Tag Archives: Cops

751 – 22 Jump Street (***1/2)

Posted on June 22, 2014 by frothy

Yes! 22 Jump Street is even better than the original movie. Or the TV show, for that matter. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum have terrific chemistry, perhaps the best in comic cop movies since some guys named Gibson and Glover … Continue reading →

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625 – One for the Money (**1/2)

Posted on January 29, 2012 by frothy

As a heterosexual male, I am probably among the minority of those who have read Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum books. I’m totally cool with that. I find the books funny enough without being degrading, intelligently written, and full of excellent, … Continue reading →

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578 – The Other Guys (*)

Posted on April 10, 2011 by root

    It must have sounded like a good premise at some point. There are the hero cops, and there are the other guys, the cops who do all the dirty, nonglamorous work. And this is their story. Wait, that’s … Continue reading →

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487 – Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (**1/2)

Posted on November 26, 2009 by root

This nominal remake to Abel Ferrara’s 1992 original isn’t bad, and it’s not really good, either. Nicolas Cage stars as the titular cop who doesn’t so much as bend the law as stomp it flat in his quest to do … Continue reading →

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