Tag: Comedy
The Holdovers is a Tender, Relatable Study of Loneliness, Depression, and the Need for Connection (Middleburg Film Festival)
Set in the 1970s, The Holdovers tells the story of how curmudgeon high school philosophy teacher Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti), high school student Angus (Dominic Sessa), and high school chef Mary Lamb (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) all end up…
Read More »Outlaw Johnny Black Pontificates As Much as It Entertains
Black Dynamite has grown to become a cult classic in film circles with the blaxploitation parody spinning off into a cartoon show amidst its success. The team behind the film is back with Outlaw Johnny Black, a play…
Read More »Barbie is the Perfect, Entertaining Blend of Camp, Humor, and Social Messaging
Barbie has fast become one of the most anticipated films of the year amidst a marketing campaign that some believe may be the best in film history. Actress/writer/director on the rise Greta Gerwig teams up with star Margot…
Read More »Joy Ride Offers Genuine Laughs and Touching Journeys of Self Discovery
Comedies have all but disappeared from the multiplexes across America, replaced by the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s action comedies. But fans of more adult skewed humor have been lamenting the lack of options in theaters for them in recent…
Read More »Flamin’ Hot is a Classic Feel Good Movie, For Better or Worse
Flamin’ Hot is an autobiographical look at the story of Richard Montanez (Jesse Garcia), the son of a Mexican immigrant, who becomes a janitor at Frito-Lay after his wife Judy (Annie Gonzalez) becomes pregnant with their first child…
Read More »You Hurt My Feelings Review (Sundance Film Festival)
You Hurt My Feelings follows novelist Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who is in the process of writing a new novel after her previous effort failed to make a big splash. Beth’s psychiatrist husband, Don (Tobias Menzies) supports his wife’s…
Read More »Polite Society Highlights Sisterhood and its Cinematic Influences (Sundance Film Festival)
Polite Society follows Ria Khan (Priya Kansara), a London schoolgirl who dreams of using her martial artist training to become a stuntwoman. Her sister Lena (Ritu Arya) is a fellow creative enrolled in art school who helps Ria…
Read More »Broker Uses Comedy, Drama to Examine Family and Forgiveness in the One of 2022’s Best
The latest film from director Hirokazu Kore-eda, Broker begins with two men Ha Sang-hyeon (Song Kang-ho) and Dong-soo (Gang Dong-won) who volunteer at a local church but are, in secret, baby brokers who sell infants that have anonymously been…
Read More »Babylon is a Bit Too Ambitious For Its Own Good
Babylon spans the pivotal era of American filmmaking in Hollywood from 1926-1952 as a host of changes were taking place both behind the camera, in the boardrooms of movie studios, and throughout American culture at large. We follow…
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Cat Person Navigates the Modern Dating Scene (Sundance Film Festival)
As social media becomes more and more ubiquitous in our lives, Hollywood has sought to replicate the fast burning popularity of viral content in its film productions, hoping that lightning strikes twice. Cat Person closely follows the 2017…
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