Comedy

The Thing About My Folks film review

Making a worthy “feel good” movie is the cinematic equivalent of successfully coercing pandas to mate in captivity. Sure, sentimental life-affirmation and skilled filmmaking are nice to look at when they’re sitting side by side, whether they’re munching bamboo or being The Notebook, but to create anything lasting out of the two, they must be ….

Up and Down (Horem Padem)

Production Company: Total HelpArt T.H.A. Studio: Sony Pictures Classics Cast: Petr Forman as Martin Horecký, Emília Vásáryová as Vera Horecká, Jirí Machácek as Frantisek Fikes, Natasa Burger as Miluska, Jan Tríska as Professor Otakar Horecký, Ingrid Timková as Hana Svobodová, Kristýna Liska-Boková as Lenka Horecká, Pavel Liska as Eman, Marek Daniel as Lubos, Jan Budar ….

Three Kings films review

With two ex-rappers and a guy from ER leading the cast, I wasn’t expecting much from Three Kings. Am I the only one that can still picture Ice Cube being squeezed to death by a huge snake in possibly the worst movie ever, Anaconda? Or how about a buffed-up hood rat named Marky Mark dancing ….

HUSTLE and FLOW

Genre: ACTION / COMEDY / MUSICAL Release Dates: JULY 15, 2005 Trailers Quicktime Trailer 2 Quicktime Trailer Official Websites: hustleandflow.com Taglines: Everybody’s got a dream. Production Company: Crunk Pictures/ Homegrown Pictures Synopsis:Rapper DJay (HOWARD) is struggling to get his first record made, with help from assorted people in his Memphis neighborhood. And when he hears ….

LITTLE BLACK BOOK

Genre: COMEDY / ROMANCE Release Dates: SEPTEMBER 2004 Trailers: Clip 1 – Kippie Kan’t Keep Kovering Windows Media hi Windows Media low Real Player hi Real Player low Clip 2 – Bob, Look, A Box Windows Media hi Windows Media low Real Player hi Real Player low Official Websites: Little Black Book Synopsis:Brittany Murphy will ….

Just Like Heaven

Genre: ROMANCE / COMEDY Release Dates: SEPTEMBER 16, 2005 Trailers: Quicktime trailer Official Websites justlikeheaven-themovie.com www.dreamworks.com Taglines: It’s a wonderful afterlife. Production Company: MacDonald/ Parkes Productions Synopsis From Mark Waters, the director of Mean Girls and Freaky Friday, comes the new romantic comedy Just Like Heaven, starring Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde, Vanity Fair) and Mark ….

Undercover Brother film review

The Blaxploitation films of the 1970s starred relatively unknown black actors playing new kinds of male and female superheroes that had all of the style, funk, and butt-stomping moves to tackle any foe. With the exception of the Samuel L. Jackson’s remake of Shaft and Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, very few films in this genre ….

Kings Ransom

Genre: COMEDY / CRIME Release Dates: APRIL 22, 2005 Trailers: Quicktime High-Res Med-Res Low-Res Official Websites: www.kingsransommovie.com newline.com Taglines: Big Man. Big Plan. Big Mistake. Production Company: Alter Ego Entertainment / Catch 23 Entertainment Synopsis: Anthony Anderson stars as Malcolm King, a wealthy and arrogant businessman whose ex-wife to be has plans to take him ….

KISS KISS BANG BANG

Genre: ACTION / THRILLER / CRIME / COMEDY Release Dates: SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 Trailers: Trailer in various formats Windows Media Trailer Official Websites: kisskiss-bangbang.warnerbros.com Taglines: A bad week in a tough town. Production Company: Silver Pictures Synopsis:A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor. Crew: ….

KUNG FU HUSTLE

Genre: MARTIAL ARTS / COMEDY Release Dates: 2005 (U.S.) Trailers: International Quicktime Trailer QUICKTIME U.S. Trailer Windows HIGH LOW Real HIGH LOW Quicktime HIGH LOW Official Websites: Buena Vista International website bvi.com.tw/kungfuhustle Sony Pictures Classics U.S. website www.kungfuhustlemovie.com sonyclassics.com/kungfuhustle Synopsis:The story is set in 1940’s Canton, China, and follows Sing (played by Steven Chow), a ….

THE LIFE AQUATIC

Genre: ADVENTURE / COMEDY Release Dates: DECEMBER 25, 2004 Trailers: Windows Media Player HERE Trailers in various sizes and formats HERE Windows Media Player HERE French Trailer HERE Various formats HERE Trailer with French subtitles in various formats HERE Windows Media Player Trailer HERE Trailers in various formats HERE Trailers in various formats HERE Trailers ….

ROLL BOUNCE

Production Company: State Street Pictures/ Fox 2000 Pictures Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures Cast: Bow Wow as X, Chi McBride, Wesley Jonathan as Sweetness, Meagan Good as Naomi, Mike Epps, Charles Q. Murphy as Charlie Murphy, Nick Cannon as Bernard, Tai’isha Davis as Tootsie Roll, Diane Fisher as Park Pedestrian, Rick Gonzalez as Naps, Busisiwe Irvin ….

LILIES OF THE FIELD

Genre: COMEDY / DRAMA Release Dates: 1963 Trailers: Windows Media Synopsis Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier), an unemployed construction worker heading west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being run by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior ….

LIPSTICK & DYNAMITE, PISS & VINEGAR: THE FIRST LADIES OF WRESTLING

Genre: DOCUMENTARY / SPORTS / COMEDY / DRAMA Release Dates: APRIL 8, 2005 Trailers: lipstickanddynamitethemovie.com Official Websites: lipstickanddynamitethemovie.com Taglines: The first ladies of wrestling Production Company: Ruthless Films LLC Synopsis:Ring legends such as The Fabulous Moolah and Gladys “Kill ‘Em” Gillem Long provide candid insights into the history of women’s professional wrestling. Ruth Leitman’s new ….