Psycho Goreman Review: A Cleverly Schlocky Evil-Alien-Out-of-Water Comedy That s Like Marvel Meets Troma lmtonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmtonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
OUR FRIEND: 3 ½ STARS Magazines may be becoming an artifact of the past, but Hollywood still looks to them for inspiration. In the last few years a half dozen movies found inspiration in the pages of Esquire, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, including The Friend, a new drama starring Dakota Johnson, Casey Affleck and Jason Segel and now playing in theatres and on-demand. Based on Matthew Teague s Esquire article The Friend: Love Is Not a Big Enough Word, the film uses a broken timeline, jumping back-and-forth to tell the true story of Teague s terminally ill wife Nicole and their friend-turned-nursemaid Dane. Affleck is Matt, a war correspondent with an attitude. It s Friday, says his editor, I ve been tired of you since Wednesday. He s an up-and-comer, married to Nicole, a talented musical theatre performer played by Johnson. Her best pal at the theatre is Dane (Segel) a sad sack who can t seem to get a girlfriend. It s not fair, she says. I m the only woman
Written and Directed by Steven Kostanski.
Starring Nita-Josee Hanna, Matthew Ninaber, Reece Presley, Rick Amsbury, Kristen MacCulloch, Matthew Kennedy, Owen Myre, Timothy Paul McCarthy, Conor Sweeney, Robert Homer, Anna Tierney, and Adam Brooks.
SYNOPSIS:
After unearthing a gem that controls an evil monster looking to destroy the Universe, a young girl and her brother use it to make him do their bidding.
If you are dumb like me, you might assume the title
PG: Psycho Goreman implies a family-friendly creature feature. Others might take note of writer and director Steven Kostanski (a name I’m actually familiar with but didn’t recognize right away, highly enjoying his previous effort