comedy

An L.A. Minute

By Ayurella Horn-Muller | August 2018

Oh, the quintessential American dream: that iconic white picket fence, framing a perfect home managed by a flawless husband/wife duo, two happy…

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Oh, the quintessential American dream: that iconic white picket fence, framing a perfect home managed by a flawless husband/wife duo, two happy children,...

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There’s an inherent attraction to something like The Happytime Murders, which merges childhood nostalgia with a hard-R-rated script. Unfortunately, Brian...

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Screwball romantic comedies have surged and waned in popularity since at least the 1930s, and some manage to find some surprising, if not ridiculous, ways...

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In this day and age, teen sex comedies are the white-hot, third rail of cinema. Back in their heyday in the Reagan years of the 1980s, the “classics”...

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Ideally, a single movie should stand on its own. Ideally, the social importance of a film should not influence whether that film is good or bad. Otherwise,...

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Comedian and first-time feature filmmaker Bo Burnham joins Chris Gore and Anthony Ray Bench on the Film Threat podcast. Bo chats about...

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In 2018, is it even possible to make a raucous spy caper feel fresh and exciting? Or has Hollywood simply run out of ideas and is looking to dust off a...

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At first glance, it’s easy to take 1973’s Blackenstein as a vast improvement over Mary Shelley’s classic novel. Did Shelley’s story include muscle...

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