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Comedy Movie Reviews

George of the Jungle

Director Sam Weisman Starring Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann & Thomas Haden Church Rated PG Score 5/6 A man raised in the jungle by apes falls in love with a wealthy American heiress. Alright, though I don’t want it, I think that George of the Jungle 2 has somehow made it on my list of movies…

L’Arroseur Arrosé – The Oldest Known Comedy

5/6. Directed by Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc a (Clerc who played the Gardener who got sprayed in the face was actually Lumière’s gardener) and Benoît Duval. For those of you who don’t know Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and…

Airheads

Director Michael Lehmann Starring Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi & Adam Sandler Rated M Score 4/6 Three band members hoping for a big break head to a radio station to play their demo tape and wind up holding everyone hostage with plastic guns when the head D.J. refuses to play them. Sticking with what might seem…

Down Periscope – Revisited

Director David S. Ward Stars Kelsey Grammar, Lauren Holly & Rob Schneider Rating M Score 3.5/6 Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days with a crew of Navy misfits. From what I can tell it has been ten years since…

John Schneider’s Stand on It and Poker Run

Stand on It Director John Schneider Starring John Schneider, Cody McCarver, Mindy Robinson & Tyrus Score 4/6 Poker Run Director John Schneider Starring John Schneider, Cody McCarver, Mindy Robinson Score 4/6 Legendary but tired ex-television star Duke Marietta is bet half a million dollars against his big rig that he can’t for real what Burt…

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Director Jason Reitman Starring Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace & Paul Rudd Rated PG Score 5/6 When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. For starters I would like to congratulate…

Tokyo Tribe

Director Sion Sono Starring Ryôhei Suzuki, Young Dais & Nana Seino Rated MA Score 6/6 In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro crosses the line to conquer all of Tokyo. The war begins. Alright, I forgot I had…

Free Guy

Director Shawn Levy Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer & Taika Waititi Rated M Score 6/6 A bank teller discovers that he’s actually an NPC inside a brutal, open world video game. As fun and light-hearted movie Free Guy I was a little bummed that I didn’t get a chance to watch this one on the…

The Suicide Squad

Director James Gunn Starring Margot Robbie, Idris Elba & John Cena Rated MA Score 5.5/6 Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Okay, there was a small…

Sydney Underground Film Festival – Ninja Badass

Director Ryan Harrison Starring Ryan Harrison, Tatiana Ortiz, Darrell Francis, Mitch Schlagel and Steven C Rose Rated MA Score 5/6 The Ninja VIP Super Club is doing a slow drag across the American Midwest, culminating in female sacrifice. When they kidnap a super hot babe that local scumbag Rex has his eyes on – it’s…