'Horrible Bosses 2' Review: 10 Things You Need to Know About the New...
When 2011's "Horrible Bosses" came to an end, did you find yourself wondering (aloud), "What happens next?" Well, you're in luck, because this week "Horrible Bosses 2" is going to answer all of those...
View Article'Wild' Review: 10 Things You Should Know About Reese Witherspoon's New Movie
In "Wild," Reese Witherspoon plays a woman who decides to hike the Pacific Coast Trail (PCT) to regain her sense of self after a divorce and the death of her mother. The movie is based on the...
View Article'The Imitation Game' Review: 10 Things You Should Know About the Real Life...
This Oscar season is full of biographical stories (biopics, as we call them in the biz), of people that you've probably heard of and some that you might not have. Hollywood loves a good true story, and...
View Article'Exodus: Gods and Kings' Review: 10 Things You Should Know About the Biblical...
It's easy to get swept up in the hustle and bustle of Christmas. With all the emphasis on the trees and the lights and the shiny, shiny gifts, it's easy to forget about the holiday's deeply religious...
View Article'The Interview' Review: 10 Things You Should Know About the Controversial Comedy
It's rare to think of the release of studio comedy as being particularly brave. Most of the time these films are boring, formulaic, and dumb, the result of untold meetings and brainstorming sessions....
View ArticleThe 79 Most Anticipated Movies of 2015
2015 is going to be huge, both in the sense that there are a ton of movies coming out and the fact that most of the movies coming out are explosive studio tent poles that cost hundreds of millions of...
View Article'Taken 3' Review: Only Liam Neeson Die-Hards Need Apply
When "Taken" was first released, nobody thought that it would lead to anything, much less an insanely lucrative franchise. It was a modestly budgeted thriller ($25 million) that was first released...
View Article'Blackhat' Review: A Terrifically Entertaining Cyber Thriller
Movies about computers or computer hackers have never been particularly exciting, at least on the big screen. Maybe that's because the act of typing something on a keyboard while little words or...
View Article'Mortdecai' Review: Johnny Depp Is Very Silly Indeed
The ad campaign for "Mortdecai," the new Johnny Depp comic caper film, is so befuddling, both opaque and overbearing, that a recent Vulture article spent several hundred words trying to decode what,...
View ArticleThe 10 Most WTF-Worthy Moments From 'The Boy Next Door'
This week Jennifer Lopez stars in "The Boy Next Door," a suburban psychosexual thriller where Lopez plays a recently separated teacher who has an affair with the (legally of-age) boy next door (Ryan...
View Article'Jupiter Ascending' Review: An Impassioned Defense of the Wachowskis' Space Epic
Sometimes a movie can be doomed before it even opens. This happens when a film is discussed openly without anyone having firsthand knowledge of (or even having seen) it, and it becomes something of a...
View Article'Focus' Movie Review: A Pretty-as-a-Picture Crime Caper
"Wait, what is 'Focus' again?" This is a question that is usually fired back at me, over the past few weeks, when people ask me what I've seen recently and really liked. Lately, when I run down the...
View Article5 Things Every Parent Needs to Know About 'Insurgent'
"Insurgent," the second installment in Veronica Roth's "Divergent" trilogy, is a true middle book, and the adaptation is no exception. There's less background exposition and more plot twists and...
View Article'Home' Review: 5 Things Every Parent Needs to Know
"Home" is the latest family-targeted adventure to pair a human kid with a friendly extraterrestrial. Like "E.T.," the big theme of the movie is finding your people. After the invasion of the...
View ArticleSXSW 2015: Ranking All 21 Movies We Saw at This Year's Festival
South by Southwest (SXSW) is the best week of the year for film fanatics. Period. It's in a wonderful place (Austin, Texas), sweetened by a lovely atmosphere that mixes the highbrow appreciation of...
View Article'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Review: 5 Things Every Parent Needs to Know
Joss Whedon returns to write and direct another massive Marvel spectacle with "Avengers: Age of Ultron," the sequel to "The Avengers," the third highest-grossing movie of all time. Iron Man, Thor,...
View Article'Pitch Perfect' 2 Family Review: 5 Things Every Parent Needs to Know
The Barden Bellas are back, folks, and this time they've been the reigning U.S. a cappella champions for three years running. But after one big rip in Fat Amy's costume, the winning team turns into an...
View Article'Tomorrowland' Family Review: 5 Things Every Parent Needs to Know
"Tomorrowland" is Disney's new sci-fi adventure starring George Clooney and Britt Robertson. Like the land it's named after in the Disney theme parks, the movie is a tribute to the future and how...
View Article'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Opens to 97 Percent Rating on Rotten Tomatoes
With great hype comes great responsibility, and it looks like "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is living up to its end of the bargain.Early reviews are in for "Episode VII" -- which comes out in two days...
View Article'Alice Through the Looking Glass' Family Review: 5 Things Every Parent Should...
"Alice Through the Looking Glass" is the sequel to Tim Burton's 2010 "Alice in Wonderland," starring several of the same stars (Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, and Helena Bonham Carter)...
View Article'The Secret Life of Pets' Family Review: 4 Things Every Parent Should Know
"The Secret Life of Pets" is an animated buddy comedy adventure following the story of a New York City dog Max (Louis C.K.), who has it good with his human Katie (Ellie Kemper) until she brings home a...
View Article7 Things You Need to Know Before You See 'The LEGO Batman Movie'
This weekend, "The LEGO Batman Movie," a spin-off of 2014's masterful "The LEGO Movie," opens in theaters everywhere (get your tickets now!). This time, everyone's favorite caped crusader (once again...
View ArticleThe Scariest Part of 'Armageddon' Isn't the Asteroid: Podcast
You won't want to close your eyes. You won't want to fall asleep. 'Cause we're talking about "Armageddon," and you won't want to miss a thing. This week, the CAN'T WAIT! crew (Tim Hayne, Rachel Horner,...
View ArticleThe Confusing AF Circus Party of 'Two Weeks Notice': Podcast
Is it "Two Weeks Notice" or "Two Weeks' Notice"? When you live in a world of oblivious billionaires and binge-eating activist lawyers, who cares?! This week, we watched the Sandra Bullock / Hugh Grant...
View Article'Timecop' Is a 98-Minute High Kick to the Face: Podcast
"Where we're going, we don't need scientific accuracy," is a line someone should have uttered in the subject of this week's podcast, 1994's "Timecop," a movie that explains time travel by way of...
View Article'The Craft' Is a Wicked '90s Time Capsule That'll Make You Hate Los Angeles:...
"We are those 'The Craft'-loving weirdos, mister." Well, half of us are, the other half want to invoke Manon and get back the hour and 40 minutes spent watching the movie. Tim picked the (apparently...
View ArticleThere's a Lot We (Still) Don't Know About 'John Carter': Podcast
What's left to say about one of the biggest bombs in box office history? Plenty, when that bomb is Disney's 2012 sci-fi action epic "John Carter." This week's pick comes courtesy of special guest Drew...
View Article'Deep Blue Sea' Is the Guilty Pleasure You Need Right Now: Podcast
"Deep Blue Sea" has everything: shape-changing genius sharks, maddeningly convoluted plot points, comic relief from LL Cool J, water-related puns, and more shockingly brutal deaths than all six seasons...
View Article'Practical Magic' Is a Two-Hour Identity Crisis: Podcast
Witches (played by box office royalty Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman), romance, a family curse, and sisters with an immutable bond -- on the outside, that's everything one would need to cast a spell...
View ArticleJust How Many 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Post-Credit Scenes Are There?
Don't get up when those credits start rolling after "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2." Director James Gunn revealed on Twitter that -- contrary to one report -- there are not four but five post-credit...
View Article'Super Mario Bros.' Is a Dumpster Fire That's Been Burning Since 1993: Podcast
Let's get this out of the way: "Super Mario Bros." is a nonsensical, ugly, terribly written, horribly acted mess of a movie. Yet, we endured all 104 minutes of it because a job's a job and the...
View Article'Overboard' Is an '80s Lover's Dream and a Legal Nightmare: Podcast
A man, driven by revenge, kidnaps the woman who wronged him. Suffering from amnesia, the woman is tricked into thinking she is his wife and forced to clean, cook, and raise his four children ... until...
View ArticleWe Will Always Love 'The Bodyguard': Podcast
Kevin Costner. Whitney Houston. The best-selling soundtrack of all time. What do these three things have in common? Yes, this week on CAN'T WAIT! we discuss 1992's love song to workplace romance, "The...
View Article'Can't Hardly Wait' Is a Teen Movie Only the '90s Could Make
And ... we're back! Sorry for that short, impromptu break, but now we've returned to discuss the seemingly schizophrenically plotted high school tale "Can't Hardly Wait," starring Ethan Embry, Jennifer...
View ArticleJohn Carpenter's 'They Live' Is Still Great (and Relevant): Podcast
Did a month go by already? Geez ... sorry about that. On with the podcast! Are we being manipulated by an alien race profiteering from our consumerist ways? Are hideous humanoid creatures walking (and...
View ArticleThere's Way More to 'Dick Tracy' Than Meets the Eye: Podcast
With the amount of running 52-year-old star Warren Beatty had to do in "Dick Tracy," Madonna wasn't the only one breathless. If the dad joke didn't clue you in already, the "Can't Wait!" crew (with...
View Article'Gremlins 2' Is an Absurd, Enjoyable Exercise in Movie Chaos: Podcast
Ah, "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" ... How do we love thee, let us count the ways: 1. Rambo Gizmo, 2. John Glover's Daniel Clamp, and 3. Something we probably missed amidst all your chaos and nonsensical...
View Article1993's 'Cliffhanger' Is a Blood-Spattered Thrill Ride: Podcast
Renny Harlin's "Cliffhanger" has something for everyone: Sylvester Stallone, mountain climbing, Italy pretending to be the Rocky Mountains, stoner base jumpers, an iconic cold-open death scene, horses,...
View Article'Drop Dead Gorgeous' Is Worth Watching for One Performance: Podcast
Who knew the Minnesota beauty pageant circuit could be so deadly? This week, the "Second Run" squad set their sights on the very dark 1999 mockumentary "Drop Dead Gorgeous," which boasts an all-star...
View ArticleDisney's 'The Rocketeer' Actually Gets '30s Nostalgia Right: Podcast
We finally pinpointed the beginning of the "curmudgeonly Alan Arkin" era. This week, the "Second Run" crew and special guest Drew Taylor tackled 1991's superhero movie "The Rocketeer" starring Billy...
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