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black comedy

Warm Bodies (review)

Mon, Feb 11, 2013
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Contents itself with the mildest of tweaks at both the zombie and the romantic-comedy genres… (new on DVD/VOD in the US and Canada)

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Antiviral (review)

Mon, Feb 04, 2013
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Disturbing body-horror dark satire that sends up our obsession with celebrity…

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Django Unchained (review)

Thu, Dec 20, 2012
25 comments

Quentin Tarantino spins a dark fantasia of the pre-Civil War South that is hilarious, ferocious, shocking, and wise, sometimes all at once.

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Love Crime (review)

Fri, Dec 14, 2012
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The boss-from-hell story gets whipped up, Parisian-style, into a wicked bonbon of oh-so-delicious nastiness…

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Seven Psychopaths (London Film Festival review)

Fri, Dec 07, 2012
17 comments

Bursting with equal parts exasperation, despair, cultural criticism, and black comedy…

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Sightseers (review)

Fri, Nov 30, 2012
3 comments

Finds dark humor in brutal bloody murder: a delightful surprise of wicked, outrageous hilarity…

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Silver Linings Playbook movie review

Sat, Nov 24, 2012
5 comments

Sometimes uncomfortable, often funny, and always electrifying. Plays like a gentle sendup of romantic comedies fueled by a restless, blunt anti-charm and irascible honesty about wants and needs.

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Up There (review)

Fri, Nov 16, 2012
5 comments

Bleakly bitter and super sly—a gloriously miserable black comedy.

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The Details (review)

Thu, Nov 01, 2012
1 comment

A mealy, wan attempt at a black comedy.

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The Campaign (review)

Wed, Oct 24, 2012
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Bitter, brutal, and — unfortunately for the hopes and dreams of the American people — very very pointedly funny.

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