Kate McKinnon and Chris Hemsworth offer the wildest performances in the worthy addition to the series.
Kristen Wiig
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Film review: The Skeleton Twins
As evidenced by Maggie and Milo in the dramedy The Skeleton Twins, what binds family can look an awful lot like the shackles of self-destruction.
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Friends with Kids
Although long a screenwriter (Kissing Jessica Stein) and an actress (TV’s Notes from the Underbelly and 24), Westfeldt makes her directorial debut with this romantic comedy that co-stars four members of the Bridesmaids cast and opens Friday. She stars as Julie, best buds to Jason (Adam Scott, TV’s Parks and Recreation). Their relationship is pure […]
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‘Live from …’
Danielle Mahoney, a 2009 graduate of Classen School of Advanced Studies, recently completed an internship in the costume department of NBC’s long-running sketch-comedy show. She is in her third year studying production and costume design at New York University. “It was so fun to see things like a cardboard box labeled ‘Gaga Dress’ stacked in […]
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Bridesmaids
Can’t we just call it “really hilarious” and leave it at that? Then again, consider that Hollywood’s women-fronted comedies are almost always of the rom-com variety and aggressively push Kate Hudson on us. This work is not of that lineage, and thank the Lord for that. “Bridesmaids” marks not so much a breakthrough for females […]