Thanks to a slight spelling mistake on his letter to Santa Claus, 11 year old Liam Turner (Robert Timothy Smith) accidentally summons Satan (Jack Black) instead of jolly old Saint Nick. And instead of presents, the guy with the horns offers Liam a deal involving three wishes. Another - almost unheard of - Christmas comedy has been unceremoniously added to the cloud. Dear Santa  landed on Paramount+  with all the fanfare of some busted Christmas tree lights, and it's not really hard to see why. Put simply, this is far from the Farrelly brothers best work. You'd expect a movie starring the outlandish Jack Black as a devil posing as Santa, directed by Barry and written by Peter, to be an explosive comedy event, but it's just not the case. In fact, the movie never makes it much past mildly amusing, despite featuring a decidedly nutty but oddly Christmassy concept, and a lead actor known for being just the right kind of wild and unpredictable.  It should come as no surprise th...

In 1967 the United States is heavily embroiled in the Vietnam war, and John 'Chickie' Donohue (Zac Efron) gets an idea to show his buddies from the neighbourhood serving in Vietnam that the folks back home support them. He's going to bring them beer. But he soon learns that smuggling himself into the country will prove to be the easy part. The Greatest Beer Run Ever  represents a very different approach to doing a war movie, in much the same way that a beer run is a rather odd way to see an actual war. Peter Farrelly , the creator of Loudermilk  and director of such comedy classics as Dumb & Dumber  and Me, Myself and Irene  is not exactly the first guy you think of to direct a war movie, but as soon as you learn what this movie is about - or at least read the title - it all starts to make sense. The other thing that strikes you about The Greatest Beer Run Ever  is that it's based on a true story. John 'Chickie' Donohue did indeed travel all over south Vietn...