Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Sandberg votes himself off the Island in Spinal Rap, a mock/rockumentary that’s unflinching farcical while bizarrely believable. Ridiculous rhyme schemes and clever genre subversion compete for the spotlight against impressive lineup of cameos. Clever jokes come early, while later, longer set-pieces lack life. It’s no Mona Lisa, whatever that means.

Southpaw

Everything goes wrong, including Gyllenhaal’s fighting, which is right. Tracks an unlikely hero who gets hit with every cliché before failing in his quest to gain custody of an Oscar. Fuqed up story goes south as it fails to land gut-punches and shows less heart than a taped-up punching bag.