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Promising But Unusual “Life is a Party” Trailer

Directed by Ben Falcone and co-written with the star Melissa McCarthy, we follow a typical storyline of a fish out of water theme that turns for the best, and everyone learns to be a better person. The plus point is that we get to laugh along the way. Watch the Life is a Party trailer and see McCarthy completely blow herself up, funny visual.

Her husband unexpectedly dumps her, as a longtime dedicated housewife, Deanna turns regret into changing her life for the best. She goes back to college – landing in the same class and school as her daughter is not in her favor or entirely sold on the idea.

Plummeting headlong into the campus experience and even making out with a college boy in the library, the increasingly outspoken Deanna — now Dee Rock — embraces freedom, fun, and frat boys. But, it is on her terms, finding her true self by becoming a college senior and taking the chances she never took before when she should have taken them – her life might have turned out different.

The movie also stars Debby Ryan and Gilliam Jacobs.

“Cook Off!” Trailer

Directed by both Guy Shalem and Cathryn Michon, Cook Off! follows the reality-show shenanigans mix with the cutthroat world of competitive baking in the delectably sly mockumentary.

I am going along with the shows play on words to describe this crazy and nonsensical story as a buffet of quirky contestants prepare for the renowned Van Rookle Farms Cooking Contest. The heat is on to win a one-million-dollar prize.

As the movie follows the contestants and the wily media and celebrity judges descend on a hotel convention area to see which contestants rise, which ones fall, who will reveal their true nature, and who will find love with the contest’s costumed Muffin Man mascot.

I get the impression that we are seeing nothing but improv with the talented cast that includes Cathryn Michon, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Gary Anthony Williams, Niecy Nash, Diedrich Bader, Stephen Root, and Sam Pancake. Will the movie be zesty or tasteless?

Perhaps, some viewers will relate the that crazy and give an affectionate nod to ordinary Americans who believe they’re one dollop of spray cheese away from achieving their dreams.

However, this is no British bake off.