Movies are supposed to be good.
I had an interesting experience earlier today of watching God’s Angry Man1 subtitled in English. For those not familiar with it, the movie is a 1981 short documentary from director Werner Herzog about Pastor Gene Scott — a legend in American religious media who, in 1975, started a Pentecostal Christian television station in California and…
Every movie has a person out there who will love it as it is — unironically and without reservation. The idea that such a person exists for Tommy Wiseau’s “The Room” (2003) is beautiful and terrible.
2011’s The Muppets was a sentimental tribute to the lasting legacy of The Muppets. On every other single metric — story, comedy, original music, use of guest stars and cameos — 2014’s underappreciated Muppets Most Wanted is far and away the better Muppet movie.
If your movie goes over 150 minutes, you owe your audience a musical production number.
Jennifer Love Hewitt was an absolutely fine comic actress, y’all were just mean.