Comedy

In ‘Our Idiot Brother,’ the idiot is the smart one, and so is this refreshing comedy (Movie review)

In a scene from “Our Idiot Brother,” title character Ned (Paul Rudd) is counting his cash on the subway and he hands it to a stranger to

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10 movies John wouldn’t mind seeing this fall (Commentary)

I’ve done the hard work of perusing Entertainment Weekly’s fall movie preview and watching the trailers, and I now present the top 10 movies to

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Perfect casting, frenetic pace help ‘30 Minutes or Less’ deliver (Movie review)

Is it possible for Danny McBride to not be funny? Playing a criminal who is tailing the unfortunate pizza-delivery guy whom he forces to rob

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‘The Change-Up’ delivers lots of crude laughs, but it’s mostly a throwaway (Movie review)

“The Change-Up” has many of the things I look for in a blockbuster comedy: Jokes involving poop, pee, genitals, breasts and sex, plus copious dropping of

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First episode impressions: ‘Friends with Benefits’ (TV review)

As far as I can tell after two episodes, “Friends with Benefits” is a good show for people who think the main purpose of romantic relationships is

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‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’ And ‘cute’ and ‘smart’ and ‘funny’ (Movie review)

I love a lot of scenes, a lot of moments, a lot of lines from “Crazy, Stupid, Love.,” the best movie of 2011 so far. But one

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First episode impressions: ‘Awkward.’ (TV review)

Lots of TV shows have shown the awkwardness of high school, those moments where if the poor kid only had a “How to Navigate High

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‘Horrible Bosses’ a humorous escape from behind the desk (Movie review)

The new classics of 2011 aren’t as elaborate as the great comedies of years gone by; rather, the joke tends to be right there in

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One-season wonders: ‘Privileged’ (2008-09) (Review)

Like all TV fans, I’ve been known to complain when a show I like gets canceled. I’ve been doing less complaining in recent years, partly

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Hilariously inappropriate ‘Bad Teacher’ gets a passing grade (Movie review)

“Bad Teacher” had me at the moment in the trailer when Cameron Diaz’s Elizabeth Halsey — when informed that a meeting is mandatory — says “I

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