Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "black comedy"

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Game Night *** (2018, Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Jesse Plemons, Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussen) – Movie Review

Atoning for their horrible 2105 effort Vacation, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein are joint directors of the surprisingly fun and funny crime black comedy Game Night, in which a group of friends who meet for game nights […]

Mar, 06

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz [Ensayo de un crimen] **** (1955, Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo) – Classic Movie Review 6354

Co-writer/ director Luis Buñuel’s 1955 Mexican thriller is a typical, weird Buñuel black comedy fantasy starring Ernesto Alonso as Archibaldo de la Cruz, a man who is obsessed with killing women with his music box […]

Dec, 03

How to Murder Your Wife *** (1965, Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 6230

‘WOMEN: WARNING! See It Before He Does! The Wife You Save May Be YOU! ‘ Jack Lemmon is given a near-perfect stage for his comedic skills in director Richard Quine’s teasing 1964 dark-toned comedy about […]

Nov, 11

Drop Dead Darling [Arrivederci, Baby!] * (1966, Tony Curtis, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lionel Jeffries, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Nancy Kwan, Fenella Fielding, Anna Quayle) – Classic Movie Review 6229

Tony Curtis plays Nick, literally, a ladykiller who weds ’em then kills ’em to his heart’s content to inherit from his rich widows until he meets his match in his latest wife, young Italian widowed […]

Nov, 11

Wild Target [Cible émouvante] **** (1993, Jean Rochefort, Guillaume Depardieu, Marie Trintignant) – Classic Movie Review 6069

Jean Rochefort has a whale of a time as a 55-year-old expert hitman called Victor Meynard, who encounters an inept young crook named Antoine (Guillaume Depardieu) on a kill and decides to train him as […]

Oct, 10

Weekend ***** (1967, Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Kalfon) – Classic Movie Review 5990

The thrilling 1967 post-modern black comedy movie Weekend is an outstanding example of French surreal avant-garde cinema from the prime of writer-director Jean-Luc Godard, in which Mireille Darc and Jean Yanne play a Parisian married couple, […]

Aug, 28

Going in Style **** (1979, George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg) – Classic Movie Review 5269

The 20something Martin Brest directs eminent seniors George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg as three bored golden oldies living on the dole, Joe, All and Willie, who plan and carry out a Queens, New York, […]

Apr, 08

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