Hard to believe that it's been about 3 years since I typed here. I apologize to myself for being lazy & not fulfilling my passion of letting my followers know of what films are worthwhile for them for each weekend. The halfway point of 2016 is almost here! With that, a lot of studios are doing their best to attract their intended audiences even if they have to ruin the surprise (see the last Captain America: Civil War trailer or the latest Barbershop: The Next Cut TV ad). This & next week is going to be a doozy, but I'm going to sum up on these films in particular that I'll go further into detail at a later date.
The Boss (2016): Hilarious yet insulting to business moguls & women. Peter Dinklage as Renault is a delight with his rival Michelle Darnell (played by Melissa McCarthy) containing the blunt attitude of Spy's Susan Cooper within her tale that's part-Dickie Roberts Former Child Star & part-reflection of the public's view of Girl Scouts minus the battling between the young ladies. THAT's thrown in the film to bring more laughter out from the audience who isn't turned off by the film at that point. It's also the prelude to The Purge that evolves into The Hunger Games years later without that post-apocalptic meltdown due to nature. Final score: 7.8/10
Barbershop: The Next Cut: A film where the writers mean well with wanting to have Calvin (played by actor/rapper Ice Cube) to bring the end of violence in the South Side of Chicago. The challenge is that the same writers also want to bring in more comedy to keep the film from being 100% serious. The result: a resounding thud featuring inconsistencies with events that occurred in the series' previous installments for starters to start. Continuing on with the film's issues, it features situations that can reach their satisfying conclusions if certain characters make time to speak with one another. Since said characters wait until the film collapses from exhaustion, the situations are given the title of the TV trope of being misunderstandings. The comedy is hit-or-miss with it being racist & sexist. It can also be fuel for a 4th film of the main series or Internet TV shows though no one is asking for it (or this film). Final Score: 3/10
