Posts Tagged ‘Comedy’

Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) has spent centuries after the death of his master, Merlin, keeping the evil sorcerers at bay and searching for the chosen one – i.e. The Prime-Merlinian or the magically inclined descendant to Merlin.  One afternoon Balthazar finally finds him in a nerdy ten-year-old boy, Dave.  Dave (Jay Baruchel) becomes the physics geek that learns that he needs to become the next greatest sorcerer since Merlin. (more…)

Phil (Steve Carell) and Claire (Tina Fey) Foster are ‘happily’ married.  They’ve reached the stage of their lives where they have stuck each other into a routine that they won’t admit that they’re tired of.  Once a week they get the babysitter to watch their children and they go out to dinner and a movie and every week it’s the same.  This week however, after finding out their friends are getting a divorce, they decide to change up the routine and drive into the city and go to some fancy new restaurant.  Unfortunately they reach the restaurant way too late to get a table.  Phil, hell bent on making this night special for his wife, decides to steal the Triplehorns’ reservation.  This is where the night goes all wrong because when two goons pick them up believing they are the Triplehorns they begin a night of running for their life and solving the mystery of who the Triplehorns are and what they’ve got that these guys with guns want. (more…)

Aaron (Chris Rock) is trying to get through the day as he’s about to bury his father.  The family is coming in and does it become a day and a half.  Ryan (Martin Lawrence), Aaron’s famed published author brother, is coming in – and refuses to help pay for the funeral.  Elaine (Zoe Saldana) accidentally gives her fiancé, Oscar (James Marsden), a hallucinogenic drug when she gives him one of Jeff’s (Columbus Short) apparent ‘valium’.  All at the same time a dwarf named  Frank (Peter Dinklage) claiming to be Aaron’s father’s lover and trying to blackmail Aaron  so that he will keep his father’s secret affair a secret. (more…)

Charlie (Joe Moran) is a neurotic film student who’s in love with his classmate, Juliet (Jocelyn DeBoer), but doesn’t have the confidence to muster a conversation outside of the classroom.  Eventually Charlie’s roommate, Rob (Patrick McColley), decides that it’s about time Chuck mans up to the task and decides to help him out.  One day Rob arranges it so that Chuck and Juliet will end up stuck in the classroom for hours on end with nothing to do but finally both fess up to their feelings for each other, or kill each other from accumulated awkwardness. (more…)

With the release of Shrek: Forever After last week I asked you all who you thought was the new actor that you find funniest.  Paul Rudd (Role Models and I Love You, Man) won with 44% of the 9 votes cast.  Craig Robinson (Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Hot Tub Time Machine) and Zach Galifanakis (The Hangover) tied for second with 22% of the votes each, and Donald Glover (Mystery Team and Community).  Aziz Ansari (Funny People) and Clarke Duke (Sex Drive) both received no votes.

Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) is an engineer for the railroad company.  After being rejected by the recruitment office for the Confederate Army in the civil war his only love, Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack), refuses to speak to him.  One day a Union steals his train, nicknamed The General, as well as kidnaps Annabelle in a devious plot to try and win the war.  Johnny single-handedly chases after his train, and lady, in an attempt to foil the Union’s plot. (more…)

In this week’s poll with the release of Shrek Forever After coming up I was wondering what’s your favourite funny man of today in film.  Hearing Eddie Murphy‘s voice in the new Shrek movie I couldn’t help but remember a time when he was good in films.  Well now we have a whole new bunch of actors making us laugh at the cinema every year.  I know it’s a broad topic so it’s tough for me to pick a handful of actors and hope that I didn’t miss yours.  If you vote other please put the actor that makes you laugh most in the comments.  So vote in the poll below: (more…)

After Jimmy (Bruce Willis) and Paul (Tracy Morgan) ruin a massive undercover investigation through their usual antics they have been suspended from the force.  With Jimmy strapped for cash right before he has to pay for his daughter’s wedding he heads out to sell his mint condition rare baseball card.  In a turn of unforeseen events the card is stolen from him and this sends Jimmy and Paul on the case of the stolen baseball card which becomes something else entirely. (more…)

After being a performer for so long and being fed up with his hectic schedule Jim Hardy [Bing Crosby] decides to retire and live the rest of his life on a farm.  After that fails to live up to his expectations he decides to turn it into a special kind of club, The Holiday Inn, where people can come on each public holiday and enjoy a special song and dance show he put on with all his guests. (more…)

So what if one Christmas Eve as Santa [Edward Asner] is doing his thing an orphan climbs into his sack and gets carried back to the North Pole and ends up being adopted by an elf and being raised as an elf while actually being a human?  Well this is what happened to Buddy [Will Ferrell] and eventually he kind of comes across the information that he isn’t an elf and that his biological father, Walter [James Caan], is on teh naughty list and wants to meet him.  So Buddy goes on a long journey to New York City and meets the family that could’ve been while sharing his Christmas cheer with the entire city. (more…)