Podspotting with Mike O’Keefe
Every week, tons of great podcasts hit the digital airwaves. Additionally, some terrible podcasts also hit those same exact airwaves. That’s what happens when you let anyone do whatever he or she...
View ArticleThe Campaign: America Deserves a Better Class of Comedy
When I think back fondly on Will Ferrell’s 2004 comedy Anchorman (directed by Adam McCay), a movie I genuinely appreciate as one of the few comedy classics on the big screen of the past decade, I tend...
View ArticleThe Mindy Project: Someone Warn Mindy Fox Cancels Shows This Good (Fox)
Straight, white, twenty-something and male (demographically boring in every possible way) I’m not exactly the target audience for The Office actor/writer Mindy Kaling’s new Fox post-rom-com The Mindy...
View ArticleHilarious Basterds: Non-Comedic Directors Who Might Be Making Comedies Soon
I like it when a filmmaker steps outside their norm and tries something new. I often hope that more comedy directors or drama auteurs would make a horror film, just to see what they would add to the...
View ArticleSecond Take: Funny People (2009)
Second Take is a Man in the Movie Hat feature wherein a movie believed (by one of the writers of this site) to be misunderstood or underrated is looked at from a new perspective. The goal is to...
View ArticleThis is 40: A One Man Show As Big Budget Home Movie
Judd Apatow has established an unstoppable brand in the past ten years–his name can be found on most major comedies of the 21st Century, and yet he’s only directed four films (as of now). Of his...
View ArticleThe World’s End: Dance (and Drink) Apocalyptic
Immaturity and defiance are what might save the human spirit. Immaturity and defiance are what threaten to destroy the Earth. Immaturity and defiance are what keep pushing-40 Gary King (Simon Pegg)...
View ArticleCommunity: “Repilot” Plus One
The season five premiere of NBC’s Community (titled “Repilot”) ends pretty clearly, metaphorically speaking. The episode had a lot of narrative legwork to get through in just a short half hour of...
View ArticleTusk: Stout Mask Replica
The birth of Kevin Smith’s Canadian horror film is already legendary—some see it as nothing but a pot-addled dare that went too far at the expense of the filmgoer who stumbles onto it, others see it as...
View ArticleTed 2: The Jackening
Seth MacFarlane brings his lovably (to some) crass teddy bear back for another expletive-laced Bostonian adventure. Ted 2 works both as a direct sequel to the blockbuster original, as well as a film...
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