“The Happytime Murders” is a movie unlike any other. Henson puppets yeah!  But beware…. don’t take the kids.   Two words; porno puppetry.  Third word?  R Rated.  With that said, you’ll laugh out loud, sometimes cringingly so, throughout this funny, raunchy abrasive comedy with a sweet center, that being  the unique puppet and human cop duo that only Melissa McCarthy can pull off.

Brian Henson, son of the acclaimed Muppets creator Jim, created ‘Henson Alternative,’ a subgroup which focuses on ‘adult puppet comedy,’ and this film certainly lives up to company’s tagline, ‘No Sesame.  All Street.’  Brian directed and co-wrote along with Todd Berger.  

Melissa McCarthy stars and with her expert  comic timing she creates real chemistry with her blue puppet partner Phil Philips (Bill Barretta).  Ex-Puppet cop Phil, screwed up during an incident in the line of duty while trying to protect his now estranged ex- partner Connie Edwards (Melissa McCarthy.) Phil now has his own business protecting puppets from blackmail, with his loyal and in love with him but he’s clueless about that,  human secretary Bubbles who is played wonderfully by Maya Rudolph. 

When Phil’s beloved brother Larry Shenanigans, an actor on the popular puppet show, “The Happytime Gang,” dies under mysterious circumstances, Phil is forced to find his murderer and to stubbornly team up with Edwards to solve the crime.  More of the “Happytime” cast gets murdered, and Phil and Connie find themselves as suspects. Edward’s bosses get in the mix, a funny Joel McHale, who plays FBI Agent Campbell, and Lieutenant Banning, (Leslie David Baker).

Time is ticking for the duo, as they have to solve the crime before more people are targets as well as themselves.  The always terrific Elizabeth Banks is in the mix as well.  Ok, so the scenes of an ejaculating puppet, various puppet sex and S/M scenes, a hilarious take off of the famous Sharon Stone crossing leg scene in “Basic Instinct,” well it’s all there.  “The Happytime Murders,” is  an outrageous and gross hodgepodge, the film knows exactly what it is, and you’ll be laughing, mostly, throughout.

“The Happy Times Murders” goes wide in Theaters on August 24th. 

Oscar Isaac– we’ve known him for what seems like a long time, he’s one of the best and the brightest of this generation’s movie stars.

You know him from “Star Wars” where he’s Poe Dameron, ace pilot and hot head. Next month he’ll open in “Life Itself” from “This is Us” creator Dan Fogelman. But next week he stars in a serious World War II thriller called “Operation Finale” which Isaac produced with his manager, Jason Spire. It was a labor of love that turns out to be a searing, engrossing film about the hunting of real life international criminal and Hitler henchman Adolph Eichmann in Argentina some 15 years after the war ended. It’s a must-see film that has awards buzz written all over it.

There could be an Oscar for Oscar. That alone is a tantalizing idea.

Last week, Isaac, co-stars Joe Alwyn and Sir Ben Kingsley attended the New York premiere of their new film at the Walter Reade Theater. Isaac stars as Mossad secret agent Peter Malkin in Chris Weitz’s meaty suspense thriller about the  covert operation to abduct Adolf Eichmann (Sir Ben Kingsley), the logistical ringleader of the Final solution, off the back streets of Argentina in the 60’s. (Malkin’s real-life son, Omer Malkin, attended the premiere and afterparty.)

Oscar winner Danny Boyle is out as the director of James Bond 25.

Producers Barbara Broccoli, Michael Wilson, and star Daniel Craig announced Boyle’s departure “due to creative differences” on Twitter early this afternoon.

The film is in pre-production, which means there won’t be too much leeway getting a replacement. The obvious choice is Sam Mendes, director of the last two Bond movies, “Skyfall” and “Spectre.”

Boyle won the Oscar for “Slumdog Millionaire” and is highly regarded for many other films including “127 Hours” and “Trainspotting.”

Boyle is also involved in a Richard Curtis project that includes the Beatles’ music.

When I saw him a few months ago, Boyle said he was ready to direct Bond but was waiting for a script. Not long after, he was announced as the director.

So stay tuned. Will Mendes return? Will the Bond team find someone else? And why has there been such a flurry of activity around Idris Elba when Craig was already announced? Is the whole film in jeopardy again?

It’s a case for James Bond! The producers sound shaken, if not stirred.