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The film’s focus on characters inhabiting the wrong bodies allowed Vaughn and Newton to mine their characters’ different genders and ages for laughs.
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“Freaky” lives and dies by its high-concept gimmick, carried by Vaughn and Newton’s game performances.
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We’ve compiled a list of what we think are some of the best movies that are set in a workplace, and maybe some of them will give you the kick you need to keep it going during those eight-hour shifts.
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Season two of “True Detective” was doomed from the start. Expectations grew greater and greater as the premiere grew nearer and nearer, and with the bar so high, it was almost inevitable that the show would fail to impress. The degree to which this season fell flat, however, is utterly
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In this week’s episode of “True Detective,” we start right where we left off, with Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell) and Frank Semyon (Vince Vaughn) engaged in a tense debate that sets the tone for the rest of the high-drama episode. In last week’s episode, Ray discovered that the man Frank
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It’s 66 days after the massacre at city manager Ben Caspere’s alleged killers’ warehouse, and we still don’t have a clear plotline or strong character development. Yes, we may be following the investigation of Caspere’s murder, but the vast number of subplots, character background and twists and turns make this
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Let’s all heave a collective sigh of relief as Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell) is still alive. Alive, yes, but he’s definitely not at peace. A pseudo-dream reminiscent of purgatory introduces us to his tumultuous relationship with his father (Fred Ward), further revealing Ray’ personal troubles. In a later scene, we
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Warning: this recap contains spoilers. After last week’s somewhat slow-paced setup, “Night Finds You” shocks us back into interest, employing the less-obvious dialogue, the more-layered characters and the sort cliffhangers that characterized Season 1. Frank Semyon’s (Vince Vaughn) opening monologue reveals a torn past in a somewhat crude attempt to
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From the red-streaked, eerie opening, it was apparent that although the characters may have changed, much remained the same in the Season 2 premiere of “True Detective,” HBO’s often ominous, always brooding detective series. Season 2 has relocated to sunny Southern California from Louisiana’s muggy bayous, but the feeling of a
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“Unfinished Business” is not for a person whose pallet rejects pumped artificial butter or Buncha Crunch. It is the type of movie my brother and I went to on Tuesday mornings during our childhood summers — a mindless comedy perfect for assuaging childhood summer boredom. The Vince Vaughn flick may
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