Guest blogger Daniel writes: Everyone loves a good comeback story, and the story here is really simple. Cheesy sci-fi TV show airs and picks up a passionate fanbase. Cheesy sci-fi TV show gets canceled and its cast seems doomed to spend…
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Movie Poll: What’s the best workplace comedy?
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The Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
Guest contributor Victoria Balloon writes: Where did Ma and Pa Kettle come from and how on earth did such an unlikely, unsophisticated premise become so popular? In 1945 Betty Mac Donald’s “The Egg and I” was a wildly successful book,…
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Please Give (2010) Dark Comedy Starring Catherine Keener Movie Review
How charitable is our own Movie Irv towards writer/director Nicole Holofcener‘s latest eccentric cinematic concoction, Please Give? Please give your attention to our resident movie guru, who’s here to help you decide whether or not to seek out this dark comedy…
Read more →A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy: Underrated Movie?
Title: A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy Year: 1982 Director: Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Jose Farrar (Cyrano de Bergerac), Julie Hagerty (Airplane), Tony Roberts (Annie Hall), Mary Steenburgen (Parenthood) The Story: Three couples spend a…
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Here lizard, lizard, lizard. No, it’s not a new Taco Bell commercial. But is the return of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe, coming to a movie theater near you with their first film project in a few years. It’s called…
Read more →Monty Python’s Golden Anniversary! …less 10 years
With the Pythons’ 50th 40th anniversary upon us, I thought it might be a good time to ignore everything they accomplished together and instead focus on their abysmal failures career highlights.
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