Bodyswap comedies are a time-honored tradition in Hollywood. From “Freaky Friday” to “13 Going on 30” to so, so many more, the idea of a kid switching bodies with an adult is something studios can’t get enough of. But how do you up the stakes? Well, in “Family Switch,” it’s not just one kid who switches bodies with a parent. Instead, we get both kids switching with both parents.

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It’s time for a return trip to “Rutherford Falls,” as Peacock’s hit comedy is coming back for a much-anticipated second season. Set in a small town, the series follows two friends as they navigate complexities with laughter and sincerity. “Falls” also goes beyond comedic tropes and harmful stereotypes, drawing praise for its portrayal of Native Americans.

READ MORE: ‘Rutherford Falls’ Stars Jana Schmieding & Michael Greyeyes On Recentering Native Lives & Laughs [Interview]

Ed Helms and Jana Schmieding once again lead the outstanding cast.

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One of the signs that cinemas and studios might be trying to go back to normal is the fact that we finally have an animated family film that is coming to theaters exclusively this fall, as 20th Century Studios is set to release “Ron’s Gone Wrong.”

READ MORE: Fall 2021 Movie Preview: 60+ Must-See Films

As seen in the trailer for “Ron’s Gone Wrong,” the film tells the story of Barney, a loner middle-schooler who is desperately trying to fit in with the rest of his classmates.

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“Together Together” seems like a film you could easily put in the rom-com genre, based on its premise alone. But as seen in the trailer, this film is much different than you would initially think.

“Together Together” tells the story of a lonely guy in his 40s that wants nothing more than to be a dad. He then hires a surrogate woman in her 20s to carry his child.

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What happens when you combine a star from the US version of “The Office” with two creators from “The Good Place” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine?” Apparently, you get “Rutherford Falls” on Peacock. And with that pedigree, this comedy series is going to attract a lot of attention.

READ MORE: ‘Expiration Date’: Mental Health Group Condemns Will Forte’s “Wildly Irresponsible” Peacock Series

As seen in the trailer for “Rutherford Falls,” the series follows the story of one man, Nathan Rutherford (Ed Helms), who takes on a small town and the Native American reservation that it borders when they propose moving a statue devoted to a local legend.

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After spending the last 10 months at home watching reruns of “The Office” (at least until the show left Netflix at the end of 2020), the idea of spending even another 90 minutes with Ed Helms probably sounds like a punishment inflicted on the slothful in the Fifth Circle of Hell. Who would want to languish in Andy Bernard’s company even at the best of times, anyway?

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Over the course of his film and TV career, actor Ed Helms has proven himself more than capable of playing a sincere buffoon. And Harrison Ford is a great choice to play a character that is charming, yet a bit unhinged. So, it makes sense that both men would be cast in the upcoming comedy, “The Miserable Adventures Of Burt Squire Aboard The Horn High Yo.”

READ MORE: Antonio Campos Says ‘The Staircase’ HBO Max Adaptation Starring Harrison Ford Will Be His Next Project

According to Deadline, ErosSTX has signed Helms and Ford to star opposite each other in the upcoming comedy, based on a true story, titled “The Miserable Adventures Of Burt Squire Aboard The Horn High Yo.” The film tells the story of a man (Helms) that is suffering a mid-life crisis and decides nows the time for him to go on a sailing adventure.

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The history of race-focused buddy-cop action-comedies goes something like this: two disparate people from disparate backgrounds—usually an asshole police officer and a person of color, who isn’t a cop (think “48 Hours“)—are unexpectedly thrust together when some crime goes awry. Through plot machinations, these two unlikely partners— usually detesting one another for various reasons, racial divide being key— are forced to solve the mystery behind said crime while bickering constantly and trying not to get killed in the process.

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Buddy-cop films are a staple of the comedy genre. All you have to say is Riggs and Murtaugh and film fans know exactly who you mean, as “Lethal Weapon” is probably the greatest example of this premise. Well, Netflix is hoping that you remember the names Coffee and Kareem. (Yes, it’s clearly a pun.)

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As seen in the trailer for “Coffee & Kareem,” the buddy-cop genre is flipped when you have the team-up of straight-laced, dorky Coffee teaming up with his girlfriend’s young son, Kareem, as they attempt to evade drug dealers that want to see them dead.

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Patrick Brice‘s previous films “Creep” and “The Overnight” uncovered the potential of a darker side of the mumblecore genre. Though his films are cut from the same cloth of the films of Mark Duplass or Joe Swanberg, Brice finds the menace and paranoia in human intimacy and social interaction. Brice’s comedy is mired in the ever-battling anxieties and curiosities of the unknown variables of interpersonal relationships.

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Many attempt to mix the outwardly-delicious peanut butter and chocolate tone of comedy and horror, and there are many good ones—“Shaun of the Dead” “Cabin In The Woods,” “Get Out,” the “Evil Dead” films, etc.— but it’s actually a deceptively tricky genre hybrid to get right. For all the classics, much like horror, there’s a lot of cheap, garish junk that gets churned out each year that hurts the overall quality score.

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There’s a tremendous documentary to be made in the premise for “Tag,” the feature directorial debut of Jeff Tomsic. Inspired by a true story, the new comedy centers around a group of life-long friends who’ve played the same game of tag, one month in the year, for the past three decades. These grown men have resorted to drastic measures in order to tag their friends. They’ll fake identities, drive miles upon miles away to their friend’s destination, dress up in elaborate costumes — the whole gambit.

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With new movie adaptations of “Tomb Raider” and “Rampage” both on the horizon, it seems appropriate that Warner Bros. Pictures is also coming out with a film inspired by that game we used to play whenever our parents told us to quit staring at that damn screen and go play outside for a while.

The big screen feature debut of director Jeff Tomsic (whose TV credits include “Broad City” and “This Is Not Happening”), “Tag” is loosely based on a true story published in the Wall Street Journal about a group of men from Spokane, Washington, who have managed to keep a high school game of tag going for the last three decades.

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It’s not just Hollywood being rocked by sexual harassment and assault scandals, but Washington is also seeing a bright light shined on its darker corners. Al Franken, John Conyers, and Roy Moore among others have faced controversy, not to mention that the country is being led by someone who has openly bragged about crossing boundaries with women. All this is to say that “Chappaquiddick” arrives at a particularly potent time, if only to remind these kinds of stories have been around for decades.

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Over a decade ago, Dito Montiel made a well received indie movie, “A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints,” but ever since has largely been failing upwards. A string of movies have followed, that find him working with decent names (Dwayne Johnson, Shia LaBeouf, Kate Mara, Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Juliette Binoche) but all them have failed critically or commercially or both (“The Son Of No One,” “Empire State,” “Boulevard,” “Man Down“).

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“Father Figures” is another addition to the stable of raunchy studio comedies that made stars Owen Wilson and Ed Helms’ names, and caps off a year wherein Wilson is also looking for awards recognition in the weepie “Wonder.”

A new trailer has arrived for the Warner Bros. comedy which marks the directorial debut of “The Hangover” cinematographer Lawrence Sher — here’s hoping that this film can recapture some of that first film’s gonzo charm and less of the seedy and misogynist humor of the following films in that franchise.

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It’s the summer of ’69, but Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) didn’t buy his first real six-string or start a band with the guys from school, as the Bryan Adams song goes. Instead, he’s still mourning the tragic killing of his brother Bobby Kennedy a year earlier, while mulling his own possible presidential run. To the latter end, he’s gathered together six of the “boiler-room girls” who worked on behalf of Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign for a party.

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“I Do… Until I Don’t” is about as good as its title. That is to say, “I Do… Until I Don’t” is bad.

It’s the worst breed of bad movie, too: distinctly not-good but far from detestable. I felt the same way about writer-director-star Lake Bell’s previous (and first) film, “In a World” (an unpopular opinion, by the way, about a movie that landed a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes).

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After Lake Bell established herself as a writer/director with a unique voice with 2013’s “In A World…,” we were definitely eager for what she might do next. Well, she’s back behind the camera with “I Do…Until I Don’t,” and we wish were a bit more excited about this one.

It’s never a great sign when an indie movie skips every big time festival — Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, L.A.

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Given the artificiality of celebrity and Hollywood, the idea of a manufactured laugh track and canned applause is a pretty clever metaphor for the emptiness of fame. But a loose concept is not a movie if it’s not carefully drawn, pondered and conceived. And the promise of such a potentially nifty little idea isn’t so much squandered in the hapless Tribeca indie “The Clapper” as barely explored.

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s….“Captain Underpants“? Don’t worry, it’s not some Marvel or DC hero you haven’t heard of. Rather, it’s the creation of best-selling author Dav Pilkey, which is now headed to the big screen in a new, animated movie. You know, for kids!

Nicholas Stoller (“Storks,” “Neighbors“) directs the film, which features the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll, Jordan Peele, and Kristen Schaal, and tells the unlikely story of a new hero who wears an unlikely undergarment.

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“I’ve always been interested in comedies with a little bit more on the bone than a lot of laughs and something that speaks with some emotional truth,” Lawrence Sher, a longtime cinematographer turned directors told USA Today. “Particularly as we reach middle age, we often look to our parents and our family as to what the hell went wrong here.”

A veteran who’s worked on comedies like “Garden State,” “War Dogs” and “The Dictator,” Sher’s transition from DOP to helmer is for “Bastards” a new “Wedding Crashers”/“The Hangover”—esque comedy starring Ed Helms, Owen Wilson and J.K.

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Lake Bell To Direct And Star In 'What's The Point?'

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Watch: Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde & More Celebrate The Holidays In First Trailer For ‘Love The Coopers’

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Review: 'Vacation' Starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Chris Hemsworth, And More

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