The cult creator of "Too Many Cooks" builds an occasionally inspired if scattershot genre mash-up out of children's TV. There was always something a bit kinky about Barney. I thought the funniest ...
Topher Grace is also featured in Casper Kelly’s subversive twist on educational children’s television designed to teach positive values and social skills. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic That’s one ...
Sundance film festival: there’s a dearth of both laughs and scares in this one-joke comedy horror that feels like it would have made for a better short film Before we get Ayo Edebiri and Daniel ...
Running time: 95 minutes. Not yet rated. PARK CITY, Utah — A screwed-up new horror-comedy asks the age-old question, “What if Barney the Dinosaur was a bloodthirsty psychopath?” That’s “Buddy,” ...
Sundance: The "Too Many Cooks" auteur appears to have finally received a budget worthy of his talents, and he makes full use of it by playing his greatest hits on a multiplex-worthy scale. His new ...
"Buddy" by Casper Kelly, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute (photo by Worry Well Productions) In 2014, filmmaker Casper Kelly unleashed the ...
German political theorist Hannah Arendt warned of the banality of evil back in 1963, but co-writer/director Casper Kelly revels in the evil of banality in this anarchic horror-comedy, which uses the ...
Premiering as part of Sundance’s Midnight section, this is an ideal choice for younger viewers who will savour Kelly’s knowingly postmodern approach. Fans of Too Many Cooks, which fiendishly mocked ...
US data mixed; Canadian housing starts rise; Carney wins in Beijing; China dumps more US Treasuries; Malaysia and Singapore rise; tourists flood Australia; UST 10yr at 4.23%; gold eases; oil recovers ...
WAYNESBURG, Pa. — A hotel in Greene County was damaged by fire Sunday morning. Firefighters were called to Buddy’s Hotel in Waynesburg around 5:30 p.m., according to the Franklin Township Volunteer ...
A rainbow crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub in Florida was painted over by state officials in the early hours of Thursday, in a move criticized by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer as a “cruel political ...