Charlie Chaplin’s skewering of Adolf Hitler was ahead of its time, then stood the test of time.
Category Archives: Comedy
BIG (1988)
A “big” hit about a kid trapped in adult’s body, which works almost entirely because Tom Hanks believably plays a 13-year-old boy.
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
An extremely stupid movie, but in an enjoyable way. It teams up the famous comedy duo with the most famous Universal monsters, including Bela Lugosi’s last appearance as Dracula.
ANIMALYMPICS (1980)
Our Virtual Film Festival continues with a movie seemingly made for me as a kid and absolutely no one else in the world.
COOL RUNNINGS (1993)
Our Summer Games Virtual Film Festival kicks off with the cool story (bro) of the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team… or a story, at any rate
MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1947)
This “comedy of murders” starring Charlie Chaplin as a serial killer was a scandalous flop in the US but has since been re-evaluated.
CLUELESS (1995)
The most mid-90s of mid-90s movies is somehow based on a Jane Austen novel, and also somehow really good.
HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (1987)
Somewhere between a social satire and sketch comedy resides this weird late-80s time capsule that I thought was funny but not necessarily notable.
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992)
The rare sports movie by women, for women, and about women, plus it’s also really funny and has a bunch of memorable scenes and lines.
MODERN TIMES (1936)
The final appearance of Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp character somehow remains both funny and relevant.
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