Tag Archives: comedy

bad luck as a way of life (Film: Ghinionistul – Iura Luncasu, 2017)

Posted on April 15, 2019 by admin

‘Ghinionistul‘ (‘The Unlucky’ or ‘The Bad Luck Guy’), the comedy directed by Iura Luncasu, which I saw at the Romanian Film Festival, organized in Israel these days, reminded me of the Romanian joke about the guy who after passing away … Continue reading →

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a laughing punch in the face (Film: Johnny English Strikes Again – Rowan Atkinson, 2018)

Posted on February 13, 2019 by admin

We live in a divided world. There are two categories of inhabitants of the planet between which there can be no compromise of any kind. There are those who like comedies with Rowan Atkinson (and with Jerry Lewis, Lous de … Continue reading →

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aiming too low (Film: ‘The Interview’ – James Franco, 2014)

Posted on January 4, 2019 by admin

I picked this film as end-of-the-year entertainment because I was curious about the light comedy that created a lot of noise around it by the time it was released. The stories around the making, the delayed launching, and the disputes … Continue reading →

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French fun (Film: La Chevre – Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu, 1981)

Posted on December 6, 2018 by admin

I spent a fun evening at the movies watching the 1981 comedy ‘La Chevre‘ written and directed by Francis Veber and starring Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu. It’s quite interesting to see the two French actors at a moment when … Continue reading →

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good in-flight entertainment movie (Film: The Spy Who Dumped Me – Mila Kunis, 2018)

Posted on November 21, 2018 by admin

I am no great fan of watching movies during flights, but I made an exception during my recent 10 hours + intercontinental trip. ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me‘ seemed to me the right stuff to entertain me for a couple … Continue reading →

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my best laughs in a while (Film: Game Night – Rachel McAdams, 2018)

Posted on March 11, 2018 by admin

I confess that I was waiting for such a movie for quite a while. It’s so long since I have seen a comedy that made me laugh without being stupid, with characters I could care about without falling into melodrama, … Continue reading →

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the concept is not enough (Film: This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy – Christian Nicolson, 2016)

Posted on September 15, 2017 by admin

About half of the viewers in the hall of our local cinematheque who came to watch this film were hardcore fans who came to watch the first screening of this film prior to the opening of a science fiction event … Continue reading →

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La Grande Nostalgie (Film: La Grande Vadrouille – Louis de Funes, Bourvil, 1966)

Posted on July 29, 2017 by admin

Comedies age. All things age actually, films included, comedies included. Seeing 50 years later a film that you remember having laughed at until falling under the chair (this is a Romanian expression, I hope it’s clear what it means) is … Continue reading →

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retro-conspiracy theories (film: Moonwalkers, 2015)

Posted on November 17, 2016 by admin

If you are looking for 90 minutes of uninhibited politically incorrect fun, if you like retro movies about the late 60s or maybe you have lived those happy times and now you want to laugh about them, then ‘Moonwalkers’ directed … Continue reading →

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the magic of ‘seven’ does not fully work (Film: Seven Psychopaths – Martin McDonagh, 2012)

Posted on August 27, 2016 by admin

There is a magic about the number ‘seven’ in cinema among other places. Some say it started with Snow White, other will mention Kurosawa. Fact is that many successful films used this magic and succeeded, some of them succeeded great. … Continue reading →

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