All the classic Zucker Brothers movies are basically collections of comedy sketches, even the ones like this with very loose plots that are linking the sketches. The sketches that hit, like Drebin going to the bathroom with his radio mic on, are so explosively funny that they carry you through the various bits that either don't really work or haven't aged that well, like the bit with Drebin falling into a half-naked woman's apartment while holding a concrete statue's penis.…

When Wong Kar-Wai made a run in the Blank Check Podcast's March Madness bracket, it made me realize I had never seen any of his films, even though I'd had a bunch of them on my endless To-Do list for a long time. Though I've been told Chungking Express is the simplest entry point, In the Mood for Love was on HBO Max, and I gave it a whirl, and came out of it admiring more than loving the film.…

Just perfect alchemy of star, material, and director. Jack Black has never been righter or more likable for a role. The songs kick ass, and the movie doesn’t overdo it with showing Dewey maturing into a real teacher. The backup singers doing the chorus on “Legend of the aren’t” will never fail to delight me. (And enjoy this reunion performance of it by the full band.) Also a movie where it is best to not think at all about the…