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Sundance 2015: You should abstain from ‘Sleeping with Other People’
With each new inferior romantic-comedy, you come to appreciate the delicate brilliance of When Harry Met Sally just a little bit more. Sleeping with Other People is a particularly egregious offender because it borrows so heavily from the classic. Though it tries very hard (too hard) to please, it can’t overcome its faulty premise, miscast leads, and ill-conceived gags. This is a rom-com with very few laughs and even fewer romantic sparks. More
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Sundance 2015: ‘Sleeping With Other People’ inadvertently upstages the power of its intimate moments
Sleeping with Other People Directed and written by Leslye Headland USA, 2015 Lesyle Headland’s Sleeping with Other People is a R-rated romantic comedy that suffers from being a little too in love with itself but hits a few notes of authenticity and elicits enough raucous humor to make it a mostly worthwhile exercise in deciphering […] More
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Bojack Horseman is an argument for binge watchingi
Despite all the suggestions that we’re in a new golden age of television, there’s still plenty of hand-wringing and pearl clutching over the phenomenon of binge watching. Some argue simply that it undermines the experience. It’s also been suggested that binge watching can kill. That a lot of us are binging, particularly on streaming content, is […] More
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Sketchy Episode 109 – ‘The Lego Movie’
Sketchy reviews one of the best cartoons to hit theatres in a while. It’s “The Lego Movie!” Starring Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Will Ferrell, and Charlie Day, it’s a wildly exciting movie that makes you realize everything is awesome. So, if you haven’t seen it, go see it now, and then […] More
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‘The LEGO Movie’ is another fast-paced, exuberant delight from ’21 Jump Street’ directors
The LEGO Movie Written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller USA, 2014 The opening moments of Pixar’s last great film to date, Toy Story 3, depict an intentionally, increasingly goofy and outlandish fantasy scenario in which all of the toys in Andy’s bedroom play a part. There are the heroic Sheriff Woody and […] More
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Trailer for ‘The Lego Movie’
Transformers and Battleship were just the beginning. The latest Hollywood trend of turning toys into movies continues with The Lego Movie. But before you start crying out cursing Hollywood for ruining your childhood, you might want to take a look at the official trailer, which was just released by Warner Bros. The film is written and directed by Phil […] More
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‘The Kings of Summer’ an explosively funny, winning coming-of-age story
It is a blessing and a curse to be a teenager with a wayward imagination, the former because even the most mundane objects in life can be imbued with some sense of mystery and wonder, and the latter because the more fantastical you make the world, the more let down you’ll be when reality sets in. More
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Sundance London 2013 – Part One: ‘Upstream Color’ upstages silly and serious competition
The Kings of Summer empathises with two high school kids, Joe (Nick Robinson) and Patrick (Gabriel Basso), who trade their exasperated suburban living for an unconventional residency deep in the forest. With the assistance of affable yet creepy tag-along Biaggio (Moises Arias), the boys transform scraps of wood into an implausibly well-structured new home for […] More
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New Trailer for Sundance Comedy Favorite ‘The Kings of Summer’
A new trailer for “Funny or Die Presents” Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ coming-of-age film has been released. The film premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Festival under the title, Toy’s House. The Kings of Summer is about three teens sick of their parents that decide to build a house to live in on their own in a forest nearby. Parks […] More
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Lizzy Caplan and Alison Brie play sisters opposite each other in first trailer for ‘Save the Date’
– Alison Brie was known to many individuals as a capable dramatic actress for her role as Trudy Campbell in the critically acclaimed series Mad Men when she was cast as Annie Edison in Community. The cult hit quickly garnered her a new set of fans in the comedy community, and both sets of fans […] More