The American remake, a scant three years after the British version, is tantamount to a summer-stock production in Cleveland, a black comedy made over into a black comedy, or more distinctly a dark comedy made over into an African-American comedy. Beyond the casting of Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, …
Two African-American women, breaking different ground: freshwoman Jasmine (Zoe Renee) is advancing up the road to academia, while Prof. Gail Bishop (Regina Hall) is the first black woman to assume the post of residence hall “Master” of a New England college. Her classmates snicker upon learning of Jasmine’s accommodation, but …
One year after catching his wife doing a fat guy at their twin daughters’ birthday party, a comic book artist/teacher (Jemaine Clement) vacillates between reuniting with his now-engaged ex (Stephanie Allynne) and dating the mother of one of his students (Regina Hall, far outclassing the pack). The kids are cute, …
Airplane-style, Naked Gun-style, spoof of slasher films, which is to say that it's as unparticular about its targets as about its aim. Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer and their respective sequels are the main targets, and The Blair Witch Project, The Matrix, The Usual Suspects, Amistad, …