But for every movie that got the future wrong, there are a few that guessed some things right. Imagine the dystopian Big Brother-type world predicted in the science fiction film1984. Even though humans do not live in a society where free thought is banned and falling in love is a ...
Rudd is known for comedies like “Anchorman,”“The 40-Year-Old Virgin,”“Clueless” and “I Love You, Man.” DeYoung has directed episodes of “The Other Two,”“Pen15,”“High Fidelity” and “Our Flag Means Death.”Daily Beast critic Nick Schager called “Friendship” the “funniest...
EM: For more sophisticated film watchers, I think the thing that is so appealing about B movies is that once you know that’s the terrain you’re in, that it’s impoverished to begin with, then you start to really appreciate the creativity that the filmmakers bring to it. It’s also...
San Diego's very own Diaz has experienced a great deal of success making fans laugh in a series of well-performing slapstick comedies such as "There's Something about Mary," "Charlie's Angels," and "Bad Teacher." All the aforementioned films she has crushed are even more impressive when ...
is Larry Tucker, who unforgettably plays Big Ralph, a seemingly laidback hood who procures weapons and keeps sewer rats as his pets. Tucker also co-wrote the screenplays for I Love You, Alice B. Toklas and Bob & Ted & Carol & Alice, two comedies tied up with the 1960s sexual ...
You might have been spending your time trying to see what you could do to mitigate the vast harm these mega-corporations have done to the planet. These areMartha Einkorn, Lenk’s #2, Selah Nommik, Zimri’s Black British wife, Alex Dabrowski, founder and former CEO of the company now ...
At 10, Amanda Bynes got her big start as a cast member on Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series "All That" in 1996 before getting her own show, "The Amanda Show," by 1999. In the aughts, she continued to appear in numerous classic comedies, including 2002's "Big Fat Liar," 2006's "...
As for 30-minute increments, these are usually comedies and can operate just fine. As for waiting a week between episode, firstly that isn't even true on some of the major services (Netflix, Amazon), or with back catalogs that are what is called "online". Lastly, for shows...
There probably isn't a certified doctor who would prescribe a feel-good movie to lift your spirits, but sometimes it really helps. Feel-good movies are a subgenre that ranges from comedies to dramas. The secret to their success is that the main characters overcome their anxieties, their perso...
Most of the visions of the future from old movies have not completely come to be. Flying cars are still a sci-fi dream, and no one has set foot on a distant planet, let alone colonized it. It's fun to dream, though, and even more fun to revisit retro visions of what people...