Blogcritics Category: Video: Comedy

Salma Hayek Sneaks Her Way Into My Viewing Schedule

Josh Lasser — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:04:22 EST

How did a Salma Hayek TV appearance go unnoticed?
Regular readers will know that I truly enjoying watching Salma Hayek on screen. Some would call it a fascination, some would call it an obsession, a judge might order me to stay back 100 yards. Whatever the case, I tend to go out of my way to watch her in movies or on television. It almost broke my heart that Bandidas didn't get a big...

Psych Returns To USA January 9 With All-New Episode

Daddypundit — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:16:36 EST

America's favorite fake psychic detectives are back and ready to solve more dastardly crimes.
A New Year means it’s time for new episodes of the hit comedy-drama Psych on USA Network. The fun starts on January 9 with a brand new episode written and directed by series creator Steve Franks.Gus (Dulẻ Hill) convinces his fake psychic detective partner Shawn (James Roday) to go with him to a funeral. But it’s not just any...

DVD Review: Mystery Science Theater 3000, 20th Anniversary Edition

Blake Matthews — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:48:13 EST

The extras are what really make this set.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 was a cult television show that elevated the act of making fun of movies to an art form. The show, which ran from 1988 to 1999, featured Joel (replaced by Mike in 1993). An evil scientist forced him onto the Satellite of Love and made him watch terrible movies. Joel could have escaped using parts he found on the...

Movie Review: Marley & Me

Chris Beaumont — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 08:15:56 EST

Dogs can be destructive beings, but they know how to love unconditionally.
Sometime around the middle of 2008 my sister brought my mother a book to read. It was one in a long line of animal and pet-themed books. This particular book was a very quick read for someone who is notorious for taking forever to get through a novel. The book made her laugh, it made her cry, and famously say: "Not in my house!" The book...

Movie Review: Baby Mama

Mike Cullinan — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 07:40:01 EST

The good comic chemistry between stars Poehler and Fey generally manages to overcome script shortcomings.
Performing together for several years on Saturday Night Live, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have proven to have sharp comedic skills and chemistry that served them well as co-anchors of "Weekend Update" on the long-running comedy show. Their chemistry on that program would seem to make for a natural and obvious progression to performing...

My Ten Most Anticipated Films of 2009

Arlo J. Wiley — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:29:40 EST

Boy wizards, undead monsters, and Inglourious Basterds.
Right now, 2009 remains a blank slate, untouched, full of promise. January is the graveyard month, during which studios drop mostly movies they don't care about, so it won't take long for the new year to become sullied. I'm thinking that this weekend's triple threat of Bride Wars, The Unborn, and Not Easily Broken are gonna get...

Scrub-bing In Again

Josh Lasser — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 19:19:47 EST

Sacred Heart and the team from Leverage make for a pretty good evening.
Boy, was last night a fun night of television. First up was Leverage, which really seems to have hit its stride. I was, as you may recall, initially concerned over the fact that the show's twists weren't very twisty. Happily, they seem to have abandoned the notion of doing a twist the past few episodes. It's a change that works far...

Movie Review: The Spirit (2008)

Chris Beaumont — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 06:55:17 EST

This must be what it is like to make comic panels move.
Here is a movie that I so very badly wanted to love. I love what Robert Rodriguez did with Sin City, not to mention what Zack Snyder did with 300. I felt fairly certain that Frank Miller could get something into similar territory when he stepped behind the camera for the first time by himself. No, I was not expecting The Spirit to be as good as Sin...

Cock'd Gunns Gets Second Chance, Hopes For Second Season

Diane Kristine — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 01:12:04 EST

Mock documentary is a cross between Spinal Tap and Trailer Park Boys.
The mockumentary series Cock'd Gunns is about a fictional rock band looking for their break. It also happens to be a show looking for a break. The first season, reminiscent of both Spinal Tap and Trailer Park Boys, is being replayed Fridays on IFC beginning January 9, and it's probably safe to say those reruns will be new to a lot of...

Top 10 Worst Films of 2008

Ross Miller — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:39:36 EST

A list of my top 10 worst movies of 2008.
"Ten at a Time" is a series of my top 10 lists of movies in different areas, like a particular year or lists of a more specific nature like a certain genre. Most of the lists will be retrospective, meaning I will be looking at years past, now having had the chance to view a lot of films I might not have seen in the cinema, and am now...