Comedy

Comedy Movie Reviews

Mighty Oak

Director Sean McNamara Starring Tommy Ragen, Janel Parrish, Carlos PenaVega, Alexa PenaVega Rated M Score 4/6 Music manager Gina Jackson whose life is shattered when her brother and lead vocalist, Vaughn, is killed in a tragic accident. Ten years later, when a young guitar prodigy Oak Scoggins enters her orbit, she becomes convinced that this…

Dick Tracy

Director Warren Beatty Starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino Rated PG Score 5/6 All Tess Trueheart wants is to settle down to a quiet life with her boyfriend, detective Dick Tracy. But there’s something pretty rotten going on in town, with someone pretty rotten behind it, and Tracy has his hands full with the likes…

The Three Musketeers

Director Stephen Herek Starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt & Chris O’Donnell Rating PG Score 5.5/6 France, 1625: Young d’Artagnan heads to Paris to join the Musketeers but the evil cardinal has disbanded them – save 3. He meets the 3, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, and joins them on their quest to save the…

Footroot Flats: The Dog’s Tale

Directed by Murray Ball Staring John Clarke, Peter Rowley Rating PG Score 5.5/6 Based on New Zealand’s most beloved comic strip “Footrot Flats” about a farmer named Wal, his dog and life in the small town of Raupo. Questions will be answered: Will Wal impress the selectors and become an All Black? Will prize stag…

Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

Director Tim Burton Starring Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton Rated PG Score 5.5/6 When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life. I know I have reviewed a lot of movies directed by Tim Burton, the first thought…

The Wizard

Director Todd Holland Starring Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis Rated PG Score 5/6 A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross country with the help of a girl they meet to compete in the ultimate video game championship. I know I do not normally review family movies but, the cinemas…

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Directed by Quentin Tarantino Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie Rated MA Score 5/6 A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles. I meant to go and see this in the cinema…

Fisherman’s Friends

Director Chris Foggin Starring James Purefoy, Meadow Nobrega, David Hayman Rated M Score 5/6 Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. For those of you who might be wondering Fisherman’s Friends is based on a true story about Port Isaac’s…

The Dead Don’t Die

Director Jim Jarmusch Starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tom Waits Rated MA Score 5/6 The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves. I think it has been more then a little while since I have last watched a Zombie movie, and as far as…