Wendi McLendon-Covey Archives

Kristen Wig as Star and Annie Mumolo as Barb in Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. Photo Credit: Cate Cameron

‘Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar’: The Relentless Banality Of Middle-Aged Midwestern White Woman & Absurdist Floridian Tackiness Is An Unfunny, Hellish Vacation [Review]

February 14, 2021 3:17 pm

If America currently howls in psychic pain, broken and divided, suffering from various emotional, spiritual, political crises, hemorrhaging each day in existential agony from the soul-crushingly bleak, relentl...

‘Imaginary Order’: Wendi McLendon-Covey Delivers A Gutting Performance In An Familiar Indie Drama [Sundance Review]

Lena Wilson

February 2, 2019 6:35 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Imagine a bingo card of Sundance-y indie movie clichés: adults engaging in illicit affairs with teenagers, middle-class matriarchs hiding dark secrets, tinkling piano scores to signal emotional gravity. Debra E...

‘Cook-Off!’ Trailer: Long Shelved Melissa McCarthy Comedy Finally Sees The Light Of Day

Kevin Jagernauth

September 19, 2017 2:25 pm

News, Trailers

Well, here's a pretty your random movie curiosity of the day. Before she was the breakout movie star of "Bridesmaids," and was probably best known for her role as Sookie St. James on "Gilmore Girls," Melissa M...

Mark Felt — The Man Who Brought Down the White House Liam Neeson 2017

‘Mark Felt — The Man Who Brought Down The White House’ Trailer: Liam Neeson Takes On The President

Kevin Jagernauth

August 28, 2017 10:25 am

News, Trailers

Movie titles are a tricky thing. So far, the film about Mark Felt, the man who anonymously provided critical intel to reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about the Watergate scandal that helped bring down...

Russell Brand Plays God And Tells Nicolas Cage To Kill Osama Bin Laden In Trailer For ‘Army Of One’

Kevin Jagernauth

October 11, 2016 10:37 am

Trailers

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While there are a certain slice of current Nicolas Cage movies that operate in the sphere of "so bad, they're good" mostly, they're simply not that watchable. And it speaks volumes that the upcoming "Army Of On...