Comedy

Comedy Movie Reviews

Santa Girl

Director Blayne Weaver Starring Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Stone, Devon Werkheiser Rated PG Score 3/6 Santa’s daughter, Cassie gets a chance to attend college for one semester in the ‘real’ world before heading back to the North Pole to fulfill her duties under her father. Okay, the first Christmas movie that I’m reviewing this year. There…

Japanese Film Festival – Samurai Shifters

Director Isshin Inudo Starring Gen Hoshino, Issey Takahashi and Mitsuki Takahata Rated Unclassified all ages Score 5/6 Socially awkward Katagiri Harunosuke is a samurai librarian stuck between a rock and the entire Echisen Matsudaira samurai clan. Threatened with harakiri, he is forced to take charge of a large-scale mission to relocate the whole town on…

Japanese Film Festival – My Dad is a Heel Wrestler

Director Kyohei Fujimura Starring Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yoshino Kimura and Kokoro Terada Rated Unclassified all ages Score 6/6 Pro wrestling champion Hiroshi Tanahashi makes his acting debut as the gentle giant dad to nine-year-old Shota, whose understanding of goodies versus baddies is challenged in the wrestling arena when he discovers his father is actually the despicable…

Nekrotonic

Director Kiah Roache-Turner Starring Ben O’Toole, Monica Bellucci, Caroline Ford Rated MA Score 5/6 A man who discovers that he is part of a secret sect of magical beings who hunt down and destroy demons in the internet. I was a little excited when I came across this one because the Roache-Turner brothers wrote and…

Men in Black: International

Director F. Gary Gray Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani Rated M Score 3.5/6 The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organisation. I really wasn’t sure…

UHF

Director Jay Levey Starring ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy Rated M Score 5/6 An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local public station. The station becomes a success. Okay, I suppose the only reason why I decided to watch this was that it had been sitting on my wish list on google…

Barry McKenzie Holds his Own

Director Bruce Beresford Starring Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Donald Pleasence Rated M Score 6/6 Barry McKenzie’s Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that kidnapping her will draw tourists to his country. Barry and his…

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

Director Bruce Beresford Starring Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan Rated M Score 5/6 Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will. Barry McKenzie was originally a character created by Barry Humphries for a cartoon strip in Private Eye. It…

Les Patterson Saves the World

Director George Miller Starring Sir Les Patterson, Dame Edna Everage, Pamela Stephenson & Thaao Penghlis Rated M Score 5/6 The uncouth Sir Les Patterson teams up with Dame Edna Everage to save the world from a virulent bioterror attack ordered by Colonel Richard Godowni of the Gulf State of Abu Niveah. Okay, I openly admit…