Network
A news anchor (Peter Finch) threatens to kill himself on air, but his announcement backfires when he shoots up the ratings. On re-release for director Sidney Lumet’s 100th birthday, Network […]
Tag Archives: comedy
Wicked Little Letters
Wicked Little Letters is a British comedy not to be confused with Pretty Little Liars, Big Little Lies or Wicked Little Lettuce, hopefully the next Liz Truss book. Based on […]
American Fiction
This comedy is based on Percival Everett’s novel Erasure but renamed American Fiction to sound more like an Oscar movie (and less like an Arnie movie). The story follows Thelonious […]
Final Destination 2
A 25-year-old college student (A. J. Cook) witnesses a traffic collision that turns out to be a premonition (and not just the cast’s careers going up in in flames). After […]
Gremlins
An economically depressed town is visited by rampaging creatures in the 1984 Christmas classic they should have called It’s a Wonderful Lifeform. All of Billy’s (Zach Galligan) Christmases come at […]
Trading Places
This 1983 comedy sees An American Werewolf in London director John Landis trade wolves for Wall Street, or the Philadelphia equivalent. Rocky Road? Loosely based on Mark Twain’s The Prince […]
A Netflix for Christmas
Despite having once co-created a Hallmark movie generator, I had never actually seen one until this ill-advised double-bill – and I possibly still haven’t as the provenance of these festive […]
The Blackening
Bodies Bodies Bodies meets Bitch Ass in this horror/comedy about the most racist board game since Trump: The Game. The Blackening looks designed to skewer black representation in the horror […]
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
A widowed bard (Chris Pine) has to find a relic to resurrect his wife. That is the entire plot of this 2+ hour Dungeons & Dragons movie. Of all the […]
My Best Friend’s Exorcism
One of my favourite novels gets a Christopher Landon-produced (Happy Death Day, Freaky) makeover in this Amazon Original. What could possibly go right? My Best Friend’s Exorcism is a 2022 […]
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