If there is any genre that either succeeds or fails with sequels, it is animation. While the majority deliver, usually at an even higher level of visual effects, many lack the emotional warmth with imagination and meaning from their predecessors. In 2010, Illumination Entertainment made their feature animation debut with […]

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson star in the latest comedy to hit the screens this summer. When salesmen Billy (Vaughn) and Nick (Wilson) are laid off, Billy tries to get the duo back on track and up to date with the modern world by applying for an internship meant for […]

At first glance, ‘This is the End’ could be viewed as a vanity project. A comedy produced by the actors who star as themselves, it all feels a little bit self-congratulatory. The plot involves Seth Rogan, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson and James Franco having to barricade […]

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is anything but incredible. Steve Carrell and Steve Buscemi play Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton in a Martin & Lewis type of magic acts that they’ve shared for the last decade at Bally’s in Las Vegas.  They are best friends on-stage, but bicker constantly behind it, […]

Identity Thief is about Identity Theft. The clue is in the name, really. Jason Bateman plays hardworking and straight-laced Sandy Patterson, who in one disastrous morning after having his bank card declined and an arrest warrant put out in his name, finds out he has been a victim of fraud. […]

The Simpsons: One of our greatest every sitcoms: “Kids, you tried your best and you’ve failed miserably. The lesson is never try!” – Homer Simpson Above is possibly one of my favourite quotes in television comedy history. Goodness knows how many times I have sat in the pub or a restaurant and had […]

  Warning: this article will contain the ‘n-word’, and other similar words, because, put simply, it’s about the ‘n-word’. It relates to the recent story about the BBC editing out a scene of an episode of the repeated series of ‘Fawlty Towers’ because of censorship. Now I don’t like that word, and never have […]

Long-term Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, and is for the first time in his political career contested by unwitting oddball Marty Huggings (Zach Galifianakis), a local tourism director hand-picked by two ultra-wealthy CEO’s (John Lithgow and Dan Akroyd) looking to use […]