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Review: A Remake of a 1993 RomCom, The Wedding Banquet Modernizes the Story but Maintains Its Warmth and Heart

You’d be forgiven if, like me (and based on the film’s marketing materials), you anticipated something of a more raucous, raunchy modern romcom from filmmaker Andrew Ahn (Driveways). Perhaps something […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • April 18, 2025
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    Review: In Wicked Part One, a Beloved Stage Musical Gets a Dazzling, if Filler-Heavy, Adaptation

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 21, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Revisiting a Cartoon Cat, All That’s Left is a Mess of The Garfield Movie

    At no point during the joyless, soulless animated nonsense that is The Garfield Movie did I ever think something special was afoot. From the voice acting (Chris Pratt as Garfield? […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 24, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: SNL Comedy Team Ventures into Feature Films, and a Treasure Hunt, in The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

    From the depths of Saturday Night Live comes the three-man comedy team Please Don’t Destroy, consisting of Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, and Ben Marshall, all of whom star in and […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 17, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Raunchy Comedy Dicks: The Musical Delivers Limp Songs, Laughs

    Riding the very thin line between musical-comedy gold and obnoxious garbage, the long-running stage show F**king Identical Twins: The Musical from writers/performers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp has been adapted […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 19, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Chinese Legend Gets a Frenetic, Star-Studded Netflix Animation Adaptation in The Monkey King

    Perhaps a bit thin on plot and presumably aimed at hyperactive children around the world, the latest animated opus from director Anthony Stacchi (The Boxtrolls) is the action-packed comedy The […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 18, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Bros Channels the Best of Rom-Coms Through a Queer Lens, With Plenty of Laughs

    Smart, insightful, an avenue for LGBTQ characters to tell their stories, and screamingly funny, Bros marks the first time a major motion picture studio (Universal) has released an R-rated gay-centric […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 30, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Fire Island Filmmakers on Inspiration from Austen, Casting Comedy Legend Margaret Cho and the Chance for a Trip Back to the Island

    On a broader scale, director Andrew Ahn’s new comedy Fire Island is about a group of multicultural gay men who travel from New York City to the Long Island-adjacent gay […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 6, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: An Updated Take on Austen, Fire Island Takes on Contemporary Romance, Gay Culture and Coming-of-Age

    What little I knew about New York’s Fire Island (which runs parallel to the south shore of Long Island) before seeing director Andrew (Driveways, Spa Night) Ahn’s new film of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 3, 2022
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