Sunday, January 22, 2012

Comedies on DVD to help combat the winter blues:

*From “Across the pond”:

Waking Ned Devine
James Nesbit, Fionnula Flanagan, David Kelly, Ian Bannen,
Someone won the lottery in a tiny Irish town - but who?

The Full Monty
Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkenson, Mark Addy
Unemployment forces some men into becoming strippers

Saving Grace
Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson
Recent widow uses her gardening skills to pay the bills.

Tamara Drewe
Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Roger Allam
A young beauty breezes into town, disrupting a retreat for stuffy writers.
*Includes profanity and a gruesome death.

Son of Rambow
Two boys in the 1980's decide to film a version of "First Blood".

*An American Gem:

Thank You For Smoking
Aaron Eckhart
A spin-doctor for the tobacco industry attempts to validate cigarettes.

*Some Favorites I recommended last year, in case you didn’t get to see them:

A Fish Called Wanda
Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis
British caper/heist with American actors. "Don't call me stupid"

City Island
Andy Garcia Julianna Marguiles
A prison guard brings a convict home to his dysfunctional family to work off his sentence.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer
Modern day film noir murder mystery, so funny

Paper Moon
Tatum O'Neil, Ryan O'Neil
Father/daughter con-artist team

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