Category: Comedy
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SKETCH is the surprise of 2025
Grab the kids and grandkids and find time to go to the theater. SKETCH deserves more attention than it’ll probably get.
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HAPPY GILMORE 2 relies on cameos and nostalgia
Adam Sandler is back — as a part of his big new deal with streaming giant Netflix — as one of his most beloved characters of all-time: Happy Gilmore. Basically, 30 years after the original comedy classic, Sandler and a laundry list of cameo appearances try to recapture the funny, the charm, and the enjoyment…
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HEADS OF STATE is a fun flight of fancy
There have been several Marvel or Star Wars projects, for example, that would’ve benefited from being feature-length films instead of forced episodic chapters. HEADS OF STATE is the opposite.
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M3GAN goes from horror to action, keeps comedy
We were surprised by the first M3GAN and that continues through this one! While the first movie was “a comedy masquerading as horror,” M3GAN 2.0 is a comedy masquerading as action. Kudos to Blumhouse for knowing what worked about the first installment and going back to the well!
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You like weird? DEATH OF A UNICORN is weird.
If you took laughter, fear, jump scares, mystery, mythical creatures, and put ’em all in a blender, you’d have this movie. DEATH OF A UNICORN is a dark comedy in every sense. And it’s weird. Like… weird. So let’s talk about it…
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THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND connects, charms
Have you ever fantasized about what it would be like to be at an intimate, private show of your favorite musical artist? THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND allows the audience to witness that very fantasy vicariously through the eyes — and money — of Charles (played by Tim Key). After winning the lottery, he books…
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Nobody should care what critics say about A MINECRAFT MOVIE
Jack Black turns it up to 11…and it’s perfect! A MINECRAFT MOVIE had us terrified after the first trailer dropped last year, but — wait for it — we were pleasantly surprised with the finished product. There are Minecraft video game fans worldwide, and it’s pretty clear they’re in love with this movie. Let’s talk…
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A MINECRAFT MOVIE is actually a fun adventure
When 1989’s Gamer of the Year, Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (played by Jason Momoa), faces eviction for his fledgling video game arcade, he desperately bids on a storage unit believing there’s a rare Atari Cosmos in it. After winning the bidding with $900 he doesn’t have, he finds out it’s just an empty Atari…
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DEATH OF A UNICORN is… weird
When lawyer Elliot Kintner (played by Paul Rudd) is invited to his ailing boss’s house in the Canadian Rockies, he brings his disgruntled teenage daughter, Ridley (Jenna Ortega), along for the trip. The two get into an argument on the drive and, while distracted, hit what appears to be a horse. When they get out…
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RIFF RAFF is Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?… “but everybody’s Virginia Woolf!”
We’re thrilled to have spent some time with the director of the new black comedy film RIFF RAFF, Dito Montiel. He spoke with us about how the film came together, whether it’s intimidating to work with living legends like Bill Murray and how Pete Davidson reminded him of the late great John Cazale. RIFF RAFF…
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