All posts tagged "Comedy"
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Jim Batts | May 21, 2020
THE TRIP TO GREECE – Review
So, this Friday is the beginning of the three day weekend that usually kicks off Summer vacation time....
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Cate Marquis | April 20, 2020
CLOVER – Review
CLOVER is a crime action/comedy about a couple of Irish American brothers on the run from a Italian...
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Jim Batts | March 7, 2020
GREED (2020) – Review
So the title of this new comedy refers to one of the “seven deadly sins” as labeled in...
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Cate Marquis | February 28, 2020
EMMA. – Review
There have been both TV and movie adaptions of Jane Austen’s novel “Emma,” about a meddling rich young...
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Jim Batts | January 9, 2020
LIKE A BOSS – Review
In the last couple of weeks we’ve welcomed a new year and a new decade, so let’s continue...
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Jim Batts | December 24, 2019
SPIES IN DISGUISE – Review
The morning of the big day has finally arrived. The toys are opened and the house is “knee-deep”...
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Jim Batts | November 7, 2019
LAST CHRISTMAS – Review
We all may know someone who’s more than a little “Noel-nutty” (hey, it might be that person with...
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Jim Batts | November 7, 2019
PLAYING WITH FIRE (2019) – Review
Need to drop off the kids at the multiplex while you take care of some pre-Thanksgiving “prep”? Or...
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Jim Batts | October 31, 2019
JO JO RABBIT – Review
This week’s new comedy/drama is a most unexpected entry in the career of a gifted international filmmaker. After...
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Jim Batts | July 18, 2019
THE ART OF SELF DEFENSE – Review
While the big-budget action blockbusters duke it out for the box office bucks at the multiplex a very...
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Jim Batts | July 11, 2019
STUBER – Review
Here’s good news for those needing a brief break from the superhero epics, franchise flicks, and assorted reboots....
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Cate Marquis | June 28, 2019
THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE – Review
Despite the title, writer/director Denys Arcand’s film is actually a French Canadian satiric crime thriller/comedy about a delivery...
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Jim Batts | April 12, 2019
LITTLE – Review
In this weekend’s new comedy, several familiar elements are tossed in the movie blender hoping to come up...
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Cate Marquis | March 22, 2019
GLORIA BELL – Review
Julianne Moore stars in GLORIA BELL, Oscar-winning Chilean writer/director Sebastian Lelio’s English-language remake of his romance/comedy/drama about a...
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Jim Batts | February 21, 2019
TO DUST- Review
While many “feel good” movies are exhaulted with ad lines exclaiming “a celebration of life”, this new “dramedy”...
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Jim Batts | February 21, 2019
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD – Review
It’s franchise time (when is it not) at the multiplex this weekend, though it’s not another superhero sequel...
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Jim Batts | February 14, 2019
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC (2019) – Review
“Hello, film lovers, where ever you are…” (with apologies and props to Rogers and Hammerstein). Yes, it’s that...
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Cate Marquis | February 13, 2019
HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U – Review
In time for Valentine’s Day comes HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U, a sequel to the 2017 horror/comedy HAPPY DEATH...