There are certain actors who have the uncanny ability – through sheer natural charm and physical likability – of elevating whatever horrible material they find themselves saddled with. Luckily for upcoming R-rated comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates all four its leads fit that bill, because this would look pretty terrible without the likes of Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Aubrey Plaza and …

Before we start with this week’s new releases, I’d like to take a moment to thank Kervyn for the sacrifices he makes for us. While Craig was getting all high-brow and cultured with this week’s Oscar-bait movie The Danish Girl, and Nick was gleefully (if not a little bit obsessively) salivating over The Hateful Eight, Kervyn had to sit through …

F@$K! C%&K! SH*T! P%SSY! No, I haven’t suddenly come down with an acute case of Tourette’s Syndrome, but rather I was performing a test. While reading any of those “dirty words”, did you suddenly find yourself spontaneously bursting into raucous bouts of laughter? If your answer is no – which it should be for most well-adjusted adults – then I’m …

Neighbors –  or as we ex-colonialists know it: Bad Neighbours (note the “u”) – was way funnier than I ever thought it would be. It also made a crap load of money. Shot on a budget of just $18 million, the Seth Rogen/Zac Efron R-rated comedy went on to make $270 million. So naturally: Sequel! Or rather, $equel! And that …

For a long time there Robert De Niro’s career appeared to be in nothing more than “pay the bills” mode (just look at his filmography between 2011 and 2013 and try not to cringe). And while he might still go full Bruce Willis every now and then, he’s lately been showing some of the spark that once made him one …

In the last few years, Robert De Niro has often been accused of sleep-acting his way through horrible movies just to cash a check. Whether Dirty Grandpa (not to be confused with Jackass’ Bad Grandpa) is as bad as some of the stinkers he’s put out recently or whether its actually good is still up for debate right now, but …

Breaking box office records is usually followed by the popping of champagne, singing and dancing, maybe even a celebratory bagel or two. Usually. Unfortunately it is also possible to break the totally wrong kind of record as one particular film discovered this weekend past. EW is reporting that We Are Your Friends, the latest flick starring Zac Efron, only managed …

Despite the occasional heavy Seth Rogen-ness of it all, there was enough laugh out loud, raucous comedy to be found in Bad Neighbours (aka Neighbors in the States, because apparently they don’t care about Kylie Minogue and Jason Donavan’s feelings there) that I had a good enough time with it. And apparently lots of other people felt the same way as the R-rated comedy went on …