Category Archives: Romantic Comedy

Romantic Comedy

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BEN?

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rob Sitch Stars: Josh Lawson, Rachael Taylor, Daniel Henshall, Christian Clark, Felicity Ward,Lachy Hulme, Rob Carlton, Tracy Mann, Alan Brough, David james, Ed Kavalee, Chantelle Raleigh, Liliya May, John Howard, Rob Sitch.   This  romantic comedy is the third feature film from the Working Dog team, and their first in [...]

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THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Phillipe Le Guay Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Berta Ojea, Nuria Sole, Concha Galan, Marie Armelle Deguy, Audrey Fleurot. This frothy feel-good French farce is a kind of Gallic Upstairs, Downstairs if you will. The action mostly takes place inside a Paris apartment block [...]

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NEW YEAR’S EVE

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Garry Marshall Stars: Jessica Biel, Halle Berry, Robert De Niro, Hilary Swank, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Sarah Jessica Parker, Abigail Breslin, Katherine Heigl, Jon Bon Jovi, Josh Duhamel, Ashton Kutcher, Lea Michele, Til Schweiger, Seth Meyers, Sarah Paulson, Carla Gugino, Cary Elwes, Larry Miller, John Lithgow, Matthew Broderick, Chris ‘Ludacris’ [...]

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I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Douglas McGrath Stars: sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Olivia Munn, Christina Hendricks, Jane Curtin, Kelsey Grammer, Emma Raye Lyle, Busy Phillips, Seth Meyer. Sarah Jessica Parker was recently in Melbourne to promote her latest romantic comedy, and such star tours down under are often a reliable guide to [...]

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MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Woody Allen Stars: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Narion Cotillard, Michael Sheen, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Alison Pill, Corey Stoll, Tom Hiddleston, Nina Ariadna, Yves Heck, Gad Elmaleh. For someone who was once reluctant to leave his beloved Manhattan, Woody Allen has certainly been shooting his movies [...]

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WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mark Mylod Stars: Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor, Blyhe Danner, Joel McHale, Thomas Lennon, Martin Freeman, Zachary Quinto, Andy Shamberg, Anthony Mackie, Chris Pratt, Dave Annable. What’s Your Number? is the latest in the long line of potty-mouthed raunchy romantic comedies, following on the heels of Friends With Benefits, [...]

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SURVIVING GEORGIA

Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Sandra Sciberras and Kate Whitbread Stars: Pia Miranda, Holly Valance, Caroline O’Connor, Shane Jacobson, Toby Wallace, Spencer McLaren. There have been some crowd pleasing and commercially successful local films this year, notably Red Dog, The Eye Of The Storm and The Cup, that have largely disproved the popular notion that [...]

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HAPPY EVER AFTERS

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Burke Stars: Sally Hawkins, Tom Riley, Sinead Maguire, Jade Yourell, Tina Kellegher, Jill Murphy, Simon Delaney, Anyon Bakare, Stanley Townsend, Susan Fitzgerald, Michael McElhatton, David Pearse. A new film has snuck into Melbourne cinemas without any fanfare or media previews. It is Happy Ever Afters, an Irish romantic comedy [...]

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