projects feels like an event. We stay up and binge watch Daredevil and Jessica Jones when they’re released […]
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April 22nd, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: The Huntsman: Winter’s War Directed by: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain There once was a princess named Snow White. She was the fairest in the land. The queen didn’t take kindly to that. They fought and Snow White won out. But what if there was more to the story? What […]
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April 15th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: The Jungle Book Directed by: Jon Favreau Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Idris Elba “Ooh-bi-doo, I wan’na be like you. I want to walk like you, talk like you, too.” It may be a bit hard to believe that an orangutan singing this line to a man-cub could speak lengths as to how director […]
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April 8th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Hardcore Henry Directed by: Ilya Naishuller Starring: Haley Bennett, Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth “It’s like watching a video game.” A statement that many a people use to describe highfalutin action/adventure epics that litter theaters today. Most recently, people used that statement to describe Gods Of Egypt, an incoherent ode to ’70s mythological epics. Hardcore […]
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March 11th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: 10 Cloverfield Lane Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr. It’s been 8 years since the original Cloverfield took theaters by storm. I fondly look back on opening night when my father and brother had no idea what they were about to watch, having seen none of the […]
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March 4th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Directed by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Starring: Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie Whiskey Tango Foxtrot carves out a nice little space for itself next to other breezy, matinee, fish-out-of-water tales. Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa let their mean side take a back seat in this earnest little film about […]
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