Cooper Raiff’s sophomore feature film, Cha Cha Real Smooth, is more or less an extended epilogue of his wonderfully, comfortably contained debut, S#!%house. If that coming-of-age film was about the awkward, sensitive kid in all of us trying to adjust…
Sundance 2022: ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ is refreshingly in step with its weird masculinity
Cha Cha Real Smooth is a U.S. Dramatic Competition world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (2022). Cooper Raiff’s sophomore feature film, Cha Cha Real Smooth, is more or less an extended epilogue of his wonderfully, comfortably contained debut, S#!%house. If…
Blockers Movie Review: A film that 🐓 blocks itself
Throughout the 1980s the teen sex comedy was associated strictly with young men. Even today, movies focused on teenage girls losing their virginity – such as Maggie Carey’s The To-Do List – are rare. Director Kay Cannon’s Blockers, whose title…
Movie Review: The Comedian
Robert De Niro’s relationship with comedy is… well, pretty turbulent. In the right hands, he’s absolutely brilliant. In the wrong hands, the two-time Oscar winner finds his name in front of Showtime, Analyze That, Shark Tale and Little Fockers. And that’s…
‘How To Be Single’ Movie Review: Welcome to the Party
I suppose “How To Feel Happy and Enriched Living an Independent Life” doesn’t have the same ring as How To Be Single, but that’s ultimately the intended message of the new female-centric comedy to hit theaters on Valentine’s Day. Dakota…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘The Other Woman’ really only benefits from one woman
I’ve always been a firm believer that women are equally as funny as men. The comedy scene, especially in film, has always been a boys club of sorts. There are dozens of female trailblazers in comedy that I could name…
Gaby’s Movie Review: The Bling Ring
Being someone that has admired celebrity and fashion for most of my life, I get the allure of Hollywood and fame. It seems to be one big glitzy, glamorous party that I would just love to crash and be a…