dramedy
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Trust Me
I did ‘trust’ actor turned writer/director Clark Gregg that after watching the trailer that this, his sophomore feature, was a comedy. Far from it, even though it has some comic moments this dark story of a Hollywood Agent whose career is sinking below rock bottom, is quite a depressing affair. Gregg stars as Howard Holloway…
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The Trip To Italy
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon who are like a contemporary Brit ‘Odd Couple’, are back together again reprising their roles of touring enthusiastic amateur gastronomes whilst verbal sparring and trying to out ‘impersonate’ each other. This pair of comic actors pretend to irritate each other with their quick-witted jibes whilst charming the pants of audiences…
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Begin Again
When I sat watching writer/director John Carney’s latest movie that was hoping to follow on with the surprise success of his last hit, instead of being enthralled by the warbling tones of singer/songwriter Gretta on screen I just couldn’t get a certain Sondheim lyric out of my head. ‘Once, yes, once for a lark, Twice, though,…
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American Hustle
Its very vaguely based on a real incident from that time when the FBI enlisted the services of a con man from the Bronx to lead an undercover operation called Abscam that included the creation of a fictitious Arab sheikh named Abdul and resulted in the conviction of six congressman and a United States…
