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Written by James M. Tate / 7/14/2016 / No comments / 2016 , bill murray , comedy , franchise , kristin wiig , melissa mccarthy , paul feig , reboot

FEMALE REBOOT OF GHOSTBUSTERS

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When word hit the streets Bill Murray would provide a cameo, the anticipated GHOSTBUSTERS reboot, with dolls instead of guys, was rumored to be a sequel – nothing doing. Bill, the sarcastic cool dude who grounds the original, plays another version of "Dickless" here... True fans will get that reference and for newcomers, Bill plays a complete jerk – but he's not <i>the</i> villain, by any means...<br>
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That title should go to the writers, Katie Dippold and Paul Feig. And yet as director, Feig provides some scary, suspenseful moments, almost as if he really, deep down, wanted to make a bonafide horror flick with a side-dish of comedy. And there are times when the four girl Ghostbusters geek-out with a genuine flow of scientific expository dialogue, especially Melissa McCarthy as Abby, a hybrid of Dan Aykroyd's soulful buried-lead and a cerebral Harold Ramis... Meanwhile, Kristin Wiig has the most to lose, at least at first, about to get tenure at a University while forgetting her Paranormal Research past when it rears back up in a book she previously co-wrote: Uptight and anxious, she's goaded by tomboy Kate McKinnon as Jillian, the token wild card who acts as if we know her character already. In fact, in many ways, Feig's GHOSTBUSTERS seems more like a dull sequel to a first (proverbial) venture that,  like SPY and BRIDESMAIDS, actually worked...<br>

2016, bill murray, comedy, franchise, kristin wiig, melissa mccarthy, paul feig, reboot

FEMALE REBOOT OF GHOSTBUSTERS

Year: 2016 When word hit the streets Bill Murray would provide a cameo, the anticipated GHOSTBUSTERS reboot, with dolls instead of guys,...

TURBO VS DESPICABLE ME 2

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2013 cast: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Ken Jeong, Steve Carell, Kristin Wiig rating: *1/2 rating: **</td></tr>
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Since Disney, many years ago, provided a human-like Volkswagen Bug racing in Monte Carlo, perhaps the competing DreamWorks could have a Snail competing in the Indy 500 make sense. Even for a cartoon this premise is farfetched and downright preposterous, but the worst scenes are those leading up to the big race.<br />
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Actually, the first twenty minutes aren’t too bad: getting to know <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">TURBO</span>, a snail who dreams of being a race car driver… or rather, being the car and driver both… while working with his snail buddies in a community that lives a suburban home’s vegetable garden.<br />
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While the movie works for kids during the initial setup in the colorful garden world, there are scenes where crows swoop down and quickly kill several snails. Of course we never get to know those particular characters to make those deaths sad, but they are shocking.<br />
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Although when Turbo’s best buddy Chet (voiced with melancholy sarcasm by Paul Giamatti) gets snagged by one of the killer crows, Turbo, who gained the power of becoming a jet-powered hot rod after being sucked inside an engine during a local race, goes to the rescue and both snails wind up saved, or captured, or both, by one of the most annoying cartoon and/or computer-animated characters in history: a fat twenty-something Latino named Tito whose uncle owns a taco stand, one of several stores in a forsaken outdoor mall with shops run by other completely uninteresting characters. For some reason, Tito and his friends race snails in a mechanic's garage, and here they discover a lucrative potential for advertisement.<br />
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The commercials and trailers set up the other hot rodding snails, voiced by Sam Jackson and Snoop Dogg to name a few, as if they were actually part of the storyline, and yet they have hardly anything to do with Turbo’s goal, instigated by Tito to save his uncle’s store: competing in the Indy 500 against a conceited human superstar. All scenes leading up are tortuous and lame, and you’ll be glad once the revving competition is underway since it means the end is near. <br />
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Meanwhile <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">DESPICABLE ME 2 </span>is a kiddie film with potential… for adults. The premise centers on Steve Carell’s formerly world-renowned villain: after adopting daughters, Cru has, along with a bevy of one-eyed alien minions, turned into a mundane suburban father. Till Kristin Wiig’s Lucy brings Cru back into the  business to, like Hannibal Lecter, help find a similar bad guy. The best scene has obvious love interest Lucy taking Cru to her underground compound in a car much like James Bond’s in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. Leading to an intriguing premise: within a large busy mall, one of the store owners could be the next villain who wants to take over the world. It’s during the undercover investigation the film drags with prolonged musical numbers and an overlong conclusion dealing with a familiar enemy (to Cru). The aliens running around clumsily are humorous but can get tiresome after a while.<br />
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Despite the flaws, children <i>will</i> keep interested throughout, unlike TURBO: youngins were yawning halfway through that slugfest.

2013, action, computer animated, kristin wiig, paul giamatti, race car, samuel l. jackson, steve carell

TURBO VS DESPICABLE ME 2

year: 2013 cast: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Ken Jeong, Steve Carell, Kristin Wiig rating: *1/2 rating: ** Since Disney, many years ag...

Written by James M. Tate / 5/20/2011 / No comments / comedy , kristin wiig , melissa mccarthy , rose byrne , tens

KRISTEN WIIG IN BRIDESMAIDS

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<strong>title:</strong> BRIDESMAIDS<strong><br />year:</strong> 2011<br />
<strong>cast:</strong> Kristin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wiig</span>, Rose <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Byrne</span><br />
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Men, don’t sweat: if your girlfriend or wife drags you along, you’ll have fun. The story involves Saturday Night Live’s Kristin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Wiig</span>, a single woman unlucky in love but not love making… the film begins with a spicy romp with banal stud Jon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Hamm</span>, who asks her to leave in the morning... thus the misadventure begins. Her best friend Maya Rudolph is getting married and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Wiig</span>’s asked to be the maid of honor, but she’s not alone. There’s the painfully perfect Rose <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Byrne</span>, Rudolph’s workplace crony, who sneakily challenges <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Wiig</span> and Rudolph's lifelong friendship... Leading to the question: who’ll influence the bridal shower theme?<br />
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The rivals are not only competing for the bride-to-be’s friendship, but the respect of the other bridesmaids as well, including hefty scene-stealer Melissa McCarthy. And of course, a love-interest is always essential and friendly cop Chris O’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Dowd</span> fills that <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">peripheral</span> space with ease as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Wiig</span>, the every-woman's comic, is given a platform for spontaneous humor and, when things pile up, nervous breakdowns, making this a frantic romp with hit-and-miss jokes but more importantly, an interesting ensemble within a universal story of love and friendship that either sex can relate to.

comedy, kristin wiig, melissa mccarthy, rose byrne, tens

KRISTEN WIIG IN BRIDESMAIDS

Rating: ***1/2 title: BRIDESMAIDS year: 2011 cast: Kristin Wiig , Rose Byrne Men, don’t sweat: if your girlfriend or wife drags ...

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