3 New and Totally Insane Movies
When real life seems too crazy, Hollywood is here to remind you that you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. These 3 new-to-Redbox movies are totally, totally insane.
Cocaine Bear – I mean, it’s right there in the title. But in case there’s any confusion, yes, this movie is literally about a bear who snorts a ton of cocaine. What’s even more unbelievable is that it was inspired by a true story! In 1985 (of course it was the ‘80s), a drug smuggler dropped cocaine from an airplane and a poor, unsuspecting, 175-pound Georgia black bear ingested it … and died. Whereas director Elizabeth Banks’ film imagines what would’ve happened had that animal lived.
Screenwriter Jimmy Warden pulls out all the stops in this man-vs-nature horror comedy, and it’s a blast to see well-respected actors like Ray Liotta (in his final film role—the movie is dedicated to him), Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Margo Martindale throwing themselves into the mayhem. One thing’s for sure, you haven’t seen another movie like this.
M3GAN – When Saturday Night Live spoofs a movie, you know it’s captured the zeitgeist of a particular moment in time. Which means that right about now America wants—no, needs—a story about a fashionable, child-sized, AI-powered robot doll named M3GAN (pronounced Megan) who becomes self-aware and is ready to kill anyone who comes between her and her BFF, nine-year-old Cady (Violet McGraw). Allison Williams stars as Cady’s aunt Gemma, who covertly developed M3GAN using resources from her job at a high-tech toy developer. But Gemma will live to regret the day she ever powered M3GAN up! Or won’t she? (Live, that is.) Since a sequel has been greenlit for 2025, I guess we shall see…
Babylon – I’ve been writing about movies since 2008, and never did I imagine I’d type “Brad Pitt” and “elephant feces” in the same sentence. But they’re both in the dizzying Babylon, a love-it-or-hate-it period dramedy from director Damien Chazelle that follows several people struggling to make it (played by Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Li Jun Li and more)—or stay relevant—in the years that kick off Hollywood’s golden age. Pretty much every body fluid possible is featured in the movie, along with cringe-worthy fetishes and squirm-inducing “action,” for lack of a better term. Babylon wasn’t for me, but no judgment if you decide it's for you!