Amazon Studios is really bringing the heat this fall. After a few years of iffy, supposedly big-ticket movies (remember the Eddie Redmayne hot air balloon movie? Neither do we), they’ve actually got a pretty loaded holiday corridor, with commercial fare like hugely anticipated comedy sequels Borat 2 and Coming 2 America. And they’ve also got some smaller, buzzier titles, like the upcoming drama Uncle Frank, which just dropped an adorable trailer. Uncle Frank, which Amazon acquired after it premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, hails from writer-director Alan Ball, Oscar-winning screenwriter of American …
Fallen legends, faded friendships, and a heartwarming homecoming; The Paper Tigers hits a lot of the familiar touchstones for Kung Fu cinema while making them feel fresh, funny, and full of heart. The new underdog martial arts comedy from debut feature filmmaker Quoc Bao Tran follows three former friends who used to be kings of their local Kung Fu scene, known as the unbeatable “Paper Tigers”, and find their way back to each other after the death of their former master. Fueled by a tremendous trio of leads, Tran’s light touch, and tightly choreographed fight scenes, The Paper Tigers …
If you tried to explain the concept of Pepe the Frog to someone who didn’t spend much time online, you’d probably sound insane. “So, there was this innocuous cartoon frog who was part of a comic called Boys Club, and he was co-opted by alienated people vying for attention, which then changed the frog into a symbol of white supremacists who want to be feared but use ironic detachment as a shield.” Crazy as it sounds, that’s what happened with Matt Furie’s creation, and Arthur Jones & Giorgio Angelini’s documentary Feels Good Man chronicles …
Sometimes, as an artist, you lose control over your own creation, and that appears to be what happened to underground cartoonist Matt Furie, whose saw his beloved comic creation Pepe the Frog co-opted by white supremacists and used online as a grotesque political pawn. As outlined in the trailer for the colorful documentary Feels Good Man, it was November 2016, and a nasty election cycle had exposed a seismic cultural rift -- one that was even more surreal for Furie given the way Pepe was being employed on social media. Furie conceived of Pepe the Frog more than a decade …
Sometimes when you’re feeling low, a feel-good movie won’t cut it. You just want to curl up underneath a blanket and watch something that will restore your faith in humanity. Conflict is still fine, but nothing that will leave you feeling bummed out. We’re in the age of Peak TV, but a lot of those “Peak TV” shows carry a lot of darkness with them, and sometimes you don’t have it in you to watch Breaking Bad or Mad Men. Sometimes you need something light, easy, and fun. We’ve put together a list of …
Last Updated: March 14th Trying to find a good movie to watch on Netflix is hard enough, but trying to find, specifically, a happy movie to watch on Netflix can be extra difficult. Sometimes you just need a pick-me-up, and the right film at the right time can do wonders to improve your mood. That’s the power of storytelling, especially on a feature-length scale, and Netflix isn’t lacking in films that make you happy without forsaking quality. Below, we’ve assembled a curated list of the very best happy movies to watch on Netflix, from …
If you need a break from all of 2020's nonsense, we've picked some feel-good movies and TV shows on a variety of streaming platforms.
Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcoming half-hour series Feel Good. Created by and starring Mae Martin, the show is a semi-autobiographical account of her life as it follows a rising stand-up comedian named Mae who strikes up a relationship with a so-far heterosexual woman named George. We watch as Mae juggles this intoxicating new romance with her relationship with her parents and her relationship with her fellow addicts in a support group, all while trying to get her career off the ground. It’s kind of refreshing to see a plot line that’…
NBC has ordered The Young Rock, a series based on the childhood of Dwayne Johnson. Naturally, Johnson is involved at the ground level with this project, which makes me both very excited for what this show will become and very worried my favorite big, bald Hollywood boy will never get any sleep. According to Variety, The Young Rock will be a comedy series based on Johnson's childhood. The network has ordered 11 episodes for the single cam show and — get this — Johnson will appear in every single episode. The wrestler-turned-actor-turned-powerhouse-businessman will executive produce under …
It's normal to feel emotional during the holidays. Nothing goes better with Christmas than hot cocoa and a feel-good romantic movie, so here's a list!
You’ve had a bad day. You’ve had a bad week. You’ve had a bad year. And sometimes, you’re not in the mood to watch “the best” films. There’s nothing wrong with Citizen Kane, but if you’re feeling like garbage, it’s probably not the film you want to watch while you’re down in the dumps. Sometimes you not only want a movie that can lift your spirits; you need that movie. With that in mind, we’ve humbly compiled a list of 25 feel-good films to put you in a better mood. …
When you’re in high school, every moment feels make-or-break for the rest of your life. Whether it’s first love, first heartbreak, first failure, or your first big moment in the spotlight, those teenage years are rife with drama and the weight of expectation — especially when you’re in the theater, darling. Encore!, the new Disney+ reality series from producer Kristen Bell takes a look back on those halcyon days through the perspective of adulthood and (variable) maturity by rounding up groups of ex-theater kids putting them back on stage for an encore performance of the …
Actor Zachary Levi reunites with two former Chuck co-stars, Joshua Gomez and Ryan McPartlin, in a feel-good video recently shared to social media.
You’ve had a bad day. You’ve had a bad week. You’ve had a bad year. And sometimes, you’re not in the mood to watch “the best” films. There’s nothing wrong with Citizen Kane, but if you’re feeling like garbage, it’s probably not the film you want to watch while you’re down in the dumps. Sometimes you not only want a movie that can lift your spirits; you need that movie. With that in mind, we’ve humbly compiled a list of 25 feel-good films to put you in a better mood. …
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