Comedy > Universal Comedy > Oscar

Advantages: Great movie with some superb acting performances.
Disadvantages: Maybe a little slow for a younger audience

Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, details the subtleties of southern life. Adapted from Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, the movie tells the story of Miss Daisy and her chauffer, Hoke. It is a sentimental journey through the years as we watch a reluctant friendship build between a wealthy lady and her chauffer. The Plot Miss Daisy is becoming a danger on the highways as she manages to write-off her car in her own driveway. ...
...eventually allows Hoke to be her chauffer. As the movie progresses in its quiet and sometimes funny way we see a reluctant friendship develop as the two realize they have much in common. Hoke, with his gentleness and patience begins to win the war against the temperamental Miss Daisy. As Miss Daisy’s synagogie is attacked, Hoke points out similarities between the Klu-Klux-Klans attacks on black churches. The movie is tinged with sadness throughout ... Read review

Advantages: The greatest romantic comedy of all time...PERIOD
Disadvantages: Not a damn thing, believe you me!

****************************************************************** TITLE : It Happened One Night RATING: ***** CAST: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson. DIRECTOR: Frank Capra SCREENWRITER: Robert Riskin BASED ON THE SHORT STORY: "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams STUDIO: Columbia Pictures RUNNING TIME: 105 Minutes RATED: Not Rated (US) & U (UK); contains ...
...wonderful movie. Plus, admit it guys, while the concept of snuggling up to watch a "happily ever after clambake" sounds just as exciting to some of you as being stuck in traffic after having 3 cups of coffee and 5 bran muffins, there comes a time when one has to put away your action films and video games to enjoy a movie that, somehow, brings a man and woman together at the end. All this week, I've been reviewing some contemporary and new films which ... Read review

Advantages: Hugh Grant is nice to look at
Disadvantages: Everything else

American Dreamz is the sort of movie that could potentially be very funny. Note that word potentially. Directed by Paul Weitz who also directed About a Boy and American Pie, this movie is set around a popular American reality TV show. I saw the trailers for this and thought it looked good, but I never seem to get round to seeing things at the cinema and ended up getting this on DVD instead. ~The Plot~ The story revolves around the biggest TV show ...
...is overheard singing by the American Dreamz crew. The President of the United States (Dennis Quaid) is due to be a judge on the final night of the show, and Omer's leaders have sinister plans for him. What will happen to the president? And who will win American Dreamz? ~What I thought~ Well, like many films, disappointingly, the trailer shows all the best bits and the rest of the film is rubbish! The plot, as I'm sure you can tell from above, is ... Read review

Advantages: Hillarious, greatly written
Disadvantages: None

...month ago, having never watched Gavin and Stacey before, but I decided to give it a go! Oh my gosh I am so glad I bought it! I ended up and sitting and watching the whole series in one evening, I just couldn't turn it off! It is so so so funny, and the fits of giggles Ruth Jones' character has has me in in unreal, she is so funny! The story line is so romantic as well, in a comedic kind of way. I only wish I had watched Gavin and Stacey whilst it ... Read review

Advantages: entertaining
Disadvantages: none

...you are a fan of friends you will already know that the ends of the seasons always entice you to watch the next and the end of season 8 does not disappoint. There are not many television shows that last this long but you can definitely see why why Friends has. I always watch Friends when I am down and it never fails to cheer me up. On this season finale we have the baby shower where Rachel feels worried about becoming a mum, Monica worries about ... Read review