Posts with the tag 'Comedy'

THELMA

THELMA- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Inspired by a real-life experience of director Josh Margolin’s own grandmother, THELMA puts a clever spin on movies like MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, shining the spotlight on an elderly grandmother as an unlikely action hero.”

6/18/24- Early reviews are very good. TRDB.

Add comment June 18th, 2024

WICKED LITTLE LETTERS

WICKED LITTLE LITTERS- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, WICKED LITTLE LETTERS follows two neighbors: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime.”

4/4/24- Fair reviews for this drama/comedy. TRDB.

Add comment April 4th, 2024

LOUSY CARTER

LOUSY CARTER- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In LOUSY CARTER, David Krumholtz (OPPENHEIMER) stars as a ne’er-do-well literature professor adrift on a soulless college campus who learns he only has six months to live. With the clock ticking, will he change his ways? Probably not.”

4/2/24- Fair reviews from the critics and good ones from audiences. TRDB.

Add comment April 2nd, 2024

QUIZ LADY

QUIZ LADY- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In Quiz Lady, a brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne (Awkwafina), and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny (Sandra Oh), must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a wild, cross-country trek to get the cash the only way they know how: by turning Anne into a bona-fide gameshow champion.”

11/6/23- Fairly good reviews from most critics. TRDB.

Add comment November 6th, 2023

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After missing her flight from New York to London, Hadley (Haley Lu Richardson) meets Oliver (Ben Hardy) in a chance encounter at the airport that sparks an instant connection. A long night on the plane together passes in the blink of an eye but upon landing at Heathrow, the pair are separated and finding each other in the chaos seems impossible.”

9/17/23- Fair reviews for this comedy/drama. TRDB.

Add comment September 17th, 2023

OFFICE RACE

OFFICE RACE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A professional underachiever is coerced by his new boss to run a charity marathon, with unexpected twists as he races against time and his own limits.’

9/10/23- No professional reviews as yet but audiences have liked it very much. TRDB.

Add comment September 10th, 2023

SHORT COMINGS

SHORT COMINGS- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Ben, a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When he’s not managing an arthouse movie theater as his day job, Ben spends his time obsessing over unavailable blonde women”

8/9/23- Good reviews for this drama/comedy TRDB.t

Add comment August 9th, 2023

THEATER CAMP

THEATER CAMP-2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. TRDB. “Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the new original comedy Theater Camp as Amos and Rebecca-Diane — lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown camp in upstate New York. When clueless tech-bro Troy (Jimmy Tatro) arrives to run the property (into the ground), Amos, Rebecca-Diane and production manager Glenn (Noah Galvin) band together with the staff and students to stage a masterpiece, and keep their beloved summer camp afloat.”

7/15/23- Fair reviews. TRDB.

Add comment July 15th, 2023

MILLIE LIES LOW

MILLIE LIES LOW- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes.”Millie, an architecture student from Wellington, New Zealand, has landed a competitive internship with a prestigious firm in New York. After telling everyone she knows about the opportunity, she suddenly suffers a panic attack as her plane is about to take off, and misses her flight.”

7/1/21- Fairly good reviews. TRDB.

Add comment July 1st, 2023

I’LL SHOW YOU MINE

I’LL SHOW YOU MINE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “An author sits down to interview her beguiling pansexual nephew, Nick, for a new book about his history as a model.”

6/23/23- Reviews are weak at best. TRDB.

Add comment June 23rd, 2023

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