Comedy

‘What We Do in the Shadows’ makes hilarious transition to small screen

I hadn’t seen the 2014 movie “What We Do in the Shadows,” so I wasn’t sure what to expect going into FX’s spinoff series of the same

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‘Always Be My Maybe’ is exactly what you think it is – but not entirely to its detriment (Movie review)

You know what kind of movie “Always Be My Maybe” (Netflix) is, and the people who made it know what kind of movie it is,

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‘Ghostbusters’ (2016) leans into comedy, drops suspense

“Ghostbusters: Answer the Call” (2016) was labeled as ill-conceived before it came out, with people asking “Why remake a classic?” The good thing is that

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‘Ghostbusters II’ (1989) a big step down, but still fun

“Ghostbusters II” (1989), which feels even more Eighties than the 1984 original, is a prime example of one of those old-school blockbuster sequels that’s defined

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‘We’re No Angels’ (1989) playfully pillories the pious

Following two escaped convicts who take cover as “priests” in a small American town along the Canadian border in the 1930s, “We’re No Angels” (1989)

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‘Ghostbusters’ (1984) masterfully mixes comedy, critique

Thirty-five years later, “Ghostbusters” (1984) stands as a master class in how to smoothly mix genres. Bill Murray is consistently in a wry comedy while

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‘Happy Death Day 2U’ wrings more fun out of ‘repeated day’ premise with clever genre-hop (Movie review)

It’s accurate to call “Happy Death Day 2U” a dumb movie, and accurate to call it a smart movie. It seems as if Blumhouse studio

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‘Fighting with My Family’ is a fairly lightweight biopic, but Florence Pugh is a champion in the main role (Movie review)

“Fighting with My Family” doesn’t redefine the sports biopic genre, which in a way is too bad because professional wrestling is such an unusual thing,

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‘iZombie’ Season 5 aims to continue delicate balance

Last season, when “iZombie” constructed its new reality wherein the U.S. government and the Fillmore Graves corporation team up to keep zombies and humans behind

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‘Can’t Hardly Wait’ (1998) is a generation’s graduation party

There are ’90s teen movies with more shock value, but “Can’t Hardly Wait” (1998) is the one I point to as the “American Graffiti” of

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