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  • The Men Who Stare At Goats

    At the beginning of The Men Who Stare At Goats, a confiding message beforehand says that 'more of this is true than you might think.' Maybe so, maybe not so much, but it's an entertaining black comedy, involving…

  • Step Brothers

    Okay. If you are planning to rent this film because you like Will Ferrell, or because you laughed (as I did) at his intellectual masterpiece Land of the Lost... stop and think for a minute, a practice this film…

  • Burn After Reading

    As I write this review, I will attempt to gather my thoughts. This is the kind of film that remains lean at 90-something minutes, but still may take dozens of viewings to catch all that the Coen brothers put into i…

  • Matilda

    If you have read any of the works of British childrens' author Roald Dahl, you will know one thing his stories lack is sap- which has endeared them to some grown-ups but struck others as unsuitable kid material- al…

  • Zombieland

    The world of "Zombieland" is desolate and filthy, yet still amazingly funny. It caters to Black Comedy number #1- fill the movie wih grime and gore, but keep it distanced from reality to keep the viewers from getti…

  • Special

    Les Franken (Michael Rapaport) just wants to make a difference- an prospect that's elusive in his dead-end life. Working as meter reader, he is on the hook with his boss for being too nice and allowing manipulativ…

  • Death at a Funeral (2007)

    Bizarre, unabashedly black comedy chronicles a dysfunctional British family mourning the death of their patriarch. Well, they try to, anyway. Family tensions give way to total chaos with the arrival of a myst…

  • Running With Scissors

    Bizarre adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' memoir of the same name, "Running With Scissors" records the life of a teenage boy growing up in two wildly dysfunctional families in the 70's. Augusten (skillfully por…

  • Shaun of the Dead

    Clever, gory zombie flick stars Simon Pegg as Shaun, a British man living with his stoner best friend Ed (Nick Frost) and their roommate, Pete. Shaun, who is content spending his days at the Winchester pub, has re…