Crime comedy is easily my favorite genre when it comes to episodic series. I’ve enjoyed The After Party, Only Murders in the Building, as well as Slow Horses (yes it’s a spy comedy but it also deals with crime investigation in a droll fashion). Now I can add Bad Monkey on Apple TV+ to my …
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FlixChatter Review: American Fiction (2023) – Jeffrey Wright delivers an Oscar-worthy performance in this shrewd + bitingly funny satire
There have been some memorable directorial debuts this year and surely this is one that I won’t easily forget. What sold me initially was Jeffrey Wright’s casting, the kind of actor who never fails to deliver a solid performance. He plays novelist Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison, easily the winner of ‘best character name’ ever, who’s recently …
Trailer Spotlight: AMERICAN FICTION – Jeffrey Wright stars as a frustrated novelist in this publishing world satire
One of my most-anticipated movies out of major Fall film festivals this year has got to be AMERICAN FICTION, which happens to be a directorial debut from writer/director Cord Jefferson. Based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it's essentially about the consequences of turning one's art into a simple commodity. Jeffrey Wright stars as …
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