He’s the She-Devil’s Advocate. He’s the…
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Week of September 8, 2017
Female prisons are half the size but twice
the cost of mens prisons. First up…
Rough Night
Women only get speeding tickets if the cop
doesn’t find their sobbing sufficient.
Unfortunately for the women in this comedy,
the waterworks won’t get them off murder.
For her bachelorette party, Jess’ (Scarlett
Johansson) estranged friends from college (Kate McKinnon, Zoë Kravitz, Ilana
Glazer, Jillian Bell) take her to Miami for a weekend filled with booze, drugs
and dancing. During the frivolity, however, they accidentally kill a
male-stripper. Now they must dispose of his body before the cops arrive.
Things take a turn for the worst when the
actual stripper they hired shows up.
A raunchy girls’ trip that reduces its
female leads down to obnoxious frat boy stereotypes, this feminist comedy
foolishly believes a derivative script filled with limp dick jokes is
empowering to women, or even funny for that matter.
Besides, real women on all-girls’ getaways
spend their time texting their boyfriends to make sure they’re not
cheating. Red Light
Megan Leavey
The upside to dogs in the army is that you
can put them to sleep when they get PTSD.
Fortunately, the furry GI in this biography
has a friend to help him adjust.
Desperate for discipline and direction,
Megan Leavey (Kate Mara) joins the Marines. Aimless even after basic training,
she doesn’t find her calling until discovering the K-9 unit. Paired with a
bomb-sniffing German Shepard, Megan’s shipped off to Iraq to detect IEDs.
When one of those makeshift bombs ends her
military career, Megan fights her superior (Common) for the right to adopt her
injured partner.
A wholly realistic war profile, this
straightforward retelling of Megan’s real-life struggles at home and abroad is
a well-acted, finely crafted family drama that doesn’t over indulge in the
usual canine schmaltz associated with animal-centric story lines.
Incidentally, IEDs would be harder for dogs
to find if they weren’t made from tuna cans.
Yellow Light
All Eyez on Me
After much inquiry we can safely conclude
that Tupac Shakur was killed by his own hologram.
However, this biography maintains that the
rapper’s murder is unsolved.
Raised by a mother who was a member of the
Black Panther Party, Tupac Shakur (Demetrius Shipp Jr.) grew up with a keen
sense of social justice. He would later interpret those feelings of unrest
through rap music.
After a stint with Digital Underground,
Tupac goes solo. Around the same time he starts acting and collaborating with
Dr. Dre. Following a stint in prison, he signs with Death Row Records. One
fatal night in September, however, changes everything.
More of a chorological account of his life
than an in-depth analysis of his persona, this slapdash memoir does have a few
good performances but overall fails to go behind the music.
Regrettably, Tupac Shakur didn’t live long
enough to see his white detractors co-opt Hip-Hop. Red Light
***Victory Lap Dance***
Very Bad Things
The purpose of having a stag is to remind
the bachelor of how pathetic single life is.
Unfortunately, the groom in this comedy may
be spending his wedding in jail.
For his bachelor party, Kyle’s (Jon
Favreau) fiancée (Cameron Diaz) has arranged for him and his friends (Jeremy
Piven, Christian Slater, Daniel Stern) to spend the weekend in Las Vegas.
Things go awry, however, when they kill a
stripper, dismember her body and bury it in the desert. Back home, they have a
hard time keeping the secret and as a result scramble to shift the blame as
more bodies pile up.
With deplorable characters in over-the-top
situations, this disturbingly dark comedy from 1998 lacks a conscience along
with any plausibility. Regardless, this cult hit is actually more relevant
today then when it tanked 20 years ago.
Lastly, its more cost-effective to hold a
his and hers stripper strangling party.
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