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Comedy Movie Reviews

Grosse Pointe Blank

Director George Armitage Stars John Cusack, Minnie Driver & Dan Aykroyd Rated M Rated 4.5/6 Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time. This could be considered…

Jolt

Director Tanya Wexler Starring Kate Beckinsale, Jai Courtney & Stanley Tucci Rated MA Score 6/6 A bouncer with a slightly murderous anger-management problem that she controls with the help of an electrode-lined vest she uses to shock herself back to normalcy whenever she gets homicidal. Jolt is one of those movies I can’t help but…

Fletch

Director Michael Ritchie Starring Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Score 5/6 Rated M Irwin M. “Fletch” Fletcher is a newspaper reporter being offered a large sum to off a cancerous millionaire, but is on the run, risking his job and finding clues when it’s clear the man is healthy. On a whim I brought…

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Director James Gunn Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel,Bradley Cooper Rated M Score 3/6 Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own – a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not…

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned

Director Paul Leyden Starring Jeffrey Donovan, Rachel Adedeji & Penelope Mitchell Rated M Score 1/6 Recruited by the R.I.P.D., a resurrected sheriff returns to Earth to save humanity from a gateway to hell. A certain amount of mental gymnastics is required with R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned because it is a prequel/reboot and doesn’t…

Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre

Director Guy Ritchie Stars Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza & Cary Elwes Rated M Score 4/6 Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order. It’s been…

Popeye

Director Robert Altman Stars Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall & Ray Walston Rated PG Score 4/6 The adventures of the famous sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven. E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye.The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip…

Double Dragon

Director James Yukich Starring Robert Patrick, Mark Dacascos & Scott Wolf Rated PG Score 1.5/6 Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and is determined to get the brothers’ half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power. For those of…

Die In a Gunfight

Director Collin Schiffli Starring Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario & Justin Chatwin Rated MA Score 4.5/6 In New York City, a young guy falls for the daughter of his father’s nemesis. Okay, I’ll admit this movie has been sitting on my to-watch list for a long time. Not as long as some movies but it was…

Bandit: Bandit Bandit

Director Hal Needham Starring Brian Bloom, Brian Krause, Ami Dolenz, John Schneider & Richard Belzer Rated TV-PG Score 1/6 Assigned to deliver a prototype car to a press conference for the Governor, things are complicated by a fraudulent Bandit who ends up stealing Bandit’s rig AND the prototype. Now Bandit has to find out who’s…