Tag: comedy
Fantasia 2026 Exclusive: CHAAR DIWAARI Trailer Examines The Creeping Feeling That The Walls Are Closing In
Celebrating its upcoming North American premiere on July 30th at the Fantasia International Film Festival is Syed Shadan's claustrophobic short film chiller, Chaar Diwaari (Four Walls). Premiering as part of the Fragments of Asia short film program at the festival,...
Fantasia 2026 Review: YOU ARE THE FILM, A Meta-Cinema Romance That Tears a Hole in the Universe
As someone who typically goes to the movies on a Sunday night for the 10:30pm show, and typically to go watch the stranger side of cinema, I am often given a ‘private screening’ from the local Cineplex chain. Because,...
THE PATRIOT, ERASER, and More Action-Heavy Arrivals to Home Video
New home video releases of action films headlined by Schwarzenegger, Gibson, Berenger, and Beetz!
TALES OF THE WILD WEST: COLLECTION TWO Celebrates Five Underseen Westerns from the 60s and 70s
Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Charlton Heston, William Holden, and Kirk Douglas headline five memorable but underseen Westerns.
THE LEGEND OF JUAN JOSE MUNDO Trailer
As a child of the 1980s, I've come full circle: I loved it while I was in it (thank you Molly Ringwald and Amblin Entertainment), I felt cringe about it for a looong time (thank you jelly shoes and side...
GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS Review: One Of The Year's Funniest Films Is Here
When her fiancé Tom (Michael Cassidy) cashes in his celebrity hall pass in the back room of a local bookstore, poor Gail Daughtry (Zoey Deutch) is heartbroken. What was once a whimsical thought exercise has now become very real. The...
MOANA (2026) Review: Bland, Dull, Lifeless Live-Action Remake
Unnecessary. Redundant. Superfluous. Three English-language words that describe the same or similar experience in life or fiction. Any one of those words, alone or collectively, can also describe Moana, the less-than-anticipated live-action remake of the 10-year-old animated hit that...
THE WRONG GIRLS Trailer & Poster: Technicolour Stoner Comedy Caper
Stoner comedies, when they hit the right vibe, can work very well even fopr those who have no experience with or interest in a partiocular substance. It's an oddly relatable situation, when you are not quite in the right mind...
MOTELX 2026: Lisbon International Horror Film Festival Reveals First Wave of Titles
Our friends at MOTELX came in with a flash this week to announce the first wave of titles for this year's 20th edition of the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival. The first four titles in this year's festival are...
Now Streaming: KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE, Don't Fall in Love
The body of a teenage girl expresses her feelings more directly than she can.
MINIONS & MONSTERS Review: Sentimental Love Letter to Cinema Goes Awry in Routine Second Half
Pierre Coffin stars in, co-writes, and directs the latest Minions prequel movie.
DESPERATE LIVING 4K Review: Criterion Gets Classy With John Waters Great Underappreciated Masterpiece
From outright disgrace to global cultural treasure, the recent octogenarian iconoclast filmmaker/raconteur John Waters has lived a dozen lives since he first picked up a camera as a teenager in the '60s. By the time Waters made 1977's Desperate Living,...
THE INVITE Review: Smart, Superbly Engaging Adult Entertainment
Olivia Wilde directed and stars, alongside Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz, and Edward Norton.
CHARADE Blu-ray Review: Spies, Danger, Laughs and Fashion an Eclectic Criterion Mix
'Comedy' and 'thriller' are not genres that often go together; or if they do, the emphasis is generally on the comedy aspect and not the thrills. If there are thrills, they are usually brushed off as unserious enough to relax...
Tribeca 2026 Review: PONDEROSA, Surreal Brain Teaser Is Bogged Down by Its Own Ambition
Jack Dylan Grazer, Alexis Bledel, and Bill Camp star in Rob Rice's new film.
Tribeca 2026 Review: CAITY, Haunted House Coming of Age Story
Chiara Aurelia, Morgan Spector, and Zach Cherry star in writer/director Lindsay Calleran's beautifully written and acted film, an incredibly well-crafted coming of age/arrested development story.
SCARY MOVIE Review: 'Rebootycall' Return for The Wayans Brothers Slays Everyone But the Real Monsters
The franchise returns to its creators in a shamefully nihilistic and regressive reclamation.
HOLD THE FORT: The HOA 'in' Hell Horror Comedy is Coming to Digital on June 23rd
After moving to the suburbs, a young couple finds themselves trapped in an epic battle between their new HOA and an onslaught of monsters from hell.
POWER BALLAD Review: Paul Rudd Needs a Break
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in John Carney's new music-themed film.
CHUM Review: Shark Horror and Serial Killer Thriller Mash-Up Sinks to the Bottom
Alice Eve leads this shark horror and serial killer thriller mash-up.
