We’ve gotten used to seeing titles with Bad BLANK as a quick way of letting audiences know what they should be expecting from certain types of movies: edgy comedy, even if the premise seems cute. There have been a few…
2016 Tribeca Film Festival: Youth in Oregon
What happens when your father decides that it’s time to end it all, that he’s tired of causing you and your family so much grief and pain, that he himself is tired of suffering and just wants, well, to die?…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘I Am Chris Farley’
Imagine a group of old friends reuniting after fifteen years to reminisce about the old times, in particular a shared friend they lost long ago. This is what I Am Chris Farley ultimately comes off as. It is understandably hard to…
Movie Review: ‘Vacation’
Disclaimer: We all remember How I Met Your Mother? Right? If you haven’t, just watch the episode where Marshall, Ted, and Lily go to the hockey game and they take “sandwiches.” I’d recommend YouTube if you just want the clip.…
Here Come the Griswolds!
If you haven’t taken a vacation this summer, all you have to do is head to the theater and take a trip with the Griswolds in the new Vacation. We see Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) surprise his wife Debbie (Christina…
The Top 40 SNL Skits for SNL’s 40th Anniversary
SNL. Saturday Night Live. The place where comedy and comedians make it. Just like the city it quintessentially represents, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. And we have forty years to look at. As you…
Jon’s Movie Review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The man. The myth. The mustache. No, I’m not talking about Tom Selleck, but someone greater: Ron Burgundy. He has touched more people (especially women) than any other anchorman in fictional history. As Mandela said, “The greatest glory in living lies not…