Moontower Comedy 2019: Emma Willmann

Opening up the comic behind Secret Keepers Club

"...her their salacious life stories. Ahead of her Moontower Comedy Festival performances, she shared some (slightly less) salacious stories..."

April 24, 2019 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Queens of Comedy

Twitter opens doors for some traditionally marginalized groups

"...launch a career? Does it really contribute to the comedy landscape? At their SXSW panels, Jane Pratt, Jenny Johnson,..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Distilling an Entire Comedy Festival Into a Single Hour?

The New Movement's Rob Gagnon Thinks It's Possible

"...Saturday night at 10:30pm, and it's called the 1-Hour Comedy Festival, and – in addition to the usual stand-up..."

April 12, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Queer Comedy, a Goth Market, and More Community Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar's approval

"...charcuterie table.   – Kimberley Jones TexAss: A Queer Comedy Show..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Sausage Party

An animated film for adults from Seth Rogen and friends

"...a premise as the one for this hard-R animated comedy about an anthropomorphized wiener and hot-dog bun, desperate to..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

"...will not be ignored. Martin Lawrence stars in this comedy thriller, which he also co-scripted and executive-produced. He plays..."

April 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Marci X

A hip-hop artist and a Jewish American Princess discover that bling-bling makes the world go ’round.

"...waters? Marci X exudes the familiar stench of stale comedy routinely tossed into theatres by the studios in the..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Butch Camp

"...wrong. This alternately hilarious and annoying take on sexual stereotypes gives the brash, unrelentingly loud Tenuta (“Pigs!”) top billing..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In & Out

"...Anyone who claims to know the formula for movie comedy success is, almost by definition, a liar. But I'd..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Endless Love

New era, same old story: young passions, forbidden love, and parents who just don't understand.

"...missteps almost carries it into the arms of perverse comedy. If the vanilla, homogenized, soap opera/TV commercial, teen-romance stereotypes..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

A Haunted House

Marlon Wayans spoofs Paranormal Activity.

"...Movie series’ architects reassemble here for a joylessly raunchy comedy about a ghost causing trouble for couple Malcolm (Wayans)..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

This is the rare horror comedy that near-perfectly balances its blend of grue, guffaws, and gag reflexes.

"...set for some serious Grand Guignol and a first-rate comedy of errors...."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who's Your Caddy?

Hip-hop culture invades the golf course in this instantly disposable and not terribly funny comedy.

"...differences: It’s not terribly funny, either. Most of the comedy is the sort that derives from racial contrasts, pitting..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Silent Love

A Mexican and Canadian production, A Silent Love puts an unusual spin on some of the clichés of the romantic comedy.

"...spin on some of the clichés of the romantic comedy. A well-written script (by Paulina Robles and Argentinean newcomer..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Boat Trip

"...are bad movies, and there’s Boat Trip, a puerile comedy so appalling and unfunny, it’s like contracting the Norwalk..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Pest

"...Buggin’, is in full manic overdrive in this low-budget comedy designed to showcase his hip-hop slapstick moves and teeming..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

His Girl Friday

"...highlights Cary Grant and Ralph Bellamy in their eternal stereotypes of the cad who gets the girl and the..."

June 9, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Window to Paris

"...as he can carry through the portal. The culture-clash comedy that comprises the majority of Window to Paris is,..."

May 19, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Thank God I'm a Lesbian

"...this woman's desire palpable. The other short is a comedy by Betsan Evans Morris called Came Out, It Rained,..."

June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lightning Jack

"...That's all fine and good, but unfortunately the character's comedy comes off in such a broad, eyeball-rolling way, it's..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Crying Game

"...the way it twists and turns, thwarting expectations, confounding stereotypes and venturing into places you least anticipate. Race, gender..."

Dec. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Noises Off!

In this screwball comedy, the behind-the-scenes activity of a traveling acting troupe threaten to bring down the play.

"...ready to kill each other. Backstage is a silent comedy gag fest, a sharp ballet of swiftly choreographed movement...."

March 27, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

My Cousin Vinny

"...its simple-minded premise and its promise of humor in stereotypes to deliver a good-natured comedy. And all that comes..."

March 13, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Can't Hardly Wait

This better-than-average teen sex comedy looks at a bunch of seniors on the night of high school graduation.

"...about the good old days of the teen sex comedy (Porky's, Zapped, Joysticks), here comes this nice throwback that..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Studio 666

The Foo Fighters make their own Evil Dead

"...imagined he’d be fighting demons and ghosts in a horror-comedy nearly 20 years later. Following the production of their..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Just Go With It

Instead of seeming effortless, this Adam Sandler/Jennifer Aniston comedy has the lazy appearance of being effort-free.

"...and rather than making things seem effortless, the entire comedy has the appearance of being effort-free. The direction by..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family

Madea is tasked once again with fixing a broken family.

"...Madea films, which are brokers of racial and sexual stereotypes and upholders of the importance of Christian religious faith..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kickin' It Old Skool

Jamie Kennedy wakes up after a breakdancing injury put him in a coma 20 years ago. That's when this film's real trauma begins.

"...begins in 1986, and like The Wedding Singer, another comedy that mines Eighties pop-culture flotsam and jetsam, it contains..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

"...with this particular picture. After all, as they say, “comedy isn't pretty.” No, my complaint is a far simpler..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Anora

An irresistible screwball comedy from the director of Red Rocket

"...and he returns to that field with pointed screwball comedy Anora, a giddy and poignant romp through a tempestuous..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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