A Spike Lee Joint: Crooklyn
In December, Spike Lee is remaking Korean sensation Oldboy, so ahead of its release I’m going to be doing a whistle stop tour of some of his films. First up, […]
Tag Archives: comedy
BASEketball
Two lowlifes invent a sport which is like basketball but with some elements of baseball to win a bet and impress a girl. When the game goes big they blah […]
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is the story of a crazy inventor who lives in a town forced to live off tinned sardines. He builds a machine capable of […]
The Great Dictator
Silent legend Charlie Chaplin takes satirical aim at Hitler and the Nazis in a dual role as Hynkl, dictator of Tomania, and a Jewish barber. The barber has suffered memory […]
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
In this sub Shaun of the Dead, “blokes in a pub go on a crazy adventure” film, three blokes in a pub, Ray (Chris O’Dowd), Toby (Marc Wootton) and Pete […]
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Back in July I wrote an article for the Guardian on Guy Pearce’s five best performances. As you can see from the comments I rather glaringly omitted Priscilla, Queen of the […]
Being John Malkovich
How to explain Being John Malkovich? Well, basically an out of work puppeteer called Craig (John Cusack) gets a job in an office with a 5ft ceiling. When at work […]
Good Morning, Vietnam
Part Vietnam war film, part radio-based comedy, Good Morning, Vietnam is about radio DJ Adrian Cronauer as he becomes successful broadcasting to troops in the 1960s. Much of the film, […]
Kenny
Kenny is a mockumentary which follows Kenny Smyth (Shane Jacobson), who works for a portaloo company in Australia. The style of the film is similar to previous mockumentary comedies like […]
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Even if you’re not familiar with Elvira, you may know Simpsons parody Booberella. Elvira is the same character by a different name, but you just can’t beat the original. Originally […]
