Posts in Comedy
'Booksmart' Review: A Wilde Comedic Ride [SXSW 2019]

At SXSW in March, debutante-director Olivia Wilde addressed the Austin crowd, announcing how she wanted to make Booksmart the next Breakfast Club or Clueless. Something tells me, three decades from now, a budding filmmaker will say she wants to make her film the next Booksmart.

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Jordan Peele’s 'Us' Review: A Sophomore Effort Which May Have Faults, But It Is No Slump [SXSW 2019]

What was clear at SxSW’s marquee opening of Peele’s Us, was that not only has Peele deservedly earned comparisons to iconic filmmakers, but that he couldn’t be more modest during this success. Peele, much like Serling can deftly create a world of science fiction or horror that shines a dark light on… well… Us.

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‘Green Book’ Review [TIFF 2018]

The story is really about our shared humanity despite differences, and while these characters do reinforce some stereotypes, it shatters others.

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'The Predator' Review [TIFF 2018]

Shane Black’s return to The Predator franchise is a zany improvisational mess that forgets the identity of the past.

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