Too Many Servings of John

Musings and reviews from a weird mind

Reviews

John lets loose and pokes holes into his favorite and least favorite movies and TV shows. Some comics will be discussed as well. Nothing is off limits!

  • John’s Review of Fantastic Four: 4th Time’s The Charm?

    I’m so damn eager to tell you all about this new take on Marvel’s first family, but as always, it’s no spoilers and then I pad a bit, and then I spoil it a whole bunch. Though I will say there’s a major plot detail that was revealed in TV spots the week before the Read more

  • John’s Review of James Gunn’s Superman

    I’m finally here. I’ve been waiting for what feels like my whole life to get to this moment and review this movie. You may say I need to change my priorities because that’s sad, to which I’d say “How dare you but also yeah”. Anyway, review time! Superman (2025) stars David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #44: The Cringiest Friend You Know

    Full spoilers for A24’s new dark comedy, Friendship. The duo you never expected is here at last! Check this out if you think you’ll like it, but I’ll say up top, you have to be a fan of cringe comedy. Friendship(2025) stars Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer, Josh Segarra, Meredith Garretson, Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #43: A Weird Man Wins Big

    Full spoilers for Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, a Netflix recording of a very prestigious and very insane event.Disclaimer: This will be a long one. I have time to make up for and much to say on this topic. Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Read more

  • John’s Review of Thunderbolts*: Sadness, Guns and Muscles

    Marvel is back at it again, and so am I! I’ll keep all non-spoilers before the red text, and all privileged information after. Enjoy! Sorry for the late review, I had Finals. Thunderbolts* stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Laurence Fishburne, Rachel Weisz, and Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #42: Unicorns Hate Rich People

    I’ll clearly mark when I start giving spoilers, because I encourage all to watch this if they feel they’ll enjoy it. I’m nothing if not an advocate for A24’s horror comedy about pharmaceutical companies and vengeful unicorns! AKA, the perfect movie for me. Death of a Unicorn(2025) stars Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Richard E. Grant, Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #41: Summer Camp Hijinks

    Full spoilers for the first chapter of the Wet Hot American Summer saga, which is the movie. I’ll talk about the shows later. What I realized in rewatching this is that a lot of these jokes are really funny but hard to explain over blog, and I can’t write out each funny bit of dialogue. Read more

  • John’s Review of Captain America and the Big Red President

    It’s been a while, but we’ve got another big year for Marvel in store. And you know the deal. No spoilers, then spoilers! Captain America flies again, and I’m here to talk about it! Yay!!! Captain America: Brave New World stars Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Carl Lumbly, Harrison Ford, Liv Tyler, Shira Haas, Tim Blake Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #40: Further Down The Rudd

    Spoilers for all Paul Rudd movies and shows that I’ve reviewed at this point. Back in 2022 I’d fallen behind on Ruddtrospectives so I ranked everything I’d covered at that point. I’ve been more consistent in releases now but I think it’s time to reevaluate that ranking and take into account all the weird shit Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #39: Paul and Patton’s Animated Odyssey

    Full spoilers for NerdLand, a fairly obscure animated comedy film starring two of our nation’s funniest men. An interesting endeavor, to be sure. NerdLand(2016) stars Paul Rudd, Patton Oswalt, Hannibal Buress, Kate Micucci, Riki Lindhome, Eric Bauza, and Mike Judge. It was written by Andrew Kevin Walker and directed by Chris Prynoski. IMDb says this Read more

  • Super-Ranking the Comic Book Movies and TV Shows of 2024

    Spoilers for everything, obviously. This has been a rough year to be a superhero fan, unless you really like Sony’s Spider-themed corner of hell. There were bright spots, obviously. 2024 was a year of reworking and tinkering for the main studios. DC have been stoking excitement for upcoming projects now that James Gunn is at Read more

  • John’s Review of Kraven (Sigh) The Hunter: A Bad Terrible Movie

    Full spoilers for this immediately. I’m not stepping around this. Nobody saw it except for me and my friend Jackson. And I’m not sure he’ll be my friend for long if I keep asking him to see these kinds of movies with me. Kraven The Hunter stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #38: How Do You Know You’re Bored?

    Full spoilers for a curiously despised comedy(?), How Do You Know. You’ve never heard of it, you don’t care. How Do You Know(2010) stars Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Linn-Baker, Lenny Venito, Teyonah Parris, and Tony Shalhoub. It was written and directed by James L. Brooks. IMDb says: “After Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #37: Don’t Go To War Or Tobey Maguire Will Steal Your Life

    Full spoilers for The Cider House Rules, a movie released in 1999 based on a book released in 1985. You’ve had many years to catch up with this one, haven’t you? The Cider House Rules(1999) stars Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Jane Alexander, Kathy Baker, Erykah Badu, Kieran Culkin, Kate Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #36: Three Murders, One Building, And Roughly Twelve Celebrity Guest Stars

    Surprise! I was going to cover The Cider House Rules, and I will soon, but life found a way to let me talk about this show I love again! So enjoy this bonus Ruddtrospective.Spoilers for the fourth season of Only Murders in the Building, which has just wrapped up. At this point the show has Read more

  • John’s Mini Review of Venom’s Last Dance

    Full spoilers for this. I don’t have much to say and I don’t want to talk about this movie. It feels grossly put together and cynical and rushed and low effort so that’s what this review will be. None of the posters, none of the red spoiler text, the breaking down characters, none of it. Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #35: An Unhappy and Boring Halloween

    Full spoilers for the sixth movie in a franchise that’s now 11 or 13 movies old, depending if you count Rob Zombie. I’ve only seen Halloween VI, and as far as I can tell this story is fully inconsequential to the overall narrative, as are the vast majority of them in general. Halloween VI: The Read more

  • John’s Review of Depressing Clown 2: Joker Goes To Court

    I don’t know if people care anymore about spoilers for this film, but no spoilers and then spoilers I guess, it’s movie time everybody. Joker: Folie à Deux stars Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener, Harry Lawtey, Brendan Gleeson, and Steve Coogan. It was written by Scott Silver and Todd Phillips and directed Read more

  • Let’s Talk About Megalopolis

    Full spoilers for the most insane movie that has ever been made ever. I know nobody is watching this because people have good sense. This is not the kind of thing I talk about. I am reviewing this simply because I have so much to say and I have to talk about it. I mean… Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #34: Sailing The Seas Of Low Budget Indie Films Part Two

    Full spoilers for more obscure movies you’ve never heard of starring some people that may or may not surprise you. Let’s delve into Diggers, The Locusts, The Size of Watermelons and 200 Cigarettes! Diggers(2006) stars Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, Maura Tierney, Ron Eldard, Josh Hamilton, Sarah Paulson, Lauren Ambrose, and Jack O’Connell. It was written Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #33: Sailing The Seas Of Low Budget Indie Films

    Full spoilers for some obscure movies you’ve never heard of starring some people that may or may not surprise you. Let’s delve into The Château, The Shape of Things, and Two Days. Also, a trigger warning of sorts: These movies are sad and weird and about depressing topics. The Château(2001) stars Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Read more

  • John’s Review of Deadpool V Wolverine: Dawn of Jackman

    I haven’t done one of these in a while, there’s only been one superhero movie out this year and nobody saw it, so I’ll clearly mark when I start talking spoilers. No matter where you stand with superhero movies, this has been highly anticipated for decades now and we’ve finally arrived. Let’s do it, eh? Read more

  • ReXamining the X-Men Movies Before D&W

    As I’ve made it clear many times already, I am very psyched for the movie coming out next week. My inner child, the desperate fanboy, is so excited to see this movie and the newest trailers have only stoked the flames of said excitement. I’m aware people are frustrated the trailers are revealing so many Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #32: TV Movies and Plays, Oh My!

    Full spoilers if you still haven’t gotten around to watching Paul Rudd’s TV version of The Great Gatsby or the filmed versions of two of his theatrical productions, Twelfth Night, or What You Will or Bash: Latter-Day Plays. The Great Gatsby(2000) stars Mira Sorvino, Toby Stephens, Paul Rudd, Martin Donovan, Francie Swift, Heather Goldenhersh, Matt Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #31: Romeo + Juliet + Paul

    Full spoilers for Romeo + Juliet. In fact, full spoilers for the story of Romeo and Juliet in general right here and now. They’re both stupid and they both die. What, you’re upset? You’ve had 430 years to read the damn thing or watch any of the versions. I’m disappointed in you. Romeo + Juliet(1996) Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #30: The Fascinating World Of The Octopus

    Full Spoilers for Secrets of the Octopus, the three-part documentary series streaming on Disney+. I’m not going to avoid spoiling a documentary, am I? Secrets of the Octopus(2024) is narrated by the smooth, calming voice of Paul Stephen Rudd, and stars octopus expert Dr. Alex Schnell. It was produced by famous ocean lover James Cameron. Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #29: We’re The Beatles, The Four Beatles

    Full spoilers for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, a movie that came out almost two decades ago. If you haven’t seen this movie, you’re probably not a fan of the incredibly niche rock biopic parody genre and don’t mind. Though I’ll give some more examples of that genre throughout. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #28: A Slightly Frozen Empire

    Previously on http://www.TooManyServingsOfJohn.Com… A movie was bad!Specifically the movie was called Ghostbusters: Afterlife. And it wasn’t necessarily bad, but I didn’t like it. It was one of the first Paul Rudd movies I reviewed for this column, and I thought it was a weird disjointed mash of different tones that didn’t work. It was one Read more

  • John’s Review of Sony’s Worst and Funniest Film Yet: It’s Madame Web Time!

    Full spoilers for this immediately. I’m not stepping around this. Nobody saw it except for me and my friend Jackson. I’ve been watching superhero movies since I was a little kid and I’ve been waiting for a movie this bad in a funny way. Morbius failed because it was just so boring, but this exceeds Read more

  • 2023: A Year in Movies and Other Stuff

    Hey, everybody! It’s that time of year again, by which I mean many days after the year has ended! So here I am to talk about some movies and shows I watched this year. Some of them were good, some of them were bad. I’m going to rant about a few of them here. But Read more

  • Super-Ranking the Comic Book Movies and TV Shows of 2023

    * This post was updated as of December 2024 to correct a very incorrect opinion.Spoilers for all movies discussed in this ranking. Not that most of the public would care at this point. This has been a rocky year for comic book adaptations and superhero media and a good few of the ones on this Read more

  • John’s Semi-Aquatic Review of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

    Did anyone see this? Hard to say. The first Aquaman inexplicably made a billion dollars, so even though logically that doesn’t make sense and that movie should have sunk, (Heh) this new one could make money. I think it’ll fail though. Anyway, no spoilers and then spoilers. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom stars Jason Momoa, Read more

  • John marvels at Marvel’s The Marvels (A Marvelous Movie Review)

    So clearly I came up with the title for the review before I saw the movie. The title of the review only includes such positive verbage because of the title of the movie. I’m sure I’m not the only person who used such fun wordplay in their review title. But maybe I am, because I Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #27: Only Murders With Paul and Meryl, Building Somewhat Irrelevant

    Spoilers for the third season of Only Murders in the Building, which has just wrapped up. At this point the show has been going for three seasons, so either you’ve been following along or you’re probably not going to watch it and won’t care if I spoil things. Also spoilers for seasons one and two Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #26: Teenage Mutant Cartoon Turtles

    This review is really late because I started it like a month ago and then just forgot to finish it. But since then I’ve watched this movie two more times, which should make it clear what I think. Spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, not that it’s really a movie that can be Read more