He Never Meta Film Reference He Didn’t Like: A Review of Cop Out

The late, great film critic Pauline Kael wrote that “an homage is a plagiarism that your lawyer tells you is not actionable.” Where do you draw that line though? When does gentle chiding and affection turn into parody? Certainly a film like last year’s Black Dynamite made that difficult to determine; because, while it tried … Continue reading He Never Meta Film Reference He Didn’t Like: A Review of Cop Out