All posts tagged "Comedy"
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Jim Batts | November 15, 2024
A REAL PAIN -Review
This weekend sees the release of a film that is an interesting variation on the “road” movies, and...
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Jim Batts | November 15, 2024
RED ONE – Review
Take those jack o’lanterns to the dumpster, it’s Christmas time, at least according to the multiplex (and Thanksgiving...
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Mark Glass | October 18, 2024
PANDA PLAN – Review
Ever since 1995’s RUMBLE IN THE BRONX lit up our screens, I’ve been a huge fan of Jackie...
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Jim Batts | October 10, 2024
SATURDAY NIGHT – Review
Ah, the weekend, a time to kick back and relax after the drudgery of the nine-to-fives grind. Well,...
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Jim Batts | September 5, 2024
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE – Review
“It’s showtime!”…well more like HBO and Max eventually after this brand spankin’ (careful) new sequel to a much-beloved...
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Cate Marquis | August 23, 2024
BETWEEN THE TEMPLES – Review
Jason Schwartzman plays a cantor who has lost his singing voice, his wife and maybe even hope, whose...
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Jim Batts | August 9, 2024
THE INSTIGATORS – Review
It’s funny how an old TV catchphrase will just magically pop into your brain. While watching this new...
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Cate Marquis | July 26, 2024
FABULOUS FOUR – Review
Bette Midler. Susan Sarandon, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Megan Mullally are the fabulous four actresses cast as best...
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Jim Batts | July 11, 2024
FLY ME TO THE MOON – Review
Yes, I see that title and I immediately picture “ole’ blue eyes”, a trench coat draped over a...
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Jim Batts | July 2, 2024
DESPICABLE ME 4 – Review
As we approach the big extended (four days) holiday weekend the big Summer movie season dashes past its...
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Jim Batts | May 16, 2024
IF – Review
After taking us into A QUIET PLACE in two box office hits (with a prequel arriving very soon),...
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Jim Batts | April 18, 2024
SASQUATCH SUNSET – Review
So, you say you want to see something different, offbeat, out-of-the-ordinarry on your next visit to the cinema...
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Jim Batts | April 15, 2024
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS – Review
Since it seems that the big action blockbusters are taking over the multiplex far in advance of their...
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Cate Marquis | April 14, 2024
MATCHMAKING – St. Louis Jewish Film Festival Review
MATCHMAKING, one of the best comedies at this year’s St. Louis Jewish Film Festival, is a romantic comedy...
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Cate Marquis | April 5, 2024
WICKED LITTLE LETTERS – Review
WICKED LITTLE LETTERS is one of those truth-stranger-than-fiction tales that remind us that people are weirder than we...
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Jim Batts | March 21, 2024
PROBLEMISTA – Review
In 2024, could there be sure a thing as a “hip film studio” that would attract both filmmakers...
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Jim Batts | March 21, 2024
GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE – Review
Suit up! Even though spring has finally sprung it doesn’t mean that all the spooks and specters are...
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Cate Marquis | March 21, 2024
AMERICAN DREAMER – Review
In the comedy AMERICAN DREAMER, Peter Dinklage plays a curmudgeonly college professor with a dream to buy a...