Tag Archives: Dark Comedy

D&D was right, d4 is equal to a caltrop

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Steve

OUCH! Discovered there were dice on the floor of my bedroom while I was getting ready for the gym. All are harmless except the pyramid-like d4. Cut through my sock and skin to give a nice painful wound. It didn’t … Continue reading →

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Save Yourselves!

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Steve

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 →

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The Art of Self Defense

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Steve

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 →

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Slut in a Good Way: Worth Seeing

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Steve

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 →

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1994: Duckman debuts

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Steve

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 →

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RIP Katherine Helmond

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Steve

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 →

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The Little Hours

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Steve

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 →

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Vice: Worth Seeing

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Steve

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 →

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The Happytime Murders: Just Awful

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Steve

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 →

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Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Steve

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 →

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The Death of Stalin: Acquired Taste

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Steve

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 →

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City of Lost Children: 21 years or so later

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Steve

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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Kingsman: The Golden Circle: Worth Seeing

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Steve

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 →

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Fragile Rock = (Muppets + Avenue Q) ÷ My Chemical Romance

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Steve

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 →

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Trainspotting: 20 or so years later

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Steve

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 →

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