Tag: Not Another Teen Movie
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Why the Time Is Right for ‘Clone High’ to Come Back
One genre of TV shows that always manages to thrive is teen dramas. In just about every generation the genre has not only survived on television, but often thrived, whether it’s classics like Dawson’s Creek, Degrassi, or more modern fare like 13 Reasons Why and Euphoria. While the risqué nature of the shows has changed…
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‘Bottoms’ Review: The ‘Shiva Baby’ Team Returns with Idiosyncratic Queer Teen Comedy
The easiest way to describe Emma Seligman’s sophomore feature, “Bottoms”? It’s hilariously weird. Director Seligman and star Rachel Sennott reunite in their follow-up to “Shiva Baby,” taking as hard a pivot from their 2020 breakout (and a script they co-wrote) as they come.This is a queer teen sex comedy that wears its influences on its…
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14 Best Paul Dano Movies Ranked
Since 2008, movie stars get minted by superhero movies. Chris Evans had appeared in “Not Another Teen Movie,” Danny Boyle’s “Sunshine,” and “Fantastic Four” before he donned a suit and shield in “Captain America: The First Avenger.” That made him Chris Evans. The casting of Robert Pattinson as Batman drew fan ire on Twitter, but…
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‘Thunder Force’ Review: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer in a Superhero Satire That Never Threatens to Rock the Genre
The “Airplane!” school of chock-full-of-jokes conceptual parody, with its fourth-wall-smashing stupido-smart goofiness, had a pretty impressive run. It ruled for several decades, spawning everything from the “Airplane!” creators’ own “Naked Gun” franchise — to me, the media-age Marx Brothers-worthy masterpiece of the form — to the Wayans brothers’ “Scary Movie” franchise to several dozen comedies,…
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Water Cooler: Capone, Back to the Future, Dave, Cinema Paradiso, Itaewon Class, The Perfection, Deliverance, Bad Times at the El Royale, Z, Not Another Teen Movie
On the May 15, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing:…
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‘Red Sea Diving Resort’ Review: Chris Evans Still Playing the Hero Post-mcu
It’s hard for me to believe, since part of me still thinks of him as the local kid I heard about growing up who got cast in Not Another Teen Movie, but Chris Evans is the star of the biggest movie of all time. Not Leonardo DiCaprio. Not Sam Worthington. No, it was Evans’ Captain…