Miss March
Miss March: When Comedy Tried to Grow Up (and Stumbled Along the Way) When Miss March hit theatres in 2009, audiences didn’t know quite what to expect. The trailers promised a wild sex comedy in the style of American Pie or Road Trip, full of outrageous humor and over-the-top antics. But beneath its crude exterior, […]
Sex Tape
Sex Tape: A Blend of Comedy, Chaos, and Behind the Screen Facts When ‘Sex Tape’ came out in 2014, it promised light-hearted comedy, explicit jokes, and the reunion of Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel after the successful ‘Bad Teacher.’ The trailers promised something out of the box — a married couple in the suburbs losing […]
The Package
When a Simple Trip Became a Wild Ride Netflix’s The Package (2018) arrived with little warning — a teen comedy tucked among the streamer’s growing slate of raunchy summer adventures. But what no one expected was just how bizarrely heartfelt this film would turn out to be. What starts as a camping trip gone horribly […]
Bhagam Bhag
The Comedy That Had A Heavy and A Chaotic Mask Priyadarshan’s “Bhagam Bhag” (2006) could as easily be termed as any of his geeky slapstick roller coasters, brimming with mix-ups and belly-laughs. The same slippery, twinkling element of comedy that made movies with Akshay Kumar, Govinda and Paresh Rawal a treat was hardly a cover. […]
My Argentine Heart
Fictional Narratives and Reality’s Fingers Intertwined ‘My Argentine Heart’ was described and promoted as a romance story a romance with betrayal and sacrifice. However, the description and the poster’s trailers did not show the true turbulence the movie was going through. In fact, the heartache and chaos which the cast and crew faced was being […]
My Mom’s New Boyfriend
When Love Becomes a Spy Game: The Layers Beneath My Mom’s New Boyfriend When analyzing ‘My Mom’s New Boyfriend’ (2008) one may start by identifying the genre as a light romantic comedy with espionage elements. The film offers family awkwardness, flirtation, and espionage as comedy. However, if you analyze it more closely, you will find […]
3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy
Pleasure, Pain, and the Price of Ambition: The Untold Story Behind 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy Not just another Hong Kong erotic film, 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (2011) was marketed as the world’s first 3D erotic film and a daring blend of ancient Chinese erotica and modern technology, capturing audience curiosity while […]
Pity
The Transition from Dark Narrative to Popular Culture Pity’s release provoked the unanticipated response of migrating beyond the boundaries of the cinema. Owing to this offbeat Greek tragicomedy centered around sadness, Pity was integrated into political discourses, fashions, verbal exchanges, and even memes. The film was no more regarded as “just a film”, transcending to […]
Shades of Ray
Shades of Ray was released in 2008. It was an intimate, low-budget drama comedy about identity, love, and belonging, and hardly anyone expected it to resonate with so many viewers. Directed and written by Jaffar Mahmood, it told the story of Ray Rehman, a half-Pakistani, half-Caucasian man who attempts to reconcile his American upbringing with […]
Forever Home
When the Front Door Became a Conversation Starter It began innocently enough—a couple buys a home. The ghost they come home to is just a bonus. Haunted premiums come at a price and before you know it Forever Home was everywhere. What was meant to be a one-night horror-comedy movie spiraled into a phenomenon people […]