Overview and Premise The Package is a Netflix released exaggerated teenage comedy from August 2018. Under the direction of Jake Szymanski, the film captures a group of teenage friends whose gentle camping getaway transforms into an unhinged quest to save a severed body part. Despite the crude foundation, the venture is heartwarming in its loyalty […]
Introduction Recently released in 2023, Pierre Morel’s action-comedy film Freelance pays homage to the early 2000s jungle-set adventures that were ubiquitous in Hollywood. With a cast including John Cena, Alison Brie, Juan Pablo Raba, and Christian Slater, the film seeks to blend satire with political themes and action spectacles to create a humorous adventure. Attempting
Introduction & Development No Hard Feelings is a 2023 American comedy directed by Gene Stupnitsky, whose previous credits include episodes of The Office and Good Boys. Jennifer Lawrence stars as Maddie, joined on screen by Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, Matthew Broderick, and others. The role signals Lawrences first return to pure comedy
Overview & Origins Released in 2004 and directed by Mark Waters, Mean Girls is an American teen comedy penned by Tina Fey, who based the screenplay on Rosalind Wiseman’s book Queen Bees and Wannabes. With its signature humor and keen social observations, the film unpacks the messy politics of high school and the sometimes frail
The American Society of Magical Negroes is a satirical film that takes on one of the most problematic Hollywood tropes, “The Magical Negro.” Kobi Libii executively produced the movie and as his feature debut, he seeks to challenge a conventional narrative while simultaneously mystifying – what if such trope existed in reality? This “real” system
The Layover is a road-trip and romantic comedy that features the work of William H. Macy, who serves as both director, and lead actor in the film. It was written by David Hornsby and Lance Krall alongside Macy, starring Daddario and Upton in lead roles. The film attempts to showcase female-female friendships while exploring themes
Introduction Colin Jost’s Staten Island Summer is an American coming-of-age comedy released in 2015 that blends nostalgic reflection with a mix of adolescent hijinks. It stars a close friend group navigating high school’s end and adulthood’s beginning. Like many films, it came out digitally first on June 30, 2015, but later streamed on Netflix. The
Introduction My Spy is an American action-comedy movie that was released in 2020. It is one of the many films directed by Peter Segal and has a story written by Jon and Erich Hoeber. The cast of the film includes Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman , Kristen Schaal, Parisa Fitz-Henley, and Ken Jeong. The movie features
Synopsis Role Play starts with Brackett’s character played by Kaley Cuoco who looks like an ordinary mother living in New Jersey with her husband Dave and two children. Emma’s life seems comfortably mundane as she plays the role of a loving partner and nurturing parent. Beneath this serene domesticity, however, there exists a concealed Emma
Who’s a Good Boy (El Guau) is a 2022 Mexican film for teenagers and comedy, Ihtzi Hurtado’s work as a director and screenwriter. The movie revolves around Chema (Sebastian Dante), an earnest high school student with the goal of attaining one last high school milestone: losing his virginity to the captivating new girl at school,
