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Blu-Ray Review: Audiences Won’t Cheer For Lame ‘Fired Up’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 15, 2009 - 7:00amCHICAGO – How desperate are you for laughs? If you rent all the straight-to-video comedies that come down the line, then “Fired Up” may have enough lines that hit the funny bone to warrant a rental. It’s certainly not as unbearable as some theatrical junk like “Disaster Movie” or “White Chicks,” but that’s doesn’t mean it’s worth your time.
Blu-Ray Review: Jim Carrey Continues to Stumble With Mediocre ‘Yes Man’
Submitted by BrianTT on April 8, 2009 - 2:33pm Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – What has happened to Jim Carrey’s career? The comedy superstar has stumbled more in the last few years than he ever had before with the awful “The Number 23,” dull “Fun With Dick and Jane,” and now the mediocre “Yes Man”. This return to the slapstick style that made Carrey a star isn’t a complete disaster but it’s just not that funny and the average movie has been given average special featues on its Blu-Ray release.
