Comedy

‘Capricorn One’ (1977) gets off the ground as a conspiracy tale

Earlier this year, Hollywood put out “Fly Me to the Moon,” an alternate-history tale about a faked moon landing during the Apollo program. But cinema

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‘Rich and Strange’ (1931) cracks code of talkie filmmaking

After middling creative success with what today play like filmed theatrical works early in the sound era, Alfred Hitchcock opens up to the medium’s potential

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Fall movie preview 2024: 10 films I wouldn’t mind seeing

Depth might be returning to Hollywood’s offerings this fall. The season is short on mega-hyped movies, but a closer look reveals many projects whose taglines

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Fall TV preview 2024: 10 shows I wouldn’t mind watching

Is Fall TV still a thing in this era when new stuff starts and ends at all points on the calendar, seemingly at random? It

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In ‘Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man’ (1951), vaudeville pair confronts the unseen

“Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man” (1951) is first and foremost a boxing movie. Admittedly, it’s also slapstick. It’s a detective show. And –

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Bone-dry comedy ‘Buffalo ’66’ (1998) an all-time weird romance

Christina Ricci made her transition from kid to adult fare in stark fashion. A year after doing “That Darn Cat,” she starred in “The Opposite

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Ricci tries bizarre British whimsy in ‘Miranda’ (2002)

During a brief British swing that included the paycheck horror film “The Gathering” (2003), Christina Ricci tried a creative art piece, “Miranda” (2002). The lone

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‘The Trouble with Harry’ (1955) is that it’s so different

“Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (1941) is infamously Alfred Hitchcock’s worst film because he operates like a hired hand, efficiently making a standard, unfunny rom-com. The

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‘Cobra Kai’ eventually gets its kicks back in Season 6, Part 1

Has “Cobra Kai” (Netflix) lost its fighting edge in the five-episode Season 6, Part 1? Episode one is quite flat, episode two is spicier, but

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‘The Princess and the Goblin’ (1991) isn’t slick, but it has childlike wonder

Unfortunately for “The Princess and the Goblin” (1991), it was released in the United States in 1994, the same year as “The Lion King.” Comparisons

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