Ed Helms has had an interesting track record since becoming a big screen comedy star in THE HANGOVER years ago. Let’s just say some efforts have definitely been better than others. His newest is COFFEE & KAREEM (get it?), which is making its debut on Netflix, a lucky move considering the current situation with all major movie theaters being shut down. He plays Officer Coffee, and stars alongside Terrence Little Gardenhigh, who plays a street smart young man who also happens to be the disapproving son of Coffee’s girlfriend. When Kareem tries to take down Coffee, he accidentally captures footage of drug dealers carrying out a murder… and now these two mismatched fellas much work together to stay alive. We’ve certainly seen this sort of comedy before, but I actually got some good chuckles from the trailer. It looks inspired and irreverent enough to be worth a watch, and with no new movies hitting theaters, the timing for this one is pretty good. Directed by Michael Dowse (GOON), the cast also includes the great Taraji P. Henson, Betty Gilpin, RonReaco Lee, Andrew Bachelor, and David Alan Grier. Check out the trailer below and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
In the raunchy, buddy-cop comedy Coffee & Kareem, twelve-year-old Kareem Manning hires a criminal to scare his mom’s new boyfriend — police officer James Coffee — but it backfires, forcing Coffee and Kareem to team up in order to save themselves from Detroit’s most ruthless drug kingpin.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
