Tag: comedy
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts is a funny—yet serious—story about a young woman who would rather play with her i-Pad than plan on the upcoming delivery of her new baby. But once it all sets in that she is, indeed, expecting, she feels a need to re-connect with her parents—a mother whom she hasn’t seen or [...]
The Babymakers
The Babymakers belongs to that rare breed of comedy where you’re not quite sure if it’s hysterical or sociopathic. Upon first glance, The Babymakers seems to be following in the footsteps of the ill-fated Jennifer Aniston/Jason Bateman vehicle, The Switch. Who knew that the horrors of childbearing were such a comedic gold mine? It seems [...]
Vamps Brings Heckerling and Silverstone Together Again
The era of Clueless may have come and gone, but the party-girls still have some unfinished business to attend to. Alicia Silverstone – branded forever as Cher “As If!” Horowitz – reunites this fall with the director who made her a household name back in 1995: Amy Heckerling. The writer/director of the classic high school comedy is [...]
Goats
Christopher Neil’s Goats brings together an interesting mix of actors to create what ends up being an enjoyable film, for the most part. With the tagline “You can’t choose your family . . . or can you?” the film shows that biological father’s aren’t necessarily the only option when it comes to needing a man [...]
The Inbetweeners Movie
The transition from the small screen to the silver screen is usually a rough one. Complaints of the film feeling like an elongated episode or not having enough material to warrant a film adaptation abound. Luckily, for writers Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, as well as director Ben Palmer, nobody can accuse The Inbetweeners Movie [...]
Holy Flying Circus
Immediately after production wrapped on Monty Python’s massive comedy classic, Life of Brian, the troupe of comedians were bombarded with religious criticism, death threats, and of course news of the film being banned all over the world. Holy Flying Circus is meant to be a documentary of these events, except not really. Much in the [...]
Coming Soon: The Inbetweeners
From Wreckin Hill Entertainment comes the British box-office smash The Inbetweeners, set to open in the U.S. in eight markets cross-country on September 7, 2012. The film, based on the popular UK television series of the same name, recently had the biggest opening week ever in the UK for a live action comedy. Already reaching the [...]
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
It’s not too hard to imagine the pitch meeting for this one: A producer is watching Shark Week and catches a bit about the real-life 1916 “Jersey Shore Shark Attack.” It pretty much writes itself, really. SyFy has been rolling out new Creature Features pretty regularly for some time now, enlisting the aid of Roger [...]
Tanna Frederick to Star: Just 45 Minutes to Broadway
The latest feature film from director Henry Jaglom and star Tanna Frederick is set to hit theatres this fall. The comedy, Just 45 Minutes From Broadway, costarring Judd Nelson, is an adapted work from the director’s own stage play about the lives of a Yiddish theatre family. Frederick has worked with Jaglom on two previous films: [...]
Father’s Day (4-Disc Limited Edition)
When I originally reviewed Father’s Day back in February (here), I knew the film was something great. Sure enough, six months later Father’s Day has proven to be my favorite film of 2012, and like all of the film’s rabid fans, I’ve been looking forward to its official release on Blu-ray for quite some time. [...]
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