Comedy Reviews

Comedy

Tru Loved

Tru Loved

Tru (Najarra Townsend), short for Gertrude, has recently relocated to suburbia and is starting at a new high school. She struggles to fit in and make new friends, and...

Linda
Free Birds

Free Birds

Just as one might wonder how the United States might have been different if our national symbol was the turkey (as Ben Franklin wanted) instead of the bald eagle,...

Linda
The Simpsons: The Sixteenth Season

The Simpsons: The Sixteenth Season

The Simpsons have become such a ubiquitous part of pop culture that it’s easy to forget that new episodes are still being made, deliberately, with the same edgy humor...

Jennifer
Baggage Claim

Baggage Claim

Montana (Paula Patton) is a charming, independent woman. She’s a flight attendant, has her own place, travels the world, and hangs out with her two BFFs (Adam Brody and...

Linda
The LEGO Movie (2014)

The LEGO Movie (2014)

Like good children of Danish ancestry, my brother and I grew up with Lego building blocks. We had a dresser drawer full of the plastic interlocking pieces, and often...

Linda
10 Things I Hate About You

10 Things I Hate About You

I remember kind of loving Ten Things I Hate About You when I first saw it in college.  I was just the right age to appreciate the film, and...

Jennifer
27 Dresses

27 Dresses

27 Dresses taps current Hollywood It Girl Katherine Heigl to star as Jane, a perpetual bridesmaid, who lurrrrrrrrrrrrrves weddings and has been in a whopping 27 ceremonies. But Jane’s...

Vickie
Baby Mama

Baby Mama

Let me begin by saying that I was wavering between giving this film four or five slices. It’s really a solid 4.5, but I decided to round up because...

Vickie
Cry-Baby

Cry-Baby

I swear, sometimes it seems like I have powers. This summer I developed the sudden and uncontrollable urge to watch Cry-Baby. I hadn’t seen it in over a decade,...

Jennifer
The Door in the Floor

The Door in the Floor

I had heard buzz about The Door in the Floor when it was initially released, especially for Jeff Bridges’ performance (which doesn’t surprise me, as he is one of...

Linda
Duets

Duets

Do you roll up the windows so that nobody can hear you, or do you roll ‘em down and blast the volume? If this rings any bells, then you...

Tim
A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day’s Night

Like many people, I went through my own Beatlemania, albeit a generation or two too late, when I was 16. I suddenly gained a new appreciation of my mom’s...

Linda