Movies from 2017 that are worth seeing
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It might feel like a bait-and-switch to longtime Mooney fans, but it's a riveting emotional journey you won't want to skip. Their first feature film exchanges the duo's usual oddball tone for something a little more darkly serious (think Hal Ashby's Being There), and plays like a love letter to cinema and friendship.
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The Mooney vehicle is like a movie that's been beamed in from a distant planet, but it actually comes from Dave McCary, the SNL star's longtime collaborator.
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Why it's great: This indie hit stars Kyle Mooney as James Pope, a Kimmy Schmidt-esque ex-captive who becomes hell-bent on DIY-finishing his favorite TV show - a kind of Doctor Who-meets- Barney educational program - after it abruptly stops production. Where to see it right now: Rent on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, and VOD ( watch the trailer) Sony Pictures ClassicsĬast: Kyle Mooney, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnearĭirector: Dave McCary ( Saturday Night Live) Even if the plot swerves out of control a bit in the final stretch as the cartoon action ramps up, falling prey to the same over-emphasis on action set-pieces as its live-action blockbuster counterparts, it still manages to keep the wheels on the Batmobile from flying off. With his gravely voice and withering sarcasm, Will Arnett's take on the character puts Ben Affleck's recent big screen version to shame. This Batman has Bat-feelings to go with its Bat-jokes. In addition to serving as a kid-friendly, Naked Gun-style spoof of the superhero genre, director Chris McKay and his four credited co-writers craft a Batman story that feels rooted in the damaged psychology, guarded humanity, and deep yearning of the character. Why it’s great: Like 2014's The Lego Movie, a potentially brain-damaging sugar-high of a film, The Lego Batman Movie succeeds by working way harder than it needs to. PicturesĬast: Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson Where to see it right now: Rent on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, and VOD. Clocking in at a tight 90 minutes, this one, with its ruthless energy, is a particularly good and wacky antidote for any bad week. It's one of those times where the word "irreverent" really fits - it's gleeful irreverence. Amid the borderline-offensive gags and the sacrilegious romance, The Little Hours still finds time to squeeze in jabs at powerful institutions that rely on blind faith. There are plenty of laughs to be had as she and her fellow emotionally unstable novitiates lust after a handsome servant-on-the-run (Franco) and experiment with "partying" - and even witchcraft. She's the biggest revelation here, and she'll leave you wanting more. Plaza brings the same unhinged ambition you might have loved in Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, and if you aren't already familiar with Micucci's manic brilliance, you're in for a treat. That's the basic premise here, and while it should probably only amount to a decent four-minute sketch, a murderers' row of talent - Brie, Franco, Plaza, Reilly, Kate Micucci, Nick Offerman, Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen, Adam Pally, and Jemima Kirke among them - helps this low-budget, Middle Ages-set comedy find legs. Why it’s great: The nuns in The Little Hours are.
Where to see it right now: In theaters on December 1 ( watch the trailer) Gunpowder & SkyĬast: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Aubrey Plaza, John C. "YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!" has never felt so. But true to Franco, who exists on the fringes of mainstream (and who it should be mentioned has come under fire over allegations of sexual misconduct), his take on Wiseau is a stark lampoon that defies every imaginable convention. But the sadness of The Disaster Artist is occasionally overwhelming. When Franco's Wiseau rolls up to Los Angeles for the first time, he unloads motivational-poster wisdom when he arrives on The Room set for Day 1, he mutates into a hybrid of masochistic Hitchcock and coked-out Ozzy Osbourne after his fallout with Greg, Wiseau takes on the mannerisms of a 6-year-old.
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Franco goes full Daniel-Day-Lewis to become Wiseau, who latched onto his young, acting classmate Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) and drove them both to the hell of inert, overproduced, melodrama-making. Why it’s great: There are no half-measures with Tommy Wiseau, the failed actor/secret millionaire behind the notoriously awful cult drama The Room, and there are no half-measures in The Disaster Artist, James Franco's dramatic telling of the film's bizarre backstory. Cast: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie