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MOVIE REVIEW “DOWNHILL” Rated R. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Regal Fenway, Arclight Boston, Showplace Icon and suburban theaters. Grade: B- A more comic version of Swedish writer-director Ruben Ostlund’s award-winning 2014 entry “Force Majeure,” the lamely titled “Downhill” (you’ll get it) is a portrait of an American family that suffers a serious blow when […]… Continue reading Despite cast, ‘Downhill’ not black diamond class — Boston Herald

It’s not that women aren’t funny. You’re just not giving them the chance to be. via Female Comedians And Their Gendered Burden Of Being Funny — Feminism In India

An arbitrarily ranked list of my favorite movies best fit for this holiday season. via Six of My Favorite Movies About Love — Angie Aguayo

Bleecker Street has taken global distribution to the U.S. Dramatic Competition Sundance comedy Save Yourselves! from writer-directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson. A summer theatrical release is being planned. Pic follows Jack (John Reynolds) and Su (Sunita Mani), a hip Brooklyn couple, who like many of their friends, find themselves dependent on technology and… Continue reading ‘Save Yourselves!’ Alien Sci-Fi Comedy Nabbed By Bleecker Street – Sundance — Deadline

RuPaul‘s Saturday Night Live hosting debut was far from a total drag. To his credit, the Emmy-winning Drag Race emcee was a highly enthusiastic host, whose energy was apparent throughout the broadcast. 27 more words via RuPaul Hosts SNL: Watch Video of the Best & Worst Sketches — TVLine

You won’t find a Best TV Dialogue category on tonight’s broadcast of the Oscars (how rude!), but you will find the winners right here, in our latest Quotes of the Week gallery. 29 more words via Quotes of the Week: The Bachelor, B99, The Flash, Grey’s Anatomy and More — TVLine

Talk about staying Power. Starz has greenlit three more spinoffs of its popular crime drama, TVLine has learned. And the newest offshoots center on characters from the original series. 28 more words via Power Spinoffs Focused on Tommy, Kanan and Tate Get Series Orders — TVLine

Hollywood is ready to celebrate the year’s best movies at the Oscars — but the acting nominees have a bunch of memorable TV credits on their résumés, too. 31 more words via Oscars 2020: Past TV Roles for This Year’s Nominees, From Leo to ScarJo — TVLine

If laughter really is the best medicine, this year’s TV comedies will keep us in excellent health. via 2019 in Review: The 10 Best Comedies — TVLine

I used to enjoy watching the late night comics on TV making fun of and joking about Donald Trump. They provided much needed comic relief from the clusterfuck that is Trump’s reign. But I’ve reached the point where I just don’t find it funny anymore. The damage Trump and his GOP cronies have done to […]… Continue reading Five Lines or Less — Late Night Comedy in the Trump Era — This, That, and The Other