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Just Getting Started (2017) Movie Review

December 19, 2017 Steve Baqqi
...and you'll be wishing it would just be over. 

...and you'll be wishing it would just be over. 

There’s a genre of film that I’d like to christen the “senior comedy.” Films like The Bucket List, Going in Style, and Dirty Grandpa are examples of this niche that caters heavily to the Baby Boomer dollar. These films are often defined by their willingness to embrace taboos about sex, violence, or just give license to act like a juvenile idiot-which is just fine, if done right. Just Getting Started is just another in the long line of such “senior comedies,” but done wrong. What’s more, Just Getting Started is simply the latest cynical Christmas cash grab, released solely to squeeze profits out of the holiday season.

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Tags Just Getting Started, Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Russo, 2017, Movie Review, Bad Movies, Terrible Movies, Christmas, The Bucket List, Going in Style, Dirty Grandpa, Senior Comedy, Cash Grab, Duke Driver, The Man, Van Wilder, Ron Shelton, Hollywood Homicide, Santa Claus, Arizona, Sex, Drinking, Frat Boys, Star Wars
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Daddy's Home 2 (2017) Movie Review

November 30, 2017 Steve Baqqi
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After seeing A Bad Moms Christmas, I didn’t think that a bad, lazy, blatant money grab movie could get any worse, or more obvious, for that matter. My God, was I wrong. Daddy’s Home 2 is somehow even worse than A Bad Moms Christmas. Using the same stale and wholly generic formula of the Christmas themed sequel, Daddy’s Home 2: The Christmas Special is a cynical attempt to part you from your money under the guise of holiday cheer. Returning leads Marky Mark and Will Ferrell are back but this time their dads (Mel Gibson and John Lithgow) are coming too!

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Tags Daddy's Home 2, Movie Review, 2017, Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Bad Movies, Comedy Movies, A Bad Moms Christmas, Mel Gibson, John Lithgow, Christmas, Sequel, John Cena, Step Brothers
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A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) Movie Review

November 30, 2017 Steve Baqqi
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A Bad Moms Christmas is the sequel to the original Bad Moms, starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn as the three leads. I remember liking the first Bad Moms, so why does this sequel make me regret those kind words? A Bad Moms Christmas is a lazy sequel designed solely to profit from the goodwill of patrons to its predecessor and the holiday season.

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Tags Bad Moms, A Bad Moms Christmas, Bad Movies, Comedy Movies, Movie Review, 2017, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christmas, Daddy's Home 2, Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, Susan Sarandon
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Krampus (2015) Movie Review

December 31, 2015 Steve Baqqi

Krampus is a Christmas themed horror comedy based on the horned monster of the same name from German and Austrian folklore.  I know what you’re probably thinking, “That sounds ridiculous and silly.”  It is a ridiculous tale, but only as ridiculous as the story of Santa Claus.  Besides, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how effective the film is at espousing traditional Christmas values while gleefully murdering its cast in holiday themed horror. Krampus serves as a warning to anyone or any family who would dare forget the true meaning of Christmas. 

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Tags Krampus, 2015, Horror-Comedy, Adam Scott, Santa Claus, German, Austrian, Folklore, Adam, Scott, Conchata Ferrell, David Koechner, Christmas
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