“The Humans”, based on the award winning stage play is not only one of the best stage to screen adaptions this year, but might be the best example of mainstream genre fusion this year. Is it a Thanksgiving horror film, a comedy, a suspense drama? It’s all those things and none of them. While “The […]
I Feel Pretty marks the third leading comedy role for Amy Schumer, who burst onto the scene with Trainwreck in 2015. Schumer seems to be actively trying to avoid becoming the latest movie star comedienne who gets cast in similar roles in different films only to burn out until the next big thing hits (i.e.
Jonathan Levine (50/50, Warm Bodies) is a sweet guy, he is just a terrible director. His early work including The Wackness (2008) offered hints at a promising career, but the 40-year-old has been on a downward spiral ever since and Snatched is the worst yet. Amy Schumer has officially stolen the most overrated comedian title
The best thing about Judd Apatow’s latest vulgar comedy is that he works with new actors outside his usual crew. Indie talents like Bill Hader (The Skeleton Twins), Ezra Miller (Perks of Being a Wallflower), and Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer), rarely seen in the mainstream, are given full character reinventions in Trainwreck. Amy Schumer’s first leading
Misery Loves Comedy is a clever title, it turns out, because in this revue of comedians’ entry into that world—what came before—and what has happened since does reveal some of the highlights—successes and failures—that drew them like moths to a fire. Sometimes it was that they suddenly realized they could be funny and that they