Posts Tagged ‘screwball’

Intolerable Cruelty

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Actors: Clooney, George | Zeta-Jones, Catherine | Rush, Geoffrey | Cedric the Entertainer | Herrmann, Edward | Adelstein, Paul | Jenkins, Richard | Thornton, Billy Bob | Duffy, Julia | Hadary, Jonathan | Aldredge, Tom | Travis, Stacey | Kyle, Jack | Keyes, Irwin | Drake, Judith
Directors: Coen, Joel | Coen, Ethan
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Miles Massey, a prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney has everything—and in some cases, two of everything. Despite his impressive client list, a formidable win record, the respect of his peers and an ironclad contract (the Massey pre-nup) named after him, he’s reached a crossroads in his life. Sated on success, boredom has set in and he’s looking for new challenges. All that changes when Miles meets his match in the devastating Marylin Rexroth. Marylin is the soon-to-be ex-wife of his client Rex Rexroth, a wealthy real estate developer and habitual philanderer. With the help of hard charging private investigator Gus Petch, she has Rex nailed and is looking forward to the financial independence a successful divorce will bring. But thanks to Miles’ considerable skills, she ends up with nothing. Not to be outdone, Marylin schemes to get even and as part of her plan, quickly marries oil tycoon Howard Doyle. Miles and his unflappable associate, Wrigley, unwittingly dig themselves in deeper and deeper as they go head-to-head with Marylin. Underhanded tactics, deceptions and an undeniable attraction escalate as Marylin and Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes.

All Together, The

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Actors: Freeman, Martin | Johnson, Corey | Topic, Velibor | Dyer, Danny | Harrington, Richard | Abbington, Amanda | Kenna, Jamie | Edwards, Charles | Ryland, Jonathan | Thompson, Ian | Hutchison, Nicholas | Bamber, David | Gilbreath, Alexandra | Marcia Warren | Brown, Wendy Mae
Directors: Claxton, Gavin
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Martin Freeman plays Chris, a frustrated TV producer who is forced to leave his unreliable flatmate Bob played by Velibor Topic in charge of showing a series of real estate agents around the house he is trying to sell. Worried by Bob’s habit of spending all day working in the basement playing loud music, Chris asks his friend to listen out for the door bell and show anyone who comes calling inside. Bob promises to do exactly that and for once, not to let him down. Over the course of the day, whilst Chris struggles to cope with his insane TV presenter colleague Jerry, played by Richard Harrington - back at the house it is soon clear that bonkers Bob is taking his promise to Chris rather too literally. Bob has indeed, allowed anyone inside, including a couple of gun-toting gangsters - an incompetent young Brit played by Danny Dyer and an incontinent American played by Corey Johnson. That evening, Chris is surprised to return home and find his flatmate, four estate agents, two Jehovah’s Witnesses, a corpse and a terrified children’s entertainer in what remains of his flooded kitchen. Of course, a roomful of water and broken furniture doesn’t mean the end of the world - but the half-crazed American sitting outside the toilet with a gun, just might.

Holiday, The

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Actors: Diaz, Cameron | Winslet, Kate | Law, Jude | Black, Jack | Wallach, Eli | Burns, Edward | Sewell, Rufus | Englefield, Miffy | Pritchard, Emma | Parish, Sarah | Sossamon, Shannyn | Macy, Bill | Berman, Shelley | Hahn, Kathryn | Krasinski, John
Directors: Meyers, Nancy
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Movie trailer editor, Amanda of Los Angeles, CA and journalist Iris of Surrey, England live five thousand miles apart and have never met, but are dealing with the same problem: men. Amanda having just broken up with her cheating boyfriend, Ethan and Iris having pined for her ex, Jasper, becoming engaged to the woman he left her for decide to take a vacation during Christmas. They come upon a website called home exchange and swap houses for two weeks both with a goal to forget their troubled love lives. But love ends up finding them anyways. Amanda starts a romance with Iris’ older brother, Graham, a book editor and Iris starts a romance with a movie composer named Miles. With new found romance, both their lives change forever.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Actors: Martin, Steve | Candy, John | Robins, Laila | McKean, Michael | Bacon, Kevin | Baker, Dylan | Bruce, Carol | Burnette, Olivia | Douglas, Diana | Ferrero, Martin | Hankin, Larry | Herd, Richard | Kellerman, Susan | Lawrence, Matthew | McClurg, Edie
Directors: Hughes, John
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All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, Shower Curtain Ring Salesman and all-around blabbermouth, who is never short of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal….

Who’s Harry Crumb?

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Actors: Candy, John | Jones, Jeffrey | Potts, Annie | Thomerson, Tim | Corbin, Barry | Smith, Shawnee | Bromfield, Valri | Steckler, Doug | Coleman, Renée | Mann, Wesley | Kelsey, Tamsin | Flaherty, Joe | Roeske, Fiona | O'Byrne, Lori | Goodger, Michele
Directors: Flaherty, Paul
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Harry is the latest generation of the Crumbs, famous and extremely talented detectives. Unfortunately, talent seems to have skipped a generation, and Harry is reduced to “gumshoe” work at a remote branch of the Crumb detective agency. Back at headquarters, Crumb executive Elliot Draison hatches an evil plan, which requires the inclusion of an incompotent detective. With Harry Crumb on the case, Draison thinks everything will run fine for him. Despite his best efforts, Crumb actually makes some headway in the case…

Laws of Attraction

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Actors: Brosnan, Pierce | Moore, Julianne | Sheen, Michael | Posey, Parker | Fisher, Frances | Dunn, Nora | Nurnberg, Heather Ann | Myers, Johnny | Doyle, Mike | Houston, Allan | Ryan, Annie | Marzello, Vincent | James, Sara | Discepolo, John | Pergament, Annika
Directors: Howitt, Peter
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This is the story of two New York divorce attorneys (Moore, Brosnan) who are often competing against each other, but end up in a relationship nonetheless. When they get married, can they avoid the same issues at home that lead people to provide them business at work? One of the central cases in the story is the heavily-publicized divorce of a rock star (Sheen) from his wife (Posey)…

Just Married

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Actors: Kutcher, Ashton | Murphy, Brittany | Kane, Christian | Moscow, David | Mazur, Monet | Rasche, David | Luckinbill, Thad | Agranov, David | Killam, Taran | Barry, Raymond J. | Toda, Toshi | Gaynes, George | Schina, Massimo | Andrews, Valeria | Thomas, Alex
Directors: Levy, Shawn
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A happy young couple, Sarah and Tom (Brittany Murphy and Ashton Kutcher) marry against the wishes of Sarah’s friends and family and go to Europe for their Honeymoon. Unfortunately for them, Sarah’s parents send Sarah’s ex-boyfriend Peter Prentis (played by Christian Kane) to break up the happy marriage.

Wedding Crashers

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Actors: Wilson, Owen | Vaughn, Vince | Walken, Christopher | McAdams, Rachel | Fisher, Isla | Seymour, Jane | Albertini Dow, Ellen | O'Donnell, Keir | Cooper, Bradley | Canada, Ron | Gibson, Henry | Yoakam, Dwight | De Mornay, Rebecca | Conrad, David | Alden, Jennifer
Directors: Dobkin, David
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Divorce mediators John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey are business partners and lifelong friends who share one truly unique springtime hobby—crashing weddings! Whatever the ethnicity of the wedding party—Jewish, Italian, Irish, Chinese, Hindu—the charismatic and charming duo always have clever back stories for inquisitive guests and inevitably become the hit of every reception, where they strictly adhere to their proven rules of wedding crashing to meet and pick up women aroused by the very thought of marriage. At the tail end of another successful season of toasting brides and grooms, Jeremy learns that the daughter of Treasury Secretary William Cleary and his wife, Kathleen, is getting married in what is sure to be the Washington D.C. social event of the year. After infiltrating the lavish affair, John and Jeremy quickly set their sights on two bridesmaids, Claire and Gloria Cleary. With the lavish reception in full swing, Jeremy works his game plan to perfection in seducing Gloria, but John’s flirtation banter with Claire is unexpectedly impeded by her pompous, Ivy League boyfriend Sack. Having uncharacteristically fallen hard and fast for Claire, John convinces a resistant Jeremy to bend the crashing rules and accept an invitation to an extended weekend party at the Cleary family compound. Once at the palatial waterfront estate, John and Jeremy endure a multitude of comical mishaps at the hands of the dysfunctional members of the Cleary family, but also learn a few unexpected lessons about love and relationships.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Actors: Grant, Hugh | Fleet, James | Callow, Simon | Hannah, John | Scott Thomas, Kristin | Bower, David | Coleman, Charlotte | MacDowell, Andie | Walker, Timothy | Crowe, Sara | Herdman, Ronald | Gray, Elspet | Voss, Philip | Vansittart, Rupert | Walker, Nicola
Directors: Newell, Mike
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The film follows the fortunes of Charles and his friends as they wonder if they will every find true love and marry. Charles thinks he’s found “Miss Right” in Carrie, an American. This British subtle comedy revolves around Charlie, his friends and the four weddings and one funeral which they attend.

Four Rooms

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Actors: Calderon, Paul | Willis, Bruce | Roth, Tim | Davis, Sammi | De Cadenet, Amanda | Golino, Valeria | Madonna | Skye, Ione | Taylor, Lili | Witt, Alicia | Beals, Jennifer | Proval, David | Banderas, Antonio | McKissack, Lana | Vonne, Patricia | Tomita, Tamlyn | Verduzco, Danny | Hayek, Salma
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin | Rodriguez, Robert | Anders, Allison | Rockwell, Alexandre
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This movie features the collaborative directorial efforts of four new filmmakers, each of whom directs a segment of this comedy. It’s New Year’s Eve at the Mon Signor Hotel, a former grand old Hollywood hotel, now fallen upon hard times. Often using physical comedy and sight gags, this movie chronicles the slapstick misadventures of Ted, the Bellhop. He’s on his first night on the job, when he’s asked to help out a coven of witches in the Honeymoon Suite. Things only get worse when he delivers ice to the wrong room and ends up in a domestic argument at a really bad time. Next, he foolishly agrees to watch a gangster’s kids for him while he’s away. Finally, he finishes off the night refereeing a ghastly wager.