Comedy

David O.Russell does it again, with a movie casting the golden favourites of Hollywood’s children. Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro bring their usual pizzazz to the screen, with a unique story set back in the early 1990’s. The trio introduce characters so profoundly modest, it is almost refreshing. The film received two… Read More

In 1950’s outback Australia, Tilly Dunnage returns to her hometown of Dungatar with her Singer sewing machine and a tea chest of beautiful fabrics to take care of her sick mother, Molly.  Molly has mental health issues and is known to the town as ‘Mad Molly’ living alone in a rundown house at the top… Read More

See what Joey Reviews has to say about American Ultra starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart

There is a big problem with Trainwreck. For a comedy movie, it isn’t really that funny. It was not just the ridiculous sexual innuendos which threw me off it. Amy Schumer, Bill Hader and co, while convincing as their characters, failed to spark anything more than a few giggles. This is quite unusual; because director… Read More

A head space movie for kids – I loved it. Riley (11) moves to San Francisco with her parents for the dad’s job. The new house is a bit of a dump, their furniture doesn’t arrive so she has to sleep on the floor and worst of all pizza comes with broccoli on it not… Read More

I can’t help but feel sorry for comedy at times. You make a hilarious movie only to have it unreciprocated by someone not sharing the same sense of hilarity. It’s particularly difficult when reviewing, because though reviews are by definition subjective, their task is also to be as objective as possible. I found Ted 2… Read More

It’s not often that one walks out of a cinema, after watching a comedy, without a sense of feeling hard done by. You pay the money, expect the laughs, and more often than not the film’s best moments are the moments you’ve already made a positive acknowledgement with in the trailer. For the first fifty… Read More

Home, directed by Tim Johnson, is a Dreamworks animated movie about a lonely alien who befriends an American youngster. For those movie goers not born in the 21st Century, such as myself, it feels as if this film is a homage to Spielberg, as it brings to mind the famous line uttered by the extra-terrestrial… Read More

I enjoyed the bright colours and glitzy music. That weird fellow was also a nice touch. But Vajazzle fell short of the mark. With rather crude humour and unpleasant nudity, I cringed more than I laughed. Charlotte (Nathalie Boltt), is a middle aged woman who is cleaning up her private parts in the hope of… Read More