Raised an Anglophile, CatBusRuss can laugh about nearly anything. It feels so much more satisfying when the chuckles were the artist’s intent.
Comedy Features
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Kevin Smith's "The 4:30 Movie" (2024)
Smith’s ode to Steven Spielberg’s “The Fablemans” featuring his favorite actors and 1980s aesthetic. If only Spielberg took the time to honor “Flash Gordon”.
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Adam Sandler's 100-Minute Filmography
QuidProJoe Golwitzer returns to “Ninety For Chill” to discuss a bunch of Adam Sandler comedies, in a time before Netflix left him with bloated runtimes.
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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1997)
CatBusRuss and Gregory Carl discuss a film that may have been the product of the greatest series ever aired of MTV.
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1985: "The Breakfast Club" & "Better off Dead"
Two great comedies that show the range of what coming-of-age comedies can be.
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Bride Wars (2009)
A review during a pause in my conversation with ThePoeticCritic about B-Fest, this feature would be an ideal 4 am feature to sleep through.
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Kevin Smith's "Clerks" (1994)
CatBusRuss and comedian Andrew “CouchManBakes” Tiede discuss Smith’s film that started his career and the entire View Askewniverse.
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Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
CatBusRuss and ThePoeticCritic discuss a movie with all of her favorite things: Jeff Goldblum and Jim Carrey.
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Ghost World (2001)
CatBusRuss tells of getting to watch this feature as it was hosted by Terry Zwigoff and Thora Birch at Ebertfest 2022.
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Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Busby Berkeley was a master of musical spectacle, but did it translate to telling a narrative CatBusRuss thinks not. ThePoeticCritic comes on to argue otherwise.
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The Heist (1989), King of California (2007), Juno (2007)
Comedies ranging from blah to excellent featuring pre-Bond Brosnan, Michael Douglas and Evan Rachel Wood, and Diablo Cody’s Oscar.
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Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
CatBusRuss had a podcast with too many swear words, so it only seemed appropriate to attach a review of a film that lacks a Green Band trailer.
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LA Story (1991) & Midnight in Paris (2011)
Steve Martin captures his inner Woody Allen to tell a love story to the West Coast. Woody Allen honors literary heroes and the artistic town they called home.
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A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
The Muppets and a star-studded cast try to get to the North Pole to ensure that all New Yorkers have their letters delivered to Santa. A TV special introduced CatBusRuss by his big sister, ThePoeticCritic
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"The Producers 1967" with Michael Dubois - The Clean Portion
CatBusRuss and Michael DuBois discuss the first feature directed by Mel Brooks and how any antifascist should embrace the film’s messages.
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"The Producers (1967)" & "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" - The Dirty Portion
Michael Dubois ends up serving as CatBusRuss’s therapist. How did that come from talking about “The Producers”? CatBusRuss also reviews the mouthy “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot”.
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Risky Business (1983) & Class Action Park (2020)
Tom Cruise stars in a movie that inspires the attitudes of the kids documented in the documentary “Class Action Park”.
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Valley Girl (1983)
Nicolas Cage’s breakout role as a Romeo from Hollywood trying to capture the heart of a girl from the Valley regardless of what her friends do to him.
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Mel Brook's "Young Frankenstein" (1974)
CatBusRuss is joined by legendary Vegas magician Paul Draper to heap praise on one of Mel Brook’s finest features, Young Frankenstein.