Office Christmas Party (2016)
“Can this thing handle snow?” In storytelling, a hamartia is a fatal flaw exemplified by a single character. This is typically greed, jealousy, disdain. It’s a telling reflection of a […]
Tag Archives: Comedy
Moana (2016)
“Who would want to go anywhere else?” I hope you’ve all experienced that sort of awkward and instant connection with another person where you couldn’t hold back a slight smile aimed in […]
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
“Why am I so grotesque?” There has to be an underlying reason as to why so many high school films exist. I mean, those developmental years – when we’re all too […]
Almost Christmas (2016)
“Family is never a bother.” Like any given holiday film, Almost Christmas includes madcap humor and the drama of lost loved ones. Usually the two don’t gel. So it’s with great surprise that […]
Trolls (2016)
“I think everyone deserves to be happy.” If you ever wondered what the film version of a singing birthday card would be like, then Trolls is your answer. High-pitched, unexpected, and most of […]
La La Land (2016)
[This is a review from the 2016 Chicago International Film Festival. La La Land opens nationwide December 16th.] “I’m a phoenix rising from the ashes.” Perhaps the best way to describe the […]
Masterminds (2016)
“All I ever really wanted was adventure.” Masterminds approaches comedy in a grounded, hunched over position, fumbling around for a light switch in the dark and mining for a toilet seat […]
The Hollars (2016)
“Can we cut the s*** here, for a second?” People do not experience emotions the way they are portrayed and supposedly felt in The Hollars, one of the year’s biggest disappointments and […]
Sing Street (2016)
“You can never do anything by half.” Sing Street is a movie for music fans, for lovers of defiant romance, and for the displaced teens lining the walls of middle schools the […]
Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)
“How in the hell did I end up here again?” Once you look past the egregious typo in the title and the intermittent phoniness of Bridget Jones’s Diary (it literally pains […]
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