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Tag Archives: Dark Comedy
Save Yourselves!
This indie comedy was one of the Pandemic’s many victims which is a bummer. Alamo Drafthouse would’ve treated Save Yourselves! really well, especially with the pre-show snipe, alien-invasion stories go back to HG Wells. I’m grateful Hulu got the streaming rights … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, On the TV, Pandemic Theater
Tagged Alien Invasion, Dark Comedy
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The Art of Self Defense
If this was supposed to be a Dark Comedy, they really skimped on it. Art is more accurately, a weird Drama or Thriller with a touch of Comedy. I still watched it to the conclusion waiting for the payoff which was … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Pandemic Theater
Tagged Dark Comedy, Martial Arts
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Slut in a Good Way: Worth Seeing
The message of this Quebecois comedy is the double standard between the sexes. Namely how women get labelled sluts and men are congratulated for the exact same behavior. Let me rewind to the movie. Charlotte is a teenage girl enamored … Continue reading
Posted in In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Coming-of-Age, Dark Comedy, Quebecois, Sexual Politics
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1994: Duckman debuts
This odd cartoon from Klasky-Csupo (most famous for making Rugrats) made its debut on USA alongside Weird Science the Series. I think USA was trying to branch out into what we would call a more general “network/channel” like TNT or (W)TBS and WGN … Continue reading
Posted in Obscure Show, TV
Tagged Animation, Dark Comedy, Nineties
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RIP Katherine Helmond
You may not recognize the name immediately, but for my generation and older, she was the clueless matriarch of the wealthy family in Soap. Younger people will probably know her as Mona from Who’s the Boss? The coolest thing Katherine did though … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, TV
Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Comedy, Dark Comedy, Eighties, SitCom
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The Little Hours
I’m a 100 percent certain the Catholic Church condemned this movie but it’s 2019 so nobody gives a crap, even the majority of practicing Catholics. Those denominations which hate or skewer Catholicism wouldn’t be fans neither, thanks to the nudity. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, On the TV
Tagged Dark Comedy, Middle Ages, Streaming
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Vice: Worth Seeing
Hard to believe that McKay could make a Dark Comedy about war criminal Dick Cheney but he succeeds in making his point, this horrible man was the main architect behind America’s problems abroad and at home. I’ll explain more of … Continue reading
Posted in In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Aughts, Dark Comedy, Politics
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The Happytime Murders: Just Awful
I’ll start with this, if you want to see something involving puppets acting in a raunchy manner, Team America did it better. Happytime is terribly disappointing and simultaneously boring. Somara and I already knew there was an adult-side to Jim Henson and … Continue reading
Posted in In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Dark Comedy, Film Noir, Muppets, Vulgarity
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Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell
Originally I was annoyed when [adult swim] integrated non-animated shows into their programming block. The point was to showcase adult-oriented cartoons. Hell proved to me that in this case, they’re succeeding by making a live show with cartoonish elements. The short … Continue reading
The Death of Stalin: Acquired Taste
My final entry for Marx’s birthday. It’s late but I still want to write about seeing this at the nearby discount theater which never ceases to amaze me in what they carry. Believe it or not, The Death of Stalin is … Continue reading
Posted in History, In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Cold War, Dark Comedy, Fifties
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City of Lost Children: 21 years or so later
This French masterpiece made the rounds at Alamo during October’s theme of Dystopias in order to warm up the audiences for the new Blade Runner 2049. Somara had never seen it so I pounced on the chance to watch it … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark Comedy, Dystopia, French
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle: Worth Seeing
The surprise hit from a couple years ago returns and the people running things did it well. Circle is a sequel that dodged the pitfalls many run into: More and more characters on top of who was in the original. Another crisis … Continue reading
Posted in In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Dark Comedy, Spy-Fi
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Fragile Rock = (Muppets + Avenue Q) ÷ My Chemical Romance
I think I saw their album at Waterloo Records but thanks to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert, I am totally sold because they’re too funny. Sure you can’t “see” the puppets doing their thing on the record/CD yet who cares! The same … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Dark Comedy, Emo
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Trainspotting: 20 or so years later
With the upcoming sequel due in a few weeks, Alamo had a screening recently that I wanted to revisit as preparation plus I hadn’t remember watching Trainspotting in years. I did read the book after seeing it at the old Village Four … Continue reading
Posted in In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Dark Comedy, Nineties
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Uncle Nick is an acquired taste and my new tradition
Another movie which may or may not have blown through theaters last year but I knew about it courtesy of Posehn’s now gone podcast Nerd Poker. For some, their tradition is Diehard or Gremlins, this one is more my pace. Uncle Nick is about a … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, On the TV
Tagged Christmas, Dark Comedy, Netflix
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