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Kate McKinnon

Office Christmas Party movie review

This is the first balls-to-the-wall comedy review I’ve done and I think I need to be clear that with other movies, you know, the ones that actually take themselves kind of seriously, I try to pay a lot of attention to intricacies like plot, pacing, direction, cinematography and framing, acting quality and whether the movie is thought provoking or insightful. In the case of a movie with the generic title Office Christmas Party, all that serious stuff sort of gets thrown out the window because as a comedy, its first, last and pretty much only priority is to get the audience laughing. Movies like this don’t have plots, they have a basic premise which serves only as a framework to create preposterous or insanely funny situations which, if done right, give us an excuse to forget political correctness, manners or discretion. Sure, there’s all kinds of deep analysis about cultural trends and social anxieties that can be made about what it is that allows us to burn off some stress and what we find humor in, but the bottom line for any comedy is not any of that, it’s did it make me laugh?Read More »Office Christmas Party movie review

Ghostbusters 2016 movie review

Ghostbusters – a classic comedy for the ages, an iconic remembrance of some of the best the the 80s had to offer. For my generation, one of things we gaze back upon with fond memories of hilarity and joy. If someone is going to mess with our childhood, they better do it right. This attitude seems to be the source of so much of the distrust and even hate that has been thrown at the new movie, and with good reason.Read More »Ghostbusters 2016 movie review