Comedy

Lost in the 1999 bin, ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ skewers teen pageants

“Drop Dead Gorgeous” (1999) goes to town making fun of beauty pageants like a sugar-infused kid attacking a pinata. Since I know nothing about pageants

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All 9 of Philip K. Dick’s non-SF novels, ranked

In the late 1950s, Philip K. Dick found a career as a science fiction writer, and quickly became quite good at it, delivering several classics.

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All 13 movies written and directed by Kevin Smith, ranked

To mark the 40th anniversary of “Return of the Jedi,” since I wrote a thorough tribute piece 10 years ago, I decided to look back

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All 9 ‘Scream’ movies and TV seasons, ranked

Since 1996, the “Scream” franchise has been the touchstone for the new era of screen entertainment wherein audiences give an increasing amount of feedback to

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‘Replacements’ (2000) strikes balance of heart, dumb humor

There is a great movie to be made about the 1987 Washington Redskins replacement players, but for now I’ll certainly accept the “30 for 30”

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‘Piranha 3D’ (2010), ‘3DD’ (2012) have gory fun with modern effects

George Lucas used to talk about how he waited to do the “Star Wars” prequels till the special effects technology caught up with his vision.

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‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 5 looks to the future

Like the final season of “Lost,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is flash-forwarding in its last go-around, in the prologs of each episode (three of which

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‘Buffy: Big Bad’ (2022) a fun alternate-dimension romp

“Big Bad: A Novel” (September 2022) announces up front that it’s set in an alternate “Demondale” in 1999. It’s obviously a fun novel from the

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‘John Dies at the End’ (2012) a flat adaptation, as expected

After David Wong’s “John Dies at the End” became a surprise hit debut novel in 2009, it of course became a horror-comedy movie soon after.

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‘John Dies at the End’ (2009) a passion project, despite myriad influences

Like Joss Whedon loves penning dialog and Shane Black enjoys dodging action-movie cliches, David Wong (real name Jason Pargin) clearly has a blast writing insane

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