The Book of Clarence
A Biblical story with a Black angle
Tag: Comedy
Mean Girls
From the musical adapted from the 2004 flick
The Curse
Cringe comedy at its most tedious
Self Reliance
Jake Johnson wrote/directed/stars as a man dodging death on reality TV
American Fiction
A satire on Black literature & white culture
The Brothers Sun
Michelle Yeoh heads a gangster family
Anyone But You
A romcom that’s all about Glen Powell
The Family Plan
Mark Wahlberg as a dad with a killer past, literally
Bookie
A fun, funny series from Chuck Lorre
Maggie Moore(s)
Jon Hamm & Tina Fey get romantic solving a murder mystery
Poor Things
Emma Stone in stylized weirdness from Yorgos Lanthimos
Wonka
A softer, sweeter, ultimately flat version of the original
Dream Scenario
Nicolas Cage plays against type in this sci-fi satire
Saltburn
A dark tale of class, desire and intrigue
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
The trio of SNL dorks make a movie
Thanksgiving
A holiday killer from Eli Roth
Next Goal Wins
A bad soccer team with a VCU connection
The Holdovers
Andrew Payne’s new film with Paul Giamatti
Quiz Lady
Awkwafina & Sandra Oh play sisters, but not how you’d expect
What Happens Later
Meg Ryan stars & directs David Duchovny
Old Dads
Bill Burr’s stars & directs a trio dealing with woke culture
Dicks: The Musical
This raunchy gay musical is worse than it sounds
She Came to Me
Peter Dinklage plays a composer with a block
A quartet from Wes Anderson
4 shorts from Roald Dahl stories