‘My Best Friend’s Exorcism’ has neither laughs nor scares
Movie review: By not settling on a tone, this mix of comedy, horror and legitimate teen drama falls flat in every category.
Comedy
‘My Best Friend’s Exorcism’ has neither laughs nor scares
Penn starrer ‘Sweet and Lowdown’ (1999) turns out sour
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Penn and Morton are decent, but where are the laughs in this faux-historical piece that’s structured like a comedy?
‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ finds variety of goofy fun
Movie review: Director Eric Appel and Weird Al himself use Yankovic’s real career as a foundation to make fun of biopics and share silly laughs.
Sorvino magnetically ridiculous in ‘Mighty Aphrodite’ (1995)
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): It includes a lot of Allen staples, but Mira Sorvino’s unusual Oscar-winning performance makes this film stand out.
‘Bullets Over Broadway’ (1994) well written, not well directed
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Sometimes Allen gets casual about his direction, and it’s particularly unfortunate here because good gags get lost.
Smith taps funny bone, tugs heartstrings in ‘Clerks III’
Movie review: Writer-director Kevin Smith makes not merely a nostalgia-fest, but his flat-out best film in a long time.
‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ a hurricane of narcissism, buzzwords
Movie review: This pitch-black horror-comedy has no interest in giving us someone to root for. But it does make biting points about modern culture.
‘Dealing’ (1972) a still-relevant time capsule of Drug War
Michael Crichton Monday (Movie review): The film is a little better than the book as Robert F. Lyons plays a good-hearted pot dealer.
Dark horror-comedy serves up ‘Fresh’ dating insights
Movie review: The 2022 film with the biggest twist is propelled by social commentary and tasty chemistry between Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan.
Beavis and Butt-head score with ‘Do the Universe’
Movie review: Mike Judge hasn’t lost touch with these characters he invented three decades ago. Plus, the comedic pacing is better than ever.