Category: 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!

Ruddtrospective #16: Judd Apatow Is A Good Director – Part Two

Spoilers for Knocked Up and the Paul Rudd/Seth Rogen Super Bowl Lay's commercial. You probably already know that I like this movie, so I'll just say that now too. Knocked Up(2007) stars Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Martin Starr, Charlyne Yi, Maude Apatow, and Iris Apatow. … Continue reading Ruddtrospective #16: Judd Apatow Is A Good Director – Part Two →

Ruddtrospective #15: Judd Apatow Is A Good Director – Part One

Full spoilers for The 40 Year Old Virgin. Paul Rudd has had a very odd career. When he was trying to break into the acting career he would take on odd jobs like being a DJ at a Bar Mitzvah or glazing hams. Then he went from being a mostly dramatic actor, to Phoebe's husband … Continue reading Ruddtrospective #15: Judd Apatow Is A Good Director – Part One →

Ruddtrospective #14: A Schmuck Reviews A Movie About Schmucks

Spoilers for Dinner For Schmucks. But what do you care? You haven't seen it. Most people haven't. It got horrible reviews. I know it's purposeful, but Steve Carell's hair is the worst. Dinner For Schmucks stars Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Jemaine Clement, Stephanie Szostak, Bruce Greenwood, Lucy Punch, David Walliams, Ron Livingston, Larry … Continue reading Ruddtrospective #14: A Schmuck Reviews A Movie About Schmucks →

Ruddtrospective #13: When Life Gives You Lemons

Some spoilers for the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as well as some questions as to why anyone would ever think the spin-off, Get Him To The Greek, was a good idea I've mentioned before what an insane year for movies 2008 was. Hollywood managed to reach a perfect ratio of great films and terrible films … Continue reading Ruddtrospective #13: When Life Gives You Lemons →

Ruddtrospective #12: The Many Sides Of Rudd

Some spoilers for Paul Rudd's Netflix oeuvre: The Little Prince, The Fundamentals of Caring, and Mute. You'd be hard-pressed to find three movies that are more different than these. In the space of four years, Paul Rudd was involved in three completely different Netflix movies. In 2015 he was in an animated adaptation of the … Continue reading Ruddtrospective #12: The Many Sides Of Rudd →

Ruddtrospective #11: The One Where John Hates F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Full spoilers for 17 episodes of one of the most popular TV shows in the world. If you haven't seen it you at least know about it. Those six actors are richer and more famous than most of the global population. I didn't think I hated F.R.I.E.N.D.S., but then I watched 17 episodes in a … Continue reading Ruddtrospective #11: The One Where John Hates F.R.I.E.N.D.S. →

2021 in Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the Incredibly Weird

Minimum spoilers for everything I'm about to talk about. I watched a lot of movies that came out this year. 48, to be exact. My intention is to write about 42 of those movies without going insane. Rather, without going more insane. In the interest of brevity, and me not wanting to waste your time, … Continue reading 2021 in Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the Incredibly Weird →

Super-Ranking the Comic Book Movies and TV shows of 2021

Spoilers for everything in the ranking except for Thunder Force, Y: The Last Man, M.O.D.O.K., Hit-Monkey, Sweet Tooth, and all the CW and HBO Max DC shows released this year. I'm not going to talk about those because I haven't seen them. I'm probably forgetting some other things I haven't seen. I try to keep … Continue reading Super-Ranking the Comic Book Movies and TV shows of 2021 →