High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewMichael Showalter Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/michael-showalter/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 ‘The Big Sick’ Review: A Cure for the Ailing Rom-Com https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/big-sick-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/big-sick-movie-review/#comments Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:00:15 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=85613 The rom-com has been in rough shape over the last few years. Thankfully, Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon were able to take their unique and true love story and transform it into one of the most moving, hilarious and original spins on age-old romantic comedy tropes in years. The film essentially crams...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/big-sick-movie-review/feed/ 2 ‘Hello, My Name Is Doris’ Review: Charmingly and Knowingly Hilarious https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/hello-my-name-is-doris-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/hello-my-name-is-doris-movie-review/#respond Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:00:22 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=77362 There are so many ways in which ‘Hello, My Name Is Doris’ could and perhaps should have gone wrong. It could have been too sickly sweet and fantastical. It could have been too cynically sarcastic and self-conscious. Yet somehow, the movie finds a nice sweet spot in the middle. It’s a feel-good movie for people...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/hello-my-name-is-doris-movie-review/feed/ 0 ‘They Came Together’ Review: A Wet Hot American Rom-Com https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/they-came-together-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/they-came-together-review/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:00:07 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=63348 From its cute/gross title to its ludicrous climax, David Wain and Michael Showalter don’t just mock the romantic comedy in ‘They Came Together’, they make the genre feel so ridiculous that you’ll hate yourself for ever falling for the tropes elsewhere. It’s an act of cinematic sarcasm, much like the filmmakers’ cult classic ‘Wet Hot...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/they-came-together-review/feed/ 0 The Netflix Stream: Week of September 11th, 2011 https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/netflix-sept-11-2011/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/netflix-sept-11-2011/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:00:03 +0000 Dick Ward http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=21795 This is not a bad week for Netflix. There’s plenty to love that’s new to Instant Watch. While there are also plenty of flicks heading off, most of those are either things that I’ve never heard of or movies that are just plain bad. Leaving the Stream ‘Stella: Live in Boston’ (9/15): If you’ve never...

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