Tag: John Candy

  • Being Eddie review: What the hell Eddie?

    Being Eddie review: What the hell Eddie?

    BEING EDDIE (2025) First off, let the record show that I love(d) Eddie Murphy. He was the best part of the second coming of Saturday Night Live and lucky for us he transitioned into the biggest movie star in the world with 48 Hours (1982), Trading Places (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), The Golden Child…

  • Nobody 2 Review: Nobody’s perfect

    Nobody 2 Review: Nobody’s perfect

    NOBODY 2 (2025) Every so often, one needs to get away; away from the day-to-day of life and work and the familiar. A well-timed escape has the potential to be a reset, a promise of peace and/or adventure. Assassin/family man Hutch Mansel (Bob Odenkirk) is no different as he yearns for a break from his…

  • 5 Thanksgiving films that don’t have Thanksgiving in the title…

    5 Thanksgiving films that don’t have Thanksgiving in the title…

    …and so you may missed that they are in fact Thanksgiving films Hopefully your first Thanksgiving watch was A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973). This list is for watching after that most wholesome introduction:   PRISONERS (2013) In Denis Villeneuve’s thriller, Hugh Jackman’s character (the Bruce Spingsteen lovin’, deer huntin’, independent contractin’ Father Keller Dover) offers…