Category Archives: Comedy
The Christmas Chronicles
Release 2018
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Clay Kaytis
Writers: David Guggenheim, Matt Lieberman
Stars: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2990140/
The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.
The Happytime Murders
Release 2018
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Director: Brian Henson
Writers: Todd Berger, Dee Austin Robertson
Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1308728/
When the puppet cast of a '90s children's TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Release 2018
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Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Stars: Liam Neeson, James Franco, Zoe Kazan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6412452/
An anthology film comprised of six stories, each dealing with a different aspect of life in the Old West.
Blindspotting
Release 2018
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Director: Carlos López Estrada
Writers: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs
Stars: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7242142/
While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend.
Crazy Rich Asians
Release 2018
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Director: Jon M. Chu
Writers: Peter Chiarelli, Adele Lim, Kevin Kwan
Stars: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3104988/
This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.
Dog Days
Release 2018
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Director: Ken Marino
Writers: Elissa Matsueda, Erica Oyama
Stars: Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, Tone Bell
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7365604/
A group of interconnected people in Los Angeles are brought together by their lovely canine counterparts.
Christopher Robin
Release 2018
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, Allison Schroeder, Greg Brooker, Mark Steven Johnson, A.A. Milne, Ernest Shepard
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4575576/
A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
Incredibles 2
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Brad Bird
Writer: Brad Bird
Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3606756/
Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is left to care for the kids while Helen (Elastigirl) is out saving the world.
Juliet, Naked
Release 2018
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Director: Jesse Peretz
Writers: Evgenia Peretz, Jim Taylor, Tamara Jenkins, Nick Hornby
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Rose Byrne, Kitty O'Beirne
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5607096/
Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession.
BlacKkKlansman
Release 2018
Genre Biography, Comedy, Crime
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Director: Spike Lee
Writers: Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee, Ron Stallworth
Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7349662/
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.