Ricky Stanicky (2024)

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Now Streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Peter Farrelly’s latest comedy has multiple screenwriters to its credits, and boy, it watches like it. “Ricky Stanicky” starts out as a silly comedy that snowballs in to a painfully unfunny, overlong, and confused mess that is only saved by John Cena. Even though Cena isn’t funny either, he at least looks half awake most of the time as folks like Zac Efron and William H. Macy basically phone in this mess of a movie. There are so many sub-plots and comedic bits that are abandoned mid-way during the movie where it felt like the writers were trying to squeeze out as much from this goofy one note premise as possible.

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The Bounty Hunter Trilogy (1969, 1969, 1972) [RADIANCE FILMS LIMITED EDITION] 

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Available on Blu-ray from Radiance Films on 03/26/2024 

In this trilogy of films, a spy with samurai skills and an affinity for medicine finds himself in situations where he must prevent the firearm sale to a local shogun, protect a village against an evil Lord trying to displace them, and retrieve gold that belongs to the government and could lead to major issues in a village. 

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Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Haredevil Hare (1948)

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Haredevil Hare (1948)
Directed by Chuck Jones
Written by Michael Maltese
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Animation by Ben Washam

I freely admit that I have never been a fan of Marvin the Martian.

Yes, Yes, I know He’s one of the few ancillary characters from the Looney Tunes stable who’s managed to carve out his own niche. Back in the nineties he had his merchandise, and kitschy clothes and managed to set himself apart from Bugs to become his own character and he’s only appeared in five shorts, total! Just five. The thing I remember most about Marvin was that my cousin had this obnoxious alarm clock that he played over and over, first for our amusement and then just to get on our nerves. All in good fun, though. In either case, Marvin had his own corner of the universe with others like Michigan J. Frog and Tazmanian Devil, even appearing in many of the movies.

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