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Jonah Hill

daily stream: undercover, without a clue

Thu, Apr 27, 2023
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2012’s 21 Jump Street leaves US Netflix very soon; on MGM in the UK.

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Don’t Look Up movie review: is the sky falling?

Fri, Jan 14, 2022
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I laughed a lot while also feeling sick to my stomach. As subtle as a sledgehammer, almost obnoxious… and yet it might as well be a documentary. Is it elegant? Is it art? Who the fuck cares?

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War Dogs movie review: sob havoc over this gun fun run

Wed, Aug 17, 2016
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A comedy only in the bleakest way, satire only in the sense that the whole world has become a parody of itself. Appalling and amusing in equal measure.

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True Story movie review: lies and the lying liars who tell them

Thu, Mar 31, 2016
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The height of poor taste. Grants notorious men even more notoriety by giving voice to their inexcusable “travails,” thereby feeding their self-absorption.

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22 Jump Street movie review: an advanced course in the sequel

Thu, Jun 05, 2014
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Funnier even than the first film, nonstop self-deprecation that doles out well-deserved smacks to about 817 Hollywood things that desperately deserve it.

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my guesses for Sunday night’s 86th Academy Awards

Mon, Mar 03, 2014
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Winners are indicated. I got 16/24. Pretty good, if I may say so myself.

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The Wolf of Wall Street review: legitimate businessman

Fri, Jan 17, 2014
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A debauched end-of-empire horror story disguised as an outrageous comedy, with remarkable performances from Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill.

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which celebrities would survive which kind of apocalypse?

Mon, Jun 10, 2013
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Does Matthew McConaughey’s full-body drawl doom him in the fast-zombie uprising? Will Ryan Gosling survive global warming because he’s totally hot already?

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This Is The End review: supergood

Sun, Jun 09, 2013
18 comments

I died laughing… and I’ve found a new respect for a Hollywood posse whose work I mostly haven’t enjoyed before.

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Starbuck (review)

Fri, Nov 23, 2012
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When are “lovable” movie losers even more (allegedly) lovable? When they’re all foreign and arthousey, of course!

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