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Comedy

Mental

Written & Directed by P.J. Hogan Produced by Janet Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Todd Fellman & Jocelyn Moorhouse Released by Dada Films Australia. 111 min. Not rated With Toni Collette, Liev Schreiber, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney, Kerry Fox & Deborah Mailman Australian director P.J. Hogan reunites with Toni Collette in a knockout comedy that cuts to […]

Starbuck

Directed by Ken Scott Produced by André Rouleau Written by Scott & Martin Petit Released by Entertainment One French with English subtitles. Canada. 109 min. Rated R With Patrick Huard, Julie Le Breton, Antoine Bertrand, Dominic Philie, Marc Bél Anger & Igor Ovadis The high concept for Starbuck sounds like a wild news story or […]

A Liar’s Autobiography

Directed by Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson & Ben Timlett Written by Graham Chapman, David Sherlock, Douglas Addams, David Yallop & Alex Martin, based on the memoirs of Mr. Chapman Released by Epix/Brainstorm Media UK. 82 min. Rated R Featuring the voices of Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, and with Carole […]

Quartet

Directed by Dustin Hoffman Produced by Finola Dwyer & Stewart Mackinnon Written by Ronald Harwood, based on his play Released by the Weinstein Company UK. 98 min. Rated PG-13 With Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Gwyneth Jones, Sheridan Smith & Pauline Collins Quartet follows on the recent success of The Best Exotic […]

Django Unchained

Written & Directed by Quentin Tarantino Produced by Stacy Sher, Reginald Hudlin & Pilar Savone Released by the Weinstein Company USA. 165 min. Rated R With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Johnson, Walton Goggins, Jonah Hill, Bruce Dern & Franco Nero A filmmaker’s love for his art can […]

King Kelly

Directed by Andrew Neel Produced by Tom Davis, Luke Meyer, Ethan Palmer & Andrew Corkin Written by Neel & Mike Roberts Released by GoDigital/SeeThink Films USA. 84 min. Not rated With Louisa Krause, Libby Woodbridge, Roderick Hill & Will Brill The outlook on today’s Internet obsessed youth culture is bleak, even terrifying at times, in […]

This Must Be the Place

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Produced by Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima & Andrea Occhipinti Written by Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello Released by The Weinstein Company Italy/France/Ireland. 111 min. Rated R With Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson, Olwen Fouéré, Simon Delaney, David Byrne & Kerry Condon The old country comes to the New World […]

Seven Psychopaths

Written & Directed by Martin McDonaugh Produced by produced by McDonagh, Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin Released by CBS Films Rated R.  UK. 109 Min With Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Abbie Cornish, Gabourey Sidibe, Olga Kurylenko, Harry Dean Stanton & Tom Waits A real treat has been watching Martin McDonaugh transition […]

Klown

Directed by Mikkel Norgaard Produced by Louise Vesth Written by Casper Christensen Caspier & Frank Hvam Released by Drafthouse Films Danish with English subtitles Denmark. 88 min. Rated R With Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen & Mia Lyhne The latest production from Zentropa productions (Lars von Trier’s company; however, he’s not one of […]