comedy
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Another Hole in the Head Capsule Reviews 2
San Francisco’s Another Hole in the Head genre film festival comes to a close tonight at New People...
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
It’s been nearly a decade since Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy introduced Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay’s...
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Enough Said
I will shamefully admit that when I started to hear some of the buzz generated by Nicole Holofcener’s...
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Another Hole in the Head Celebrates 10 Years of Genre Madness
Tonight, after the insanity of Black Friday shopping has passed and everyone’s Turkey-itis has subsided, the Another Hole...
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Philomena
Judi Dench, an actress capable of moving mountains with her onscreen power, is capable of much more than...
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East Nashville Tonight
Originally attempting to film a documentary to promote touring country music songwriters, co-directors Brad and Todd Barnes (Peace...
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About Time
Richard Curtis, the sentimental writer/director behind charming British rom-coms Love Actually, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary, is easily England’s male Nora...
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Zaytoun
Director Eran Riklis awkwardly sets a breezy odd-couple road trip movie under the dark cloud of the Israeli-Arab...
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Escape Plan
The recent revival of bombastic ’80s action flicks spearheaded by Sylvester Stallone hasn’t been as unwelcome as I...
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The Way Way Back
From the Oscar winning minds behind the story of The Descendants, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash bring a...
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Machete Kills
When approaching my critique of Machete Kills—Robert Rodriguez‘s second entry into the eponymous character’s bloody B-movie saga that started...
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Interview: Danny Trejo of Machete Kills
Starting as the character “Uncle Machete” in the first Spy Kids movie in 2001, DIY director Robert Rodriguez and...
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Ass Backwards
Sometimes a film can be so bad its existence is baffling. Ass Backwards, a comedy co-written by stars...
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Computer Chess
Mumblecore extraordinaire Andrew Bujalski’s (director of Funny Ha Ha and Beeswax) latest effort expands upon his mumblecore roots...
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Interview: Stacie Passon of Concussion
In Concussion, first-time writer-director Stacie Passon gives us a glimpse into the doldrums of lesbian suburbia and how...