For all intents and purposes, life starts in middle school. It’s where we begin to be people instead of writhing, annoying blobs of physiology. Like Bo Burnham’s terrific Eighth Grade, Tina Gordon’s ...

A body-swap comedy, when it’s really cooking, is built on a device that won’t quit. An actor, generally an adult, pretends to be inhabited by someone totally different from him or herself (generally a ...

The best body-swap movies is a surprisingly prolific subgenre. The films require their characters to grow, learn, and become better people. Body-swap movies provide a perfect opportunity, as the ...

"Have you heard of this movie where Juliette Lewis plays a chair?" "Yes, of course, but remind me about the chair part?" ...

In body-swap comedies, the acting is its own kind of brazen put-on fun. Adult actors get to channel their inner innocent kid; young actors get to channel their “serious” adult. And that’s why, ever ...

It is always nice to see a talented filmmaker find and embrace a genre without shame. For Christopher Landon, his calling just happens to be in the supernarrow niche of high-concept horror-comedies.

It was a religious-themed day Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival. The press in attendance was offered the opportunity to screen “The Testament of Ann Lee,” the new Amanda Seyfried ...

Disney’s Freakier Friday finally arrives in cinemas later this week, with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis reprising their roles from the original in a sequel that doubles the body-swap comedy by ...

Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...

Efron played a teenaged version of Perry's character in the body-swap comedy 17 Again, and Perry had suggested he'd be good in the part Author of the article: You can save this article by registering ...