Tag: Comedy
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Listen Up Philip – Review
“there’s an oddly enticing element that derives from witnessing screen characters who are seemingly self-absorbed, deplorable individuals, who, whether we like to admit it or not, we can see shades of ourselves in”… Read More >
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Danny Collins – Review
Given his recent output, you would be forgiven for assuming that Danny Collins – a film about an ageing rocker who has been in a steady decline – is part of a sad farewell tour for Al Pacino. Instead, what you will get is a well thought out drama that is light on laughs, but… Read More >
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Wild Tales – The proposal clip
Six short stories involving distressed people. Read More >
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Results – Review
Guy Pearce is one of our greatest actors; proving himself a chameleon across a dizzying range of genres and scaling budgets of different sizes, he consistently remains an impeccable focus of complex morality at the centre of his films. As for Cobie Smulders, she’s managed to do everything her way, right through TV and even surviving the… Read More >
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Life of Riley – Review
91. That was the age at which Alain Resnais finally, and probably reluctantly, kissed this world goodbye and sailed onward into the great unknown, his fingers surrendering their grip on the camera lens after 68 years in the business of making movies. The French director was clearly in it for all the right reasons, a… Read More >
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Man Up – Review
“While it’s to the film’s detriment at times, the earnest, well-meaning approach is endearing in parts.” Read More >
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Paper Moon – Review
The double act has always been one of cinema’s greatest joys. 1934’s It Happened One Night paired Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable to make for a timeless rom-com; Steve Martin and John Candy’s hilarious awkwardness elevated 1987’s Planes, Trains & Automobiles; even Rush Hour successfully played Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker off one another to huge box office success in 1998.… Read More >
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The Intern – Trailer
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin. Read More >
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The New Girlfriend – Review
“The film is moving in parts and hilarious in others”… Read More >
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Ricki And The Flash – Trailer
Meryl Streep takes on a whole new gig – a hard-rocking singer/guitarist – for Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in Ricki and the Flash. Read More >
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