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Capsule Reviews of BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR and WEREWOLVES WITHIN

by Ken Bakely

Circling back to some movies from the first half of the year with my reviews of two comedies, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and Werewolves Within.

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August 6, 2021August 6, 2021

2021
Annie Mumolo
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
capsule reviews
Cheyenne Jackson
comedy
Harvey Guillén
Jamie Dornan
Kristen Wiig
Michael Chernus
Michaela Watkins
Rebecca Henderson
Sam Richardson
Werewolves Within

Happily – Review

“Improbably for a movie that has this much going on, there’s a parting feeling that something was left on the table.”

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July 23, 2021July 23, 2021

2021
BenDavid Grabinski
comedy
Happily
Joel McHale
Kerry Bishé
Natalie Zea
Paul Scheer
Stephen Root

Nobody – Review

“It’s fully committed and very well-made, making for a deliriously entertaining ride as it enthusiastically navigates its own absurdities.”

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July 2, 2021July 4, 2021

2021
action
Bob Odenkirk
Christopher Lloyd
comedy
Connie Nielsen
Gage Munroe
Ilya Naishuller
Nobody
Paisley Cadorath
RZA

The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Review

“A solidly entertaining and imaginative movie that will appeal to wide swaths of both its older and younger audiences.”

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May 14, 2021

2021
Abbi Jacobson
comedy
Danny McBride
Eric Andre
Maya Rudolph
Mike Rianda
Olivia Colman
The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Spontaneous – Review

“This is a movie that is readily capable of finding an interesting spin to reiterate its messaging.”

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May 7, 2021May 9, 2021

2020
Brian Duffield
Charlie Plummer
comedy
horror
Katherine Langford
romance
sci-fi
Spontaneous

To All the Boys: Always and Forever – Review

“Its moments of clarity and forthrightness are outnumbered by those when it merely rambles along, seemingly resigned.“

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February 19, 2021July 15, 2021

2021
comedy
John Corbett
Lana Condor
Michael Fimognari
Noah Centineo
romance
Sarayu Blue
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
To All the Boys: Always and Forever

The Twentieth Century – Review

“A wild work of satire and surrealism.”

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November 20, 2020February 17, 2021

2020
biography
Catherine St-Laurent
comedy
Dan Beirne
experimental
Matthew Rankin
Seán Cullin
the Twentieth Century

Save Yourselves! — Review

“Funny, observant, and concise.”

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October 17, 2020October 17, 2020

2020
Alex Huston Fischer
comedy
Eleanor Wilson
John Paul Reynolds
Save Yourselves!
sci-fi

Palm Springs — Review

Palm Springs

“The film sets ambitious goals both in theme and form, and it skillfully meets them.”

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July 17, 2020July 17, 2020

2020
Andy Samberg
comedy
Cristin Milioti
J.K. Simmons
Max Barbakow
Palm Springs
romance
sci-fi

The Lovebirds — Review

The Lovebirds

“With so much to appreciate in the two leads’s abilities and their chemistry, there’s always a baseline of enjoyability and admiration for their skill which carries through, even with the caveat that the script doesn’t rise to meet them.”

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May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

2020
comedy
Issa Rae
Kumail Nanjiani
Michael Showalter
Paul Sparks
The Lovebirds

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