Perhaps the Farrelly brothers realize “There’s Something About Mary” will always eclipse their later efforts, but “Hall Pass” suggests they will never direct another good movie. The lame jokes, ridiculous circumstances and lack of humor burden the film as it sags throughout its runtime.

It’s hard to say where newspaper comics will go in the next few years, but have you heard of this interweb thing? There are Webcomics all over the Internet, and, yes, you will find your share of “Marmadukes” out there, but there are also some really good ones. Here are the best of the best, [...]

Washington University professor Anca Parvulescu, however, decided to investigate the background of laughter further and set out to explore why this freeing expression has a history of repression.