The Laundromat
When her husband (James Cromwell) dies in a boat crash, Ellen Martin (Meryl Streep) goes in search of the compensation she’s owned and discovers a global labyrinth of exotically-based companies […]
Tag Archives: comedy
On iPlayer: Election
Don’t tell Brenda from Bristol, but Election is on iPlayer. Alexander Payne’s 1999 comedy explores high school teacher Jim McAllister’s (Matthew Broderick) meddling in a student body election after his […]
Dead in a Week…Or Your Money Back
After several failed suicide attempts, lifeguard William (Aneurin Barnard) hires a hit-man on the brink of retirement (Tom Wilkinson) to finish the job. While the premise may read like a […]
North to Alaska
John Wayne plays Sam, a prospector who discovers he’s literally sitting on a goldmine under some land he’s claimed in America’s northernmost territory. He heads north, collecting his friend’s bride-to-be […]
The Peanut Butter Falcon
22 year old Zak (Zack Gottsagen) escapes from the old people’s home he’s forced to live in due to the lack of support available for his Down syndrome and goes […]
Zombieland: Double Tap
The poster for Zombieland: Double Tap boasts (or rather threatens) “from the director of Venom and the writer of Deadpool.” Personally I’d have gone with “from the producer of Gilmore Girls.” […]
Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon
There are certain characters you wouldn’t dream of sending into space (Sister Mary Clarence, James Bond) and others for whom it makes a strange kind of sense. It worked for […]
