An attempt to build a comedy of remarriage in an era where casual sex is the assumed default. Other than the longer-than-average takes that give the actors breathing room, and a bunch of comparatively frank sexuality, Sleeping with Other People is just another over-lit rom-com featuring tiresomely quirky people in an alternate universe New York.

As I mentioned in my Ghostbusters review, I’m staggeringly ill-informed when it comes to both comedy and television. I have never seen Jason Sudeikis in…

The spine of First Class is clearly from what would have been X-Men Origins: Magneto, tracing the post-war path by which Erik Lehnsherr, Nazi hunter, becomes Magneto, mutant supremacist. After the disastrous 2009 Wolverine spin-off, the studio wisely decided to the dark emotional journey of a lone wolf antihero by grafting on a large, youthful, and talented ensemble cast. When combined with the strategic infusion of blatant fan service for the core comics fans, First Class becomes a beautiful…