Comedy

‘Back to the Future Part II’ (1989) unfortunately drops the comedy

“Back to the Future Part II” (1989) is a master class in plotting, as Bob Gale tells the latest adventure of time-traveler Marty McFly (Michael

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‘Back to the Future’ (1985) a nostalgic classic about nostalgia

“Back to the Future” (1985) is one of the all-time great films, utterly fun and free-wheeling, yet it rewards film nerds’ deeper explorations with its

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‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw’ (2019) a silly, wild romp

Through the end of May, I’m looking back at the nine movies of the “Fast & Furious” franchise, watching most of them for the first

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‘The Mask’ (1994) stands out even in Carrey’s big year

Has anyone had a better three films in one year than Jim Carrey’s 1994? He broke into the mainstream with “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” and

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‘Lethal Weapon 3’ (1992) isn’t too old for this s***

After the monumentally dumb (but nonetheless entertaining) “Lethal Weapon 2” (1989), the saga pulls back from so-bad-it’s-good territory for the solid boilerplate actioner “Lethal Weapon

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‘Knives Out’ reinvigorates the whodunit

Who would’ve thought one of the most sneaky-cool films of 2019 would also be one you can recommend to your parents? Writer-director Rian Johnson’s “Knives

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‘Bad Boys for Life’ enjoyably tones down the excesses

The obvious conceit for “Bad Boys for Life” would be to laugh at two middle-aged dudes getting into explosive, camera-spinning shoot-’em-ups and lamenting how this

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‘Hancock’ (2008) hampered by conflicting tones

Will Smith returned to his Fourth of July blockbuster stomping grounds – and tried his hand at playing a superhero slightly before it was cool

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‘Toxic Avenger’ (1984) incredibly stupid yet endearing

In 1990, I got into “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and eventually learned that the source material was adult-aimed comic books. The same year, the “Toxic

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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Season 10 is prettay, prettay good

It’s been three years since the previous season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO), so Larry David and his writers had plenty of absurdities from the

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