Easy A
There’s a long tradition of movies that start with a lie that spins out of control, from 1961’s The Children’s Hour (my teachers are lesbians!) to this year’s Yardie (I […]
Tag Archives: comedy
Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia With Hate
Science teacher Richard (Roy Haylock) is happily working in his Texas high school as drag queen alter ego Bianca del Rio. But his old enemy, local homophobe Debora Ward (Rachel […]
Re-Animator
Today we look back on Re-Animator to celebrate H. P. Lovecraft’s birthday; a writer whose ideas still echo loudly around the horror genre and certain parts of the Labour Party. Jeffrey […]
Muriel’s Wedding
Toni Colette is Muriel, a down-beaten young woman who fills the hole in her life with ABBA and dreams of the perfect wedding in her dead-end hometown of Porpoise Spit. Along […]
Best in Show
From Spinal Tap‘s Christopher Guest, Best in Show applies the talents of the legendary mockumentarian to the self-evidently funny world of dog competitions. Canine-based hilarity ensues. The film follows several […]
Hudson Hawk
Bruce Willis and an undercover nun (Andie MacDowell) undertake a wacky adventure in a film they should have called Old Habits Die Hard. Instead they called this 1991 flop Hudson Hawk, […]
We’re Not Married!
A bumbling public official (Victor Moore) has just been granted the right to carry out marriages when a young couple arrives at his door looking to tie the knot. Several […]
Game Night
If you watched David Fincher’s The Game and longed for all the weird tension to be replaced by generic gags, might I recommend Game Night or a long hard look […]
Up in Smoke
Stoners get a bad rap for a group that’s given us Ben & Jerry’s, all modern music and Barack Obama. But when it comes to stoner comedy that lazy reputation […]
Beetlejuice
Not to be confused with the Simpsons episode The Bart of War, in which Bart and Milhouse consume Beatles-inspired soda drinks (John Lemon, Paul McIced Tea, Orange Harrison and Mango […]
Screen Goblin 