Granted the first Happy Gilmore wasn’t the best movie ever. But considering it’s an Adam Sandler movie, it’s probably one of his best…in the Happy Madison universe that is. Sandler has done some fine work as a serious actor and even in comedy movies where his entourage have no involvement. I think many critics justContinue reading “Double Bogey For ‘Happy Gilmore 2’”
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Rest In Power, Morris! We’ll See You Later ‘Alligator’
By 1980, the whole Man vs. Animal genre that had become popular with the success of Jaws had gone stale. The giant rabbit movie Night of the Lepus had been released in 1972 and the 1976 adaptation of The Food of the Gods was already in production before Jaws was released. But movies like KingdomContinue reading “Rest In Power, Morris! We’ll See You Later ‘Alligator’”
‘Spaceman’ Spends Too Much Time On Autopilot To Reach Its Destination
The fact that Adam Sandler can jump back and forth between stupid low-brow humor movies like Jack and Jill and That’s My Boy and still make movies like Uncut Gems, Punch-Drunk Love and Hustle is not only impressive, it’s goddamn eerie. Even though it wasn’t one of his best movies, I actually felt The CobblerContinue reading “‘Spaceman’ Spends Too Much Time On Autopilot To Reach Its Destination”