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Good Boys (2019)

Posted by Gui on August 19, 2019

Review 89min Genre:       Comedy Director:    Gene Stupnitsky Cast:         Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon…and more Writers:     Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky -Synopsis- On a quest to replace a broken drone and get to an epic kissing party, a trio of twelve-year-old misfit friends embark on an epic foul-mouthed suburban American journey that’ll turn them […]

The Happytime Murders (2018)

Posted by Gui on August 30, 2018

Review 91min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Mystery Director:    Brian Henson Cast:         Melissa McCarthy, Bill Barretta, Maya Rudolph…and more Writers:     Todd Berger and Dee Austin Robertson -Synopsis- In a modern day Los Angeles where puppets live alongside humans as society’s furry underclass, a washed up former puppet detective-turned-private eye reluctantly teams up with his ex-partner to solve […]

Deadpool 2 (2018)

Posted by Gui on May 18, 2018

Review 119min Genre:       Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Comedy Director:    David Leitch Cast:         Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison…and more Writers:     Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Ryan Reynolds…and more -Synopsis- Everyone’s favourite fourth wall-breaking, quick-healing, wisecracking superhero returns with more clever quips and bad intentions, forming a ragtag team of disparate talents to save a gifted kid from […]

Game Night (2018)

Posted by Gui on March 1, 2018

Review 100min Genre:       Action, Comedy, Crime Director:    John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein Cast:         Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Jesse Plemons…and more Writer:      Mark Perez -Synopsis- When a group of middle-class suburbanite ‘game night’ devotees mistake a violent kidnapping for a bout of murder-mystery role-playing, a night of hilarious madness ensues in this madcap modern comedy […]

Girls Trip (2017)

Posted by Gui on August 1, 2017

Review 122min Genre:       Comedy Director:    Malcolm D. Lee Cast:         Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith…and more Writers:     Erica Rivinoja, Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver -Synopsis- Four women decide to rekindle their close childhood friendship by taking a long overdue girl’s trip—and what better place to re-visit their youthful exuberance than New Orleans as they […]

The House (2017)

Posted by Gui on July 3, 2017

Review 118min Genre:       Comedy Director:    Andrew Jay Cohen Cast:         Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Jason Mantzoukas…and more Writers:     Brendan O’Brien and Andrew Jay Cohen -Synopsis- Looking for a way to pay for their daughter’s college tuition after her scholarship is revoked, a well-meaning but inept couple start an illegal underground casino in quiet American suburbia with […]

Baywatch (2017)

Posted by Gui on May 28, 2017

Review 116min Genre:       Action, Comedy Director:    Seth Gordon Cast:         Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra…and more Writers:     Jay Scherick, Damian Shannon, Mark Swift… and more -Synopsis- A group of eager new recruits—including a talented but reckless maverick—compete to join the ranks of the implausibly beautiful lifeguards who patrol the beaches of sunny Florida, helping to […]

Free Fire (2017)

Posted by Gui on March 28, 2017

Review 90min Genre:       Action, Comedy, Crime Director:    Ben Wheatley Cast:         Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley…and more Writers:     Amy Jump and Ben Wheatley -Synopsis- Writer/director Ben Wheatley’s riotous mix of comedy and violence featuring an ensemble cast and set in a Boston warehouse in the late 1970s, where an arms deal gone wrong turns into […]

Office Christmas Party (2016)

Posted by Gui on December 7, 2016

Review 105min Genre:       Comedy Directors:   Josh Gordon and Will Speck Cast:         Jason Bateman, T.J. Miller, Jennifer Aniston…and more Writers:     Justin Malen, Laura Solon, Dan Mazer… and more -Synopsis- In a last-ditch effort to save a failing branch of his tech company family business and the jobs of his trusted employees from the ruthless company CEO, […]

Down Under (2016)- BFI London Film Festival 2016

Posted by Gui on October 6, 2016

90min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:    Abe Forsythe Cast:         Lincoln Younes, Rahel Romahn, Alexander England…more Writer:      Abe Forsythe -Synopsis- In the aftermath of the 2005 race riots in the “Cronulla” suburb of Sydney; fuelled by fear and hatred, a misfit group of vengeful Lebanese-Australians are on a collision course with a motley crew of white working-class […]

Sausage Party (2016)

Posted by Gui on August 31, 2016

Review 89min Genre:      Animation, Comedy Director:   Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon Cast:        Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill…and more Writers:    Kyle Hunter, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg -Synopsis- The team of Rogen & Goldberg bring us a comedy animation where food comes alive… literally; an outrageous and distinctly adult look at what our food gets up […]

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

Posted by Gui on August 24, 2016

Review 86min Genre:       Comedy, Mockumentary, Music Directors:   Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone Cast:         Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer…and more Writers:     Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer -Synopsis- Andy Samberg stars in a satirical music “mockumentary” featuring fellow members of pop parody group “The Lonely Island”, and a host of American pop & comedy […]

Bad Moms (2016)

Posted by Gui on August 22, 2016

Review 100min Genre:         Comedy Directors:     Jon Lucas and Scott Moore Cast:           Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell…and more Writer:        Jon Lucas and Scott Moore -Synopsis- A young working mother struggles to keep up appearances and balance her career with the demands of parenthood; but when she finally hits breaking point, going rogue is the only […]

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)

Posted by Gui on August 11, 2016

Review 98min Genre:      Comedy, Romance Director:   Jake Szymanski Cast:        Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick…and more Writers:    Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien -Synopsis- When party animals the “Stangle Brothers” are shamed into finding respectable dates for their sister’s Hawaiian wedding, they attract the attention of a couple of girls that could give them a […]

Keanu (2016)

Posted by Gui on July 13, 2016

Review 100min Genre:       Action, Comedy Director:    Peter Atencio Cast:         Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Tiffany Haddish…more Writers:     Jordan Peele, Alex Rubens -Synopsis- A pair of straight-laced cousins go undercover as dangerous thugs to rescue their kidnapped kitten from a menacing street gang in this fish-out-of-water action/comedy of stereotypes, a film debut for American superstar comedy duo Key […]

The Boss (2016)

Posted by Gui on June 11, 2016

Review 99min Genre:      Comedy Director:   Ben Falcone Cast:        Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage…and more Writers:    Ben Falcone, Steve Mallory & Melissa McCarthy -Synopsis- A troubled orphan girl turned self-made, ruthless and relentless business titan loses everything after being convicted of insider trading; but the beast cannot be tamed as she recruits a former long-suffering […]

The Nice Guys (2016)

Posted by Gui on June 1, 2016

Review 116min Genre:        Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery Director:     Shane Black Cast:          Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Angourie Rice…and more Writers:      Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi -Synopsis- In late 1970s Los Angeles; a sleazy private investigator and a gruff enforcer team up on a mysterious missing persons case, only to get caught up in a dangerous criminal […]

War Dogs Trailer #1

Posted by Gui on March 24, 2016

Outrageous comedy/drama from the director of ‘The Hangover’ and ‘Old School’; based on the true story of how a couple of stoners from Miami became perhaps the most unlikely international arms dealers ever, managing to play US government systems and secure a huge contract to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan using weaponry from “questionable” sources. […]

Grimsby (2016) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on February 24, 2016

Review 83min Genre:      Action, Comedy Director:   Louis Leterrier Cast:        Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Penélope Cruz…and more Writers:    Sacha Baron Cohen, Phil Johnston & Peter Baynham -Synopsis- An abandoned orphan turned British super spy is forced to join forces with his estranged, hapless, football hooligan older brother to stop a global terrorist plot in this […]

Deadpool (2016) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on February 11, 2016

Review 108min Genre:      Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Comedy Director:   Tim Miller Cast:        Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller…and more Writers:    Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Rob Liefeld… and more -Synopsis- In an effort to cure his terminal cancer, a mercenary volunteers for an experimental procedure that nearly destroys him but also leaves him with superhuman abilities, armed […]

Dirty Grandpa (2016) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on January 23, 2016

Review 102min Genre:      Comedy Director:   Dan Mazer Cast:        Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza…and more Writer:     John Phillips -Synopsis- Following the recent death of his beloved wife, a debauched grandfather co-opts his straight-laced uptight grandson into joining him on a sex-fuelled Florida spring break road-trip in this outrageous lewd comedy starring the great […]

The Night Before (2015) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on December 12, 2015

Review 101min Genre:      Comedy Director:   Jonathan Levine Cast:        Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie…more Writer:     Jonathan Levine, Evan Goldberg , Kyle Hunter … and more -Synopsis- As obligations mount up and “maturity” beckons, three thirtysomething New York friends bring a decade old Christmas partying tradition to an end with a drug & sex-fuelled quest to […]

Dope (2015) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on September 3, 2015

Review 103min Genre:      Comedy, Drama Director:   Rick Famuyiwa Cast:        Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons…and more Writer:      Rick Famuyiwa A trio of high-school geeks trying to survive on the streets and “hoods” of southern Los Angeles get caught in a web of drug and gang activity after a chance encounter at a party, as they […]

Trainwreck (2015) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on August 12, 2015

Review 125min Genre:      Comedy, Romance Director:   Judd Apatow Cast:        Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson…and more Writer:     Amy Schumer Amy Schumer stars as an independent, fast-living and commitment-phobic magazine writer who has her long-held beliefs about monogamy challenged when she meets an abnormally good guy in this brash romantic comedy, featuring many of today’s top […]

Ted 2 (2015) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on July 8, 2015

Review 115min Genre:    Comedy Director: Seth MacFarlane Cast:      Seth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried…and more Writers:  Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild In a sequel to the surprise comedy hit of 2012 about a sentient foul-mouthed teddy bear, with his new marriage on the rocks a baby seems like the perfect solution but Ted […]