High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewJillian Bell Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/jillian-bell/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 ‘Rough Night’ Review: Filthy and Funny, But Not Enough https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/rough-night-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/rough-night-movie-review/#comments Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:00:56 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=85489 ‘Rough Night’ is quite a funny movie. Thankfully, it’s a comedy, so that’s good news. This thing works! Unfortunately, it also feels like a bit of a missed opportunity. The cast is great, the big jokes stick, and the premise is fine, so this should be better. The whole thing is an interesting indie comedy...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/rough-night-movie-review/feed/ 2 ‘Fist Fight’ Review: Slapdash Comedy https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/fist-fight-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/fist-fight-movie-review/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2017 19:00:21 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=83245 ‘Fist Fight’ is yet another studio comedy that has a decent premise, a pair of strong leads, a handful of hilarious supporting players, and then a plot that is essentially filler. It has some laughs, but they all come in the margins and in isolation. Any time the script takes over, the movie is a...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/office-christmas-party-movie-review/feed/ 3 ‘The Night Before’ Review: A Very Bromantic Christmas https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/night-before-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/night-before-review/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:00:01 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=74101 The Seth Rogen movie machine has become so well-oiled that, at this point, all the guy really needs to do is pick a genre or concept and slip it into his formula. It only makes sense that he’d eventually make a Christmas movie. After all, that genre comes with the built-in warm ‘n fuzzies that...

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