Comedy

Recent Release"A Real Pain" Review: Minimalist Filmmaking At Its (Almost) Finest

Kieran Culkin shines in this beautiful story about love, pain, and forgiveness.

Recent Release"My Old Ass" Review: A Charming, Inventive Coming-of-Age Tale

Megan Park's new dramedy offers moving insights on life, love, and growing up.

Golden Age"My Fair Lady" 60th Anniversary Review: A Rough Reunion With Old Hollywood Sexism

Not even Audrey Hepburn can save George Cukor's overlong, insulting musical.

The Underrated"That Thing You Do!" Review: The Most Underrated Movie Ever

Tom Hanks' fun-filled ode to fleeting stardom remains a rollicking cult classic.

Features2nd Annual Canty Awards

It's the Oscars! Ya know, the... better one...

FeaturesOscars Redux: 1992 Best Supporting Actress

In the second Oscars redux, we re-evaluate Marisa Tomei's controversial win.

Golden AgeReview: "Around the World in 80 Days" Crashes and Burns On Takeoff

It's off and away in Michael Anderson's adaptation of the Jules Verne classic. Too bad the journey is a nightmare.

FeaturesMary Needs A Man: Evaluating the Stalkers of "There's Something About Mary"

Mary's picker is a tad off, so I'm stepping in to find her perfect match.

Modern Review: "The Holdovers" A Heartwarming Remedy to A Frigid Cinematic Winter

In a dark time for movies, Alexander Payne gives us an unconventional dose of Christmas cheer.

Modern "Barbie" Review: A Funny But Misguided Comedy of Patriarchy and Horses

It picks up as it goes along, but unlike its humor, Barbie's social commentary never quite rises to the occasion.

Modern Review: Amazingly, "No Hard Feelings" Is A Refreshing, Heartfelt Sex Comedy

Jennifer Lawrence finds her niche in this touching, if potentially problematic, comedy.

Modern "The Blackening" Review: It's Satire! It's Horror! It's... Nothing?

A promising premise yields disappointing results in this confused, aimless horror-comedy.

Retrospective Retrospective: Nostalgia Has Its Swinging '60s Day in "American Graffiti"

Before lightsabers and death stars, George Lucas asked a simple question: where were you in '62?

Modern Review: "Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves:" A Flawed But Fun Fantasy Ride

Nearly half a century after the game's initial release, D&D finally has a worthy movie.

Modern Review: "Everything Everywhere All At Once" Is Too True To Its Title

The Daniels feast on the multiverse. Sadly, their pants are too small.

Modern "Turning Red" Review: The Danger of Fake Representation

Disney wastes a golden opportunity in this inventive but disappointing period piece.

Modern Review: "C'mon C'mon" Drags Us Down the Long Path to Nowhere

This quirky kid road trip dramedy is more "C'mon, hold up, wait a sec, I'll be right back"

Modern Review: Journalism Gets A Touching Love Letter In "The French Dispatch"

Paul Thomas Anderson is mostly style, but he finds substance in this ode to the printed page.

Modern Review: "Almost Famous" Sails On The Unstill Waters of a Rock n' Roll Wonderland

This review will find that one person not getting it off, and it will MAKE them get off.

Modern Review: "Licorice Pizza" Goes Down As Badly As Its Title

Paul Thomas Anderson's ode to predation and Hollywood's troubling affair with illegal age gaps.

Modern "Red Rocket" Review: A Successful Launch Of Human Disaster

Simon Rex wields a mighty saber in this strawberry slice of backwoods heaven.

Modern Review: "Fargo" Sizzles In The Snowy Plains Of North Dakota

Oh, Geez, we got a black comedy crime classic on our hands!

Modern Review: "Don't Look Up" Makes Us Look Somewhere Even More Important

Adam McKay finds his footing by stomping on American stupidity.

ClassicReview: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Masters the Tricky Art of Adaptation

Jack Nicholson and the horrible, terrible, no good, totally bonkers insane asylum.