Category Archives: Comedy
Under the Silver Lake
Release 2018
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Director: David Robert Mitchell
Writer: David Robert Mitchell
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Wendy Vanden Heuvel, Deborah Geffner
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5691670/
Sam, intelligent but without purpose, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.
Smallfoot
Release 2018
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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Director: Karey Kirkpatrick, Jason Reisig
Writers: Karey Kirkpatrick, Clare Sera, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Sergio Pablos, Eyal Podell, Jonathon E. Stewart
Stars: Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6182908/
A Yeti is convinced that the elusive creatures known as "humans" really do exist.
Bodied
Release 2017
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Director: Joseph Kahn
Writers: Alex Larsen, Joseph Kahn
Stars: Calum Worthy, Jackie Long, Rory Uphold
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5883570/
A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.
Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back
Release 2018
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Director: Tom Edmunds
Writer: Tom Edmunds
Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Wilkinson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3525168/
After his ninth unsuccessful attempt on his own life, a young man outsources his suicide to an ageing assassin. "If you're serious about ending it, you need professional help"
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Release 2018
Genre Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Eli Roth
Writers: Eric Kripke, John Bellairs
Stars: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119543/
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
The Christmas Chronicles
Release 2018
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Clay Kaytis
Writers: David Guggenheim, Matt Lieberman
Stars: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2990140/
The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.
The Happytime Murders
Release 2018
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Director: Brian Henson
Writers: Todd Berger, Dee Austin Robertson
Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1308728/
When the puppet cast of a '90s children's TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Release 2018
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Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Stars: Liam Neeson, James Franco, Zoe Kazan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6412452/
An anthology film comprised of six stories, each dealing with a different aspect of life in the Old West.
Blindspotting
Release 2018
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Director: Carlos López Estrada
Writers: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs
Stars: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7242142/
While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend.
Crazy Rich Asians
Release 2018
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Director: Jon M. Chu
Writers: Peter Chiarelli, Adele Lim, Kevin Kwan
Stars: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3104988/
This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.