Aug 152008
Maybe you heard about some protests related to the use of the word “retard” in this movie. Maybe you didn’t, but you were concerned/intrigued at the idea of Robert Downey Jr. playing a black man. (Well, playing a white Australian actor playing a black man.) Maybe you think Hollywood just offends willy nilly and the [...]
Posted in Matinee Price
Tags: action, adventure, comedy, satire, spoof, war
Jun 202008
Oh thank heaven, Get Smart is funny. If you are a fan of the show, there are enough little winks, nudges, and appropriately contextualized catch phrases to please you – but the movie doesn’t rely on them to carry itself. If you’d never seen the show, nothing was needed to make this film adaptation accessible [...]
Posted in Matinee Price, w/ Snacks
Tags: action, adaptation, comedy, spoof, spy
