Our weekly Family Movie Night tradition continues, and this week my boy demanded we watch the big-budget, live-action take on Sega's landmark game, Sonic: The Hedgehog. I was never a fan of the game, and am leery about video-game adaptations at the best of times. And let's face it, this movie wasn't made for middle-aged men and their drinking buddies. It was made for people who grew up on the game, or those in their pre-teens. My boy, who is eight, loved the movie, and he's never played the game. But he thought Sonic was a neat character, enjoyed the light action and visuals, and laughed a lot at Jim Carrey's villainous Dr. Robotnik. Carrey made the movie for me. I enjoyed his 90s schtick back in the day, and he brings it to 2020 in fine form. He hasn't been this funny in a long time, and I enjoyed seeing that energy and goofiness again. I liked the rest of the movie too. This is humorous, light-weight stuff that's that old cliche: fun for the whol...

Yeah, we don't do slapstick comedy much in The Basement, but when it comes to the much anticipated sequel to Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels ' Dumb and Dumber , we'll make an exception. The trailer dropped mere minutes ago, and now we're going to share it with you fine people. Here yah go:

Over the past few weeks I've taken a trip thru one of my  favourite  non-horror franchises: Dirty Harry . From Dirty Harry in 1971, Magnum Force in 1973, The Enforcer in 1976, Sudden Impact in 1983 and The Dead Pool in 1988.  What can I say, 70's era Clint Eastwood is a sight to behold. I have a hard time watching him in anything recent. I grew up watching these movies with my Dad, who never got my love of horror. But we watched the bloody gunfights, fist fights and some wicked car chases together. I'll accept that.

Sure sounds like it. In fact, the folks over at Bloody Disgusting are pretty damn convinced that Carrey is in the sequel to the 2010 comic book adaptation. Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall director Jeff Wadlow has stated that Carrey was in the running for the role of Colonel Stars. Today Wadlow tweeted, “6 days till we start shooting… and we officially have our Colonel. Alrighty f’n then! @ChloeGMoretz @MintzPlasse @donald_faison #kickass2.” According to Bloody Disgusting, Christopher Mintz-Plasse then sent a tweet asking who got the part. Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar wrote back , “Clue – he lives with 200 raccoons and parrots, owns the mask of Loki and named by Spielberg as a genius.” Sounds like Jim Carrey to me. Kick-Ass 2 is scheduled for release on June 28, 2013.

I'm not 100 per cent sure what to make of the Jim Carrey/Ewan McGregor romantic dramedy I Love You Phillip Morris. On the one hand it's a pretty darn funny comedy caper and on the other it's a heavy drama reminiscent of Carrey's more serious efforts. Some times it's both at once. I think it's the film's schizophrenic nature that prevented me from fully engaging in it. That and the fact that Carrey's character is so unlikable. However, when Phillip Morris works, it works well and has one of the funniest five minutes I've ever seen put to film. A Bad for me, and not recommended if you are the least bit homophobic.