Waltzes from Vienna
In early 19th century Vienna, Johann Strauss II (Esmond Knight) plays second fiddle, both metaphorically and literally, in his father’s (Edmund Gwenn) orchestra, where he’s constantly denigrated by his elder […]
Tag Archives: comedy
Addams Family Values
There’s an animated Addams Family feature coming out later this year, begging the question of why you’d bother when this 1993 sequel already got them so wrong it’s right. Opening […]
Married to the Mob
A Mafia wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) is tired of her life with professional mobster Frank “The Cucumber” De Marco (Alec Baldwin). Her furniture is stolen, there are guns lying around the […]
Paddleton
Michael and Andy (Mark Duplass and Ray Romano) are best friends and neighbours, but their simple life together is turned upside down when Michael is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and […]
Johnny English Reborn
As if there weren’t currently enough reasons to be horribly embarrassed by all things English, Johnny English Reborn is now on Netflix. This 2011 sequel opens with Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) […]
Burlesque
Christina Aguilera is Ali, a fresh off the bus singer looking to make it big in LA. There she stumbles into a burlesque club and sets her sights on becoming […]
Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Stanley Kubrick supposedly intended Dr Strangelove to be a serious Cold War thriller but ended up making a comedy due to the unavoidable absurdity of the situation. But in an […]
