Comedy

Shaun of the Dead

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  • Title: Shaun of the Dead
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Shaun of the Dead

Returning to theaters 20 years after its initial release, Edgar Wright‘s horror comedy Shaun of the Dead still entertains. Written by Wright and star Simon Pegg, the film gloriously celebrates and mocks both zombie films and romcoms alike in this tale of a zombie apocalypse descending on London while many people are too busy to notice until it’s too late. Who best to survive? Bet you didn’t have your money on a group led by two of the laziest men in Crouch End. I’ll also note that viewing this in a post-COVID world also adds a different flavor to the film (as does viewing any zombie film highlighting humanity’s stupidity).

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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  • Title: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

After languishing in development hell for three decades, a sequel to 1988’s Beetlejuice finally makes it to theaters (sadly without any references to the previous failed sequel plans such as Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian). Bringing back some of the original cast (with notable exceptions of Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) while mixing in a few new faces such as Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci, and Justin Theroux, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice captures the same zany energy of the first film if not quite the same magic. Lacking the boldness of Beetlejuice, the sequel feels very much the compromise of a movie just happy to have finally gotten made.

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Beetlejuice

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  • Title: Beetlejuice
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Beetlejuice

Despite snagging the title, it’s important to remember that Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) wasn’t the main character of the 1988 comedy (in fact he appeared on-screen for less than 20 minutes of the film). Instead, the main characters are the recently deceased Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara (Geena Davis) struggling with life after death while haunting their country home which is being invaded by a New York real estate developer (Jeffrey Jones) and his odd family (Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder).

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Exploding Kittens – Shane & Chugger’s

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  • Title: Exploding Kittens – Shane & Chugger’s
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Exploding Kittens - Shane & Chugger's

Devilcat (Sasheer Zamata) makes a new friend in the constantly complaining Karen while Godcat (Tom Ellis) attempts to help Abbie (Suzy Nakamura) and Marv (Mark Proksch) throw Travis (Kenny Yates) a half-birthday wild enough to convince a pair of cherubs he’s ready to return to Heaven. Swinging at some pretty low-hanging fruit, but still managing some laughs, the episode goes hard at Karen, who the family basically frame for the death of the cherub’s unicorn, and also at the Dave & Buster’s style restaurant which Travis is obsessed with. Despite his hatred of the place, even Godcat finds a way to have some fun getting lost in whackamole which triggers both his cat-reflexes and his need to vent some aggression.

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Can’t Hardly Wait

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  • Title: Can’t Hardly Wait
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Can't Hardly Wait

1998’s Can’t Hardly Wait is more charming than it has any right to be. Filled with a number of young actors, several of whom would go on to have success in Hollywood in the years to come, Ethan Embry plays all-around good guy Preston Meyers who at the graduation party plans to proclaim his love to recently dumped it girl Amanda Beckett (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who he’s been crushing on since Freshman year. Meanwhile, Amanda is attempting to discover who she is outside of being Mike Dexter’s (Peter Facinelli) ex-girlfriend.

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