I heard a lot of conflicting things about the Mark Wahlberg comedy Instant Family back when it was in theaters – ranging from “It’s a fantastic movie with a great message!” to “Meh, nothing special.” I’d heard particularly that its premise of a couple becoming foster parents was super pro–life and well-done for the cause of adoption… Continue reading Instant Family is a Mostly-Positive Look at Family Life and Adoption
I was disposed to like NBC’s new sitcom Perfect Harmony before I saw it, because I read this favorable piece on it. Containing elements of rural life, Christians, and comedy, I thought it sounded like a lot of fun and eagerly checked it out. But whenever there’s a mainstream show or movie featuring Christians, you never really know if… Continue reading NBC’s Perfect Harmony is Mostly Good Clean Fun
I was really interested in watching the Mindy Kaling/Emma Thompson comedy Late Night, when I discovered that it’s now on Amazon Prime. It’s a comedy, and it’s about TV comedy writers, so I thought for sure I would love it. Well, I didn’t. For a while into this movie, I thought I liked it at least.… Continue reading Amazon Movie Late Night: Bleck
I had seen the commercial advertising ABC’s new city mouse/country mouse comedy “Bless This Mess” more times than I could count, by the time it finally premiered last week. And I still couldn’t decide if it looked more funny and entertaining, or cheesy and silly. Some helpful background information: I grew up on a dairy… Continue reading ABC’s Bless This Mess is Promising
I do admit I’m not one hundred per cent in love with its name, but The Big Sick is a pretty darn funny and worthwhile comedy film. I saw the trailer before it first came to theaters, and I thought this comedy about a cross-cultural love story complicated by disease looked at least fairly promising.… Continue reading The Big Sick is a Hilarious and Enjoyable Comedy
Initially, I was drawn to the Netflix original series “Atypical” more because it was a show that appeared to be about teenagers and family life than because of its actual premise. It’s about an autistic teen who decides he wants to start dating. So, knowing relatively little about autism myself, I expected I would learn… Continue reading Netflix Original “Atypical” — Hilarious, But Flawed
I love comedies. But the thing is, in recent years anyway, your typical straight-up broad comedy movie has a lot of raunchy material in it. Not always, but I’ve noticed a trend lately. In fact, I haven’t even found too many PG-13 comedies recently – they’re mostly rated R. So when my husband and I… Continue reading Masterminds: Dumb, but Funny
I think it’s not a big stretch to say that most fans of the original “Gilmore Girls” series were somewhat unsatisfied with the way it ended. Not enough closure, no real evidence of happily-ever-afters for the characters we had grown to know and love… And now, suddenly, in our social-media-outcry day and age, we have… Continue reading The Disappointments of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
I remember when “Gilmore Girls” was in its last few seasons on the CW. I was in high school at the time, and it was one of the first shows that I ever watched weekly as it aired. Eventually I gave up on watching it back then, because of the terrible plot directions of the… Continue reading Gilmore Girls: A Fun Chick Flick of a Show
I’m about to say something that could make me wildly unpopular: I didn’t love Despicable Me. Partly, it had too much cutesie/gimmicky humor. And partly, I am bitter that it went on to become a massive hit while its DreamWorks doppelganger, Megamind, didn’t. Megamind is the only animated movie as yet to make it onto… Continue reading Why Megamind Should be a Classic
