Tag: comedy
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The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
In my opinion Mr. Jonasson has a knack for three things: 1) Writing characters who make the best out of the absolute worst. Take, for example, Nombeko, the heroine of this jaunty little tale. She was born in a South African slum, orphaned at ten, run over by a car, practically imprisoned for more than a […]
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American Ultra
I’m a little concerned for my taste in movies. Or maybe my expectations were so low that this movie literally could not have been any worse than I thought it would be, therefore making it appear better than it actually is. I mean, it wasn’t amazing (obviously), but I didn’t hate it. In fact, it was […]
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Miss Congenitality
From sea to shining sea, Like Lady Liberty, She reigns over all she seeeeees, She’s beauty and she’s grace, She’s Miss United States… Sixteen years and I still remember it. This movie is golden. Good old Sandra Bullock.
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, and Martin Freeman are really just wonderful. Comedic in all the right places, serious in all the rest. I’d like to see Ms. Fey in more movies of this sort.
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Saving money in style
I’m reading Alida Nugent’s Don’t Worry, It Get’s Worse. And now this is how I’m going to live my life.
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Trainwreck
Yes. Mhm! Definitely. You’re gonna like this one. Typical Amy Schumer vulgarity hilarity. There are so many lines I wish I could remember and so many scenes I’ll never forget. A great chick flick for chicks whose hearts aren’t all aflutter and whose maternal clocks aren’t ticking.
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Spy
Do you know what? This movie is funny. Bleedin’ hilarious. “You really think you’re ready for the field? I once used defibrillators on myself. I put shards of glass in my eye. I’ve jumped from a high-rise building using only a raincoat as a parachute and broke both legs upon landing; I still had to […]