KingJG

KingJG

Favorite films

  • Jurassic Park
  • The Incredibles

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  • Nothing but Trouble

    ★★½

  • Mrs. Doubtfire

    ★★★★★

  • Beauty and the Beast

    ★★½

  • Your Friend the Rat

    ★★★½

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  • Nothing but Trouble

    Nothing but Trouble

    ★★½

    Welcome to Valkenvania, where the only thing looser than our foundation is our script! Back in the late 80s, when Dan Aykroyd was at the height of his success, Warner Bros. approached him to usher in his next horror comedy and first directorial effort: Texas Chainsaw meets Abbott & Costello. With Warner Bros. busy micromanaging The Bonfire of the Vanities, Aykroyd was left to his own devices and let his massively talented crew have a field day on a script he…

  • Mrs. Doubtfire

    Mrs. Doubtfire

    ★★★★★

    What happens when you combine Ve Neil’s killer makeup with a Robin Williams at the top of his game? You get a piece of 90s childhood perfectly calibrated to tug at your heartstrings( Also another piece of evidence that 1993 was one of the great years in cinema ). You’ve seen this plot a hundred times growing up, the divorced dad trying to win his kids back through some elaborate physical or spiritual transformation. The couple separates, a new guy…

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  • Ratatouille

    Ratatouille

    ★★★★½

    A Pixar classic that in any other hands would’ve been full of food puns and gross out rat humor( I’d probably like that version too, but on the same 3 star level of Daddy Day Care or Zookeeper ). Thankfully, Pixar chose Brad “I Hid Marriage Story inside of Fantastic Four” Bird to pull your heart out of your chest and serve it alongside a lovely Chevalier Blanc 1947. The physical humor is top notch, every character is visually distinct…

  • Lifted

    Lifted

    ★★★

    Driving tests suck, even for aliens! A harmless lighting test that fumbles the ball when it comes to physical comedy.

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