Love Among the Ruins (1975, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: Set in Edwardian England, Laurence Olivier (Rebecca) plays a well-regarded London barrister hired by a wealthy & eccentric ex-actress, played by Katharine Hepburn (The African Queen), to defend her […]
Tag Archives: Comedy
Films designed to draw out laughter from the viewers
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s Number Seventeen (1932)
Synopsis: A group of strangers — a homeless man (Leon M. Lion, The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss), a detective (John Stuart, Sink the Bismarck!), a mysterious young woman (Ann Casson, […]
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s Rich and Strange (1931)
Synopsis: A suburban couple, Fred (Henry Kendall, The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss) and his wife, Emily (Joan Barry, Sally Bishop), are fed up with their mundane life styles. After unexpectedly […]
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Synopsis: Dr. Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller, RoboCop) is a full-time brain surgeon and part-time inventor who spends his spare time playing the guitar in a rock band (“The Hong Kong […]
Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
Synopsis: After the sudden death of her husband, a charismatic Broadway director & choreographer (James Caan, The Godfather), a magazine writer (Sally Field, Norma Rae) meets a nice but nerdy […]
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976, aka Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos)
Synopsis: In 1940s Brazil, a cook, Dona Flor (Sonia Braga, Kiss of the Spider Woman), marries a passionate but irresponsible born-loser, Vadino (José Wilker, Gabriela), much to the consternation of […]
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Synopsis: At the height of the Cold War era between the USSR and USA, a Russian submarine appears on the coast of a small New England town. Fearing for their […]
April Fool’s Day (1986)
Synopsis: A wealthy young woman invites nine classmates to her mansion located on a private island. A fun weekend with friends turns into a hellish nightmare when an unnamed assailant starts killing guests […]
The April Fools (1969)
Synopsis: In New York, an unhappily married stockbroker, Howard Brubaker (Jack Lemmon, The Apartment), falls for a beautiful woman (Catherine Deneuve, Repulsion) he meets at a party. The lady turns […]
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
Synopsis: A mute black man from outer space (Joe Morton, Terminator 2: Judgement Day) crashlands his spaceship into the Hudson River, New York, and somehow ends up in Harlem. “The […]
Good Sam (1948)
Synopsis: Gary Cooper (The Pride of the Yankees and High Noon) plays a good-hearted man whose efforts to help others annoy most people, his wife (Ann Sheridan, They Drive by Night […]
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Synopsis: A Macy’s sales associate, Angie Rossini (Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass), has a one-night stand with a narcissist musician, Rocky Papasano (Steve McQueen, Bullit). Angie becomes pregnant and she asks […]
