In the canon of works that are not only vitally important to the development of American humour, but vital to the entire cinematic process, we have The Jerk, a film that was initiated as a flight of fancy between director Carl Reiner and star and co-writer Steve Martin, best-known for his landmark appearances on the…
Category: comedy
Blue Moon (2025)
While it is true that a piece of art should be able to stand on its own, where the context around its creation shouldn’t be a factor in the extent to which we enjoy it, there are some cases where our experience is made richer by knowing more about how it came to exist. This…
Chicken and Duck Talk (1988)
Two art forms that have proven to be unexpectedly compatible bedfellows are cinema and cuisine, with food and film going together remarkably well, especially in instances when the two are combined. Films centring around food in various forms have tended to be extremely popular, since they touch on a universal experience, which is the feeling…
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Everyone who has lived in a major city or urban area has likely at some point in their life imagined the joys that would come from leaving the hustle and bustle of whatever metropolis that defines their daily routine, venturing into the countryside and starting a far simpler life. It is a concept that is…
Box of Moonlight (1996)
While it may not be easily admitted by some due to the idea that we should never be open about such bizarre impulses, there comes a point in all of our lives where we simply want to escape our humdrum, banal existence and simply retreat into the wilderness, whether literally or metaphorically, since it speaks…
Father’s Day (1997)
The concept of parenthood has been a subject explored extensively in every conceivable medium – whether planned or accidental, the idea of adding another title to your repertoire is a fascinating concept, especially considering it is a universal topic that can be interpreted in many different ways. For one reason or another, we tend to…
The Penguin Lessons (2025)
Education is the profession that makes all other professions possible – it’s a common saying, but one that has never wavered in its importance or relevance. Some even consider teaching to be the oldest profession (there’s another that often bears that title, but that’s an entirely different conversation), since for as long as we’ve been…
Queen Bees (2021)
One of the reasons many films tend to get dismissed as minor efforts is that they possess strong premises, but fail in the execution of their interesting ideas. One of the most unfortunate examples of this in the past year is Queen Bees, which is a film that certainly deserved to be better than what…
The Milky Way (1936)
It takes a very special person to keep audiences engaged while still redefining the art of cinema – and has anyone been more committed to this than Leo McCarey, a revolutionary filmmaker who rose beyond simply being a director-for-hire, crafting his own unique vision all the while challenging the confines of the medium that was…
Casper (1995)
Some characters are so extremely simple in design and purpose that they become timeless and live on long after their creators have departed, leaving behind a legacy that only becomes stronger with age. It was just under eighty years ago when audiences were first introduced to Casper the Friendly Ghost, whose reputation as the most…
The Postmodern Pelican 