Review – Night School
2018’s Night School is a hollow, unfunny, and frustrating comedy with very few laughs. Avoid it.
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Review – Holmes and Watson
The 2018 Holmes and Watson is a masterclass in ill considered, poorly executed and misconstrued comedy that is remarkably far from funny. Classic comedy partnerships has always been a part of modern cinema and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly’s partnership films of Talladege Nights : The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and Step Brothers (2008) set them on the
Read moreReview – Date Night
We head back to 2010 for this review of the Shaun Levy directed Date Night. Written by Josh Klausner, the film was also produced by Levy and Tom McNulty. Phil and Claire Foster are a married couple, with two children, and the very definition of suburban living. Phil is a tax accountant and Claire is a real estate agent. They
Read moreReview : The House
In the directorial debut of Andrew J. Cohen (previously wrote Neighbours and Neighbours 2), the new film starring Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler is The House, which Cohen also co-writes with Brendan O’Brien. The film sees Poehler and Ferrell as Scott and Kate Johansen, dutiful parents of soon to be university student Alex (Ryan Simpkins). When their local town cancels
Read moreReview – The Big Sick
I’ve been pondering something for a while. And it’s likely going to become a blog of its own at some point. Essentially its this – I think the ‘Rom-Com’ is due a come back. Thats not to say that they aren’t out there now, but just we’ve moved from the ‘Nora Ephron era of the late 1980’s – early 90’s
Read moreReview – Paddington 2
Paddington Bear (now fully going by Paddington Brown) is back. Now, well settled in life in London, the bear from deepest, darkest Peru, finds himself taking on a number of jobs in an attempt to raise money to buy Aunt Lucy a present for her 100th birthday. The item he has his eye on is an antique pop-up book of
Read moreReview – David Brent : Life on the Road
David Brent, former star of early 2000’s fictional reality TV show The Office, is back. He’s back, again in the form of Ricky Gervais and he is going on tour. The 2016 film David Brent : Life on the Road is written, directed by and starring Ricky Gervais based on the comedy character that launched his career. The film centres
Read moreReview – Lego Batman
We’re back off to the Lego Universe now for the review of the Lego Batman film that is currently out in the cinema. The second Lego film to have come out after 2014’s The Lego Movie, Chris McKay (who was an animation director on the 2014 film) now takes on his full directorial debut. The screenplay is by a number
Read moreReview – Keeping Up with the Joneses
Today we turn to the 2016 comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses directed by Greg Mottola (previous highlights include Superbad, Adventureland and Paul) and written by Michael LeSieur (The Heist and You, Me and Dupree). Zach Galifianakis, and Isla Fisher star and Jeff (works in the HR department of an aeronautical engineering company) who and Karen Gaffney a married couple
Read moreReview – Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment
I cannot for a second, explain why I put this on. The academy graduates from the 1984 Police Academy are back, for their first major task in the 1985 sequel, directed by Jerry Paris. The film includes the main stars of the original including Steve Guttenbery, Bubba Watson, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, and Marion Ramsey. In addition for the
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