The Personal History of David Copperfield
The latest film from Armando Iannucci takes on the semi-autobiographical Dickensian tale, as told by its literary protagonist (Dev Patel). In a whistlestop tour of Copperfield’s life we meet the […]
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Love Nest
Jim Scott (William Lundigan) returns from World War Two to discover his wife Connie (June Haver) has invested in a large house and set about letting out the rooms. But […]
Murder Party
Before Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin, Green Room) became the Krzysztof Kieślowski of thrillers, he made this micro-budgeter about a parking inspector (Chris Sharp) attending a Halloween party hosted by a […]
Uncut Gems
Adam Sandler plays jewel dealer Howard Ratner who discovers diamonds aren’t a man’s best friend when his hare-brained money making schemes backfire, causing him a web of problems with his […]
Superman III
Clarke Kent (Christopher Reeve) lives out everyone’s fantasy and goes to a high school reunion with superpowers. Meanwhile accidental computer hacker Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) is accosted by oil tycoons […]
9 to 5
Three office workers (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton) take down their sexist boss (Dabney Coleman) in this old-school comedy, ie. one with a plot. This feminist farce has […]
Bus Stop
Beauregard (Don Murray) is a naive rancher who’s 21-going-on-35 and has apparently never met a woman before. To remedy this, he and pal Virgil (Arthur O’Connell) travel to the city […]
John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch
The juxtaposition of cute children and grown-up subject matter has been a staple of comedies ranging from South Park to Little Monsters, but American comedian John Mulaney gives it a […]
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Inside a snowflake, snowflake the Grinch (Jim Carrey) is triggered by the seasonal antics of the Christmas-loving Santaphiles in Whoville, the only place where Christmas doesn’t get earlier every year […]
On the Buses
I’ve never witnessed the sitcom adventures of Blakey (Stephen Lewis) in On the Buses, although I have listened to Art Blakey on plenty of buses. And technically I’ve only half-seen […]
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