Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)
A bit like Harry Potter meets A Series of Unfortunate Events meets True Blood, but without being nearly as well executed as any of those.
Archive | Comedy
Women in Trouble (2009)
A movie made by a man about how men see women, marketed to women so that they can view it and reaffirm their assigned gender roles.
Zombieland (2009)
Zombie hilarity: what more could you ask for?
Fame (2009)
I’m sure that remaking this movie seemed like a great idea at the time.
Cold Souls (2009)
Yes, this film is as bizarre as it sounds, but it is also absolutely wonderful.
The Men Who Stare At Goats (2009)
While it can definitely be said that truth is often stranger than fiction, I think it’s fair enough to say that there’s a difference between the two for a reason. The Men Who Stare At Goats is supposedly based on actual events, and there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that it’s stranger than most of what’s coming out of mainstream Hollywood these days. The question, however, is whether being weird qualifies it for being filmed in the first place.
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
By: Wes Anderson (director, screenplay), Roald Dahl (novel) Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family. The only Roald Dahl book I’ve ever read is Charlie and [...]
A Serious Man (2009)
By: Ethan and Joel Coen (directors, writers) Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, Peter Breitmayer, David Kang, Amy Landecker, George Wyner, Michael Tezla, Fyvush Finkel, Adam Arkin A black comedy set in 1967 and centered on Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel when his [...]
I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)
By: Tyler Perry (director, screenplay, play) Starring: Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriguez, Brian White, Hope Olaide Wilson, Kwesi Boakye A night club singer finds herself responsible for her sister’s three children after her mother disappears.
Up in the Air (2009)
By: Jason Reitman (director, screenplay), Sheldon Turner (screenplay), Walter Kim (novel) Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman With a job that has him traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him.
