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Comedy Movie Reviews

Street Fighter – 1994

Director Steven E. de Souza Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen Rated M Score 3/6 Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts. For those of you who were wondering Street Fighter was based loosely on the video game Street Fighter II…

How to Be Single

Director Christian Ditter Staring Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann Rated M Score 0/6 Review By Tanteliz A group of young adults navigate love and relationships in New York City. I feel dirty just having watched this movie. Please do not waste 1 minute of your life on this movie. The acting is terrible. Flat…

Spin Out

Director Tim Ferguson & Marc Gracie Staring Xavier Samuel, Morgan Griffin, Lincoln Lewis & Travis Jeffery Rated M Score 3/6 Billy and Lucy have grown up together in a small, close-knit Australian country town, where they form one of the town’s most formidable Ute driving teams. When Billy takes one risky car stunt too far,…

Sing

Director Christophe Lourdelet & Garth Jennings Staring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane Rated G Score 6/6 Review By Tanteliz A koala named Buster Moon has one final chance to restore his theater to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition. Buster Moon manages a theatre. His business has fallen on hard…

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Director George Seaton Staring Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O’Hara, John Payne Rated G Score 6/6 When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing. Okay, time for Christmas movie number 2. I might…

Drama

Director Sophie Mathisen Staring Sophie Mathisen, Jonathan Burteaux and Francois Villevielle Available on November 17th Score 5/6 Anna travels to Paris following John, unintentionally causing tension between her best friend Jean and his partner Philippe. Even though I do have a bit of a soft spot for Australian movies Drama is probably something that I…

The Great Dictator

Director Charles Chaplin Staring Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie Rated G Legendary Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel’s regime. This weekend marked the 76th anniversary of the release in New York of Charlie Chaplin’s first all-talking all-sound movie The Great Dictator.…

JFF — The Mohican Comes Home

Director Shûichi Okita Staring Yûdai Chiba, Akira Emoto, Atsuko Maeda Recommended for ages 12+ Score 5/6 Metal-head Eikichi leaves his struggling music career to return to his family in a small island village off the coast of Shikoku. Sporting a mohawk, he comes home for the first time in seven years to introduce his clueless…

JFF — The Magnificent Nine

Director Yoshihiro Nakamura Staring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yûko Takeuchi, Ryûhei Matsuda Recommended for ages 12+ Score 5/6 Times are tough in samurai Japan: the feudal lord’s harsh taxes are dragging an outpost town into poverty. Local merchant Juzaburo fears for the town’s future, and hatches a secret plan to end their misery. The outrageous mission: collect…

JFF — Rudolf the Black Cat

Director Mikinori Sakakibara & Kunihiko Yuyama Staring Sandayû Dokumamushi, Arata Furuta, Mao Inoue Rated All ages Score 6/6 Ever wondered what your cat gets up to when you’re not around? Naïve stay-at-home cat Rudolf has always longed to roam the streets of his little neighborhood. His thirst for adventure finds him lost miles away in…