Tag: Comedy

Movie Review: Happy Christmas

IMDB, Happy Christmas“Happy Christmas” on IMDB

Comedy/Drama, 84 Minutes, 2014

This is one of those super-cheap, mostly ad-libbed, slice-of-life art films that tend to be fatally dull and terminally uninteresting. Only very rarely does the formula result in something worthwhile. Although this has some problems getting up to speed and staying there, happily it’s one of those.

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Movie Review: Tusk

IMDB, Tusk“Tusk” on IMDB

Comedy/Horror, 102 Minutes, 2014

Apparently the idea for this movie was the result of an extended discussion on writer/director Kevin Smith’s [IMDB] podcast. How about a guy, the joke went, that captures people and tries to turn them into walruses? The gag picked up steam, Smith got excited and made a movie.

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Movie Review: The Interview

IMDB, The Interview“The Interview” on IMDB

Comedy, 112 Minutes, 2014

Yes, this movie caused an international cluster-fuck. Yes, it prominently features the (spoiler!) violent death of a world leader. Yes, it was the excuse that a bunch of assholes used to gut-punch an international film company and the thousands of people that work there.

There is one important question, of course: is it any good?

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Movie Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel

IMDB, The Grand Budapest Hotel“The Grand Budapest Hotel” on IMDB

Comedy, 100 Minutes, 2014

You know those annoying fanboys that believe that their favorite director can do no wrong? They’ll talk about them endlessly, insist other people pay attention to them and challenge anybody that says the least critical thing about them. They make fools of themselves as they ignore obvious issues and rationalize away every shortcoming.

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Movie Review: Annie

IMDB, Annie“Annie” on IMDB

Musical/Comedy, 118 Minutes, 2014

There’s an elephant in the room with this one and it’s kind of a stupid elephant. Like those stuck-up ones in “Dumbo” that didn’t like him because of his ears; lobe-ist bitches.

This is not “Black Annie”.

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Movie Review: The Other Woman

IMDB, The Other Woman“The Other Woman” on IMDB

Comedy, 109 Minutes, 2014

I’m having difficulty reviewing this one. I can’t honestly say where I fall on it. It’s probably damning with faint praise to say that it’s absolutely harmless. It is true, however: this movie will not harm you or your family in any way.

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Movie Review: 22 Jump Street

IMDB, 22 Jump Street“22 Jump Steet” on IMDB

Comedy, 112 Minutes, 2014

This movie is so tongue-in-cheek introspective it hurts. Fourth-wall breaks, self-commentary and an almost supernatural self-awareness account for a huge percentage of the humor. This is a sequel, and it reminds you of that loudly, blatantly and often.

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Movie Review: Saving Mr Banks

IMDB, Saving Mr Banks“Saving Mr Banks” on IMDB

Biography/Comedy/Drama, 125 Minutes, 2013

Mary Poppins [IMDB] is one of the very few inarguable classics of film. Even those curmudgeons that mock Dick Van Dyke’s [IMDB] cockney accent admit it. The story behind the making of the film is the stuff of Hollywood legend.

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