Wow. This was pretty bad. Where do I begin?

To say this flick was pretty much the epitome of “clichés” pretty much sums it up. Nothing really new but even their attempt on the “old” was…well…old. Bruce Willis offered nothing fresh, while Tracy Morgan pretty much showed that one can only take his style…

posted by Charles Maye | tags: action comedies, action films, Bruce Willis, comedy films, Cop Out, Tracy Morgan

Director Jonathan Mostow’s Surrogates examines the nature of technology-fed isolation and the inherent dangers that it breeds, including fabricated personas, anti-social behavior, and living a lie, which are admirable issues to take on. The problem with the film isn’t with its subject matter, but in the execution and believability that the movie lacks. Surrogates poses…

posted by Rene | tags: action films, Boris Kodjoe, Breaking Benjamin, Brett Weldele, Bruce Willis, comic based, Devin Ratray, Die Hard, Helena Mattsson, Jack Noseworthy, James Cromwell, James Francis Ginty, Jeffrey De Serrano, John D. Brancato, Jonathan Mostow, Michael Cudlitz, Michael Ferris, Mission: Impossible, Radha Mitchell, Robert Venditti, Rosamund Pike, sci-fi films, Silent Hill, Surrogates, thrillers, Ving Rhames

Much of what made The Simpsons the long-lasting phenomenon it is, becomes readily apparent with the first episode of the show’s Twentieth Season – Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes, which features Homer and Ned going into business together as bounty hunters, and Marge taking a job at an erotic bakery. The episode is taylor-made for…

posted by Rene | tags: animation, Anne Hathaway, comedy films, cult cinema, cult classics, Denis Leary, Ellen Page, Emily Blunt, Family Guy, Jodie Foster, Joe Montana, Kelsey Grammer, Mark Cuban, Marv Albert, Matt Groening, Morgan Spurlock, South Park, The Simpsons, The Simpsons: Season 20

We rarely get books to review here at FilmFetish, but I enjoy getting the opportunity to when I can. The publisher sent us in a copy of The Basic Book of Digital Photography: How to Shoot, Enhance, and Share Your Digital Pictures, by authors Tom and Michele Grimm, and it truly has something for everyone….

posted by Rene | tags: and Share Your Digital Pictures, book reviews, Enhance, filmmaking, Michele Grimm, The Basic Book of Digital Photography, The Basic Book of Digital Photography: How to Shoot, Tom Grimm

In 2007’s Blue Harvest, the Family Guy crew famously parodied Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, using their trademark cheeky and sometimes over the top humor. Now they’re back with Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side, which pokes fun at what many consider the Holy Grail of the Star Wars saga… The Empire…

posted by Rene | tags: animation, comedy films, cult classics, David Goodman, Dom Polcino, Family Guy, Family Guy - We Have a Bad Feeling About This, Family Guy: Something Something Something Dark Side, John Williams, Kirker Butler, Mark Hentemann, Roger Kastel, Seth Green, Seth MacFarlane, Star Wars, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, television

Jennifer’s Body was so much more than advertised. In the poster and in trailer after trailer, the movie’s star Megan Fox is front and center, pushing the teen male hormone exploitation factor, which as a male, I didn’t have much of a problem with. However, I wasn’t very excited about the film beyond the obvious….

posted by Rene | tags: 500 Days of Summer, Adam Brody, Aman Johal, Amanda Seyfried, Amy Sedaris, Candus Churchill, Carrie Genzel, Chris Pratt, Colin Askey, comedy films, Cynthia Stevenson, Dan Dubiecki, Dan Joffre, Diablo Cody, horror films, J.K. Simmons, Jennifer's Body, Johnny Simmons, Josh Emerson, Juan Riedinger, Juno Ruddell, Karyn Kusama, Kyle Gallner, Megan Fox, Nicole Leduc, Ryan Levine, Sal Cortez, Something Something Something Darkside, supernatural films, teen films, thrillers, Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead

10 Things I Hate About You is a clever and funny teen comedy, that doesn’t take many traditional routes in it’s storytelling, thanks to the film’s first-time director Gil Junger, and co-writers Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith. While the well-worn story elements of “boy meets girl…”, have been told time and again, 10 Things…

posted by Rene | tags: 10 Things I Hate About You, Allison Janney, Andrew Keegan, comedy films, cult cinema, cult classics, Daryl Mitchell, David Krumholtz, David Leisure, drama, Gabrielle Union, Gil Junger, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles, Julia Styles, Karen Lutz, Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith, Larisa Oleynik, Larry Miller, love stories, Susan May Pratt, teen films, The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare

Just in time for the holidays, I’ve prepared a few new reviews of some films that might be on your list to enjoy with some eggnog. First up is Mike Judge’s comedy Extract, which I had extremely high hopes for, Office Space fanatic that I am. Unfortunately, Judge doesn’t get anywhere near his Office Space…

posted by Rene | tags: Ben Affleck, Beth Grant, Brent Briscoe, Clifton Collins Jr., comedy films, David Koechner, Dustin Milligan, Extract, Gene Simmons, Idiocracy, J.K. Simmons, Jason Bateman, Javier Gutiérrez, Kristen Wiig, Lamberto Gutierrez, Lidia Porto, Matt Schulze, Mike Judge, Mila Kunis, Office Space, T.J. Miller

Shawn Levy’s Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is certainly more of the same. However in this case, that means more action, a larger cast that adds to the comedy, and a much bigger museum to play with. While it’s strictly geared towards it’s family-friendly audience, the film does it’s job well enough…

posted by Rene | tags: 500 Days of Summer, adventure films, Alain Chabat, Aliens in the Attic, All About Steve, Amelia, Amy Adams, Augustus Oicle, Ben Stiller, Bill Hader, Christopher Guest, Clint Howard, comedy films, Craig Robinson, Dan Deleeuw, Darryl Quon, Fame, family films, George Foreman, Gerald Wong, Glee, Hank Azaria, Jake Cherry, Jay Baruchel, Jon Bernthal, Kai James, Keith Powell, Kerry van der Griend, Matthew Harrison, Matty Finochio, Mindy Kaling, Mizuo Peck, Night at the Museum, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Owen Wilson, Patrick Gallagher, Paul Chih-Ping Cheng, Post Grad, Rami Malek, Randy Lee, Rick Dobran, Ricky Gervais, Robert Ben Garant, Robin Williams, Samuel Patrick Chu, Shawn Levy, Steve Coogan, Thomas Lennon, Thomas Morley

Jameel Khan’s comedy The Strip, opens in theaters this weekend. “The Strip” refers to a nondescript fictional Chicago strip mall – specifically the employees of a knockoff electronics store called Electri-City – who mostly waste away their days, while quixotically pursuing their individual aspirations…or try to figure out just what those aspirations might be.

While…

posted by Rene | tags: Billy Aaron Brown, comedy films, Cory Christmas, Dave Foley, drama, Federico Dordei, indie films, Jameel Khan, Jenny Wade, Noreen DeWulf, Rodney Scott, The Strip