Movie Moxie Podcast 11: Red, Hereafter, Nowhere Boy plus Genre Look at Comedy Films

On this week's episode of the podcast I have a look at the current releases of Red, Hereafter and Nowhere Boy and continuing genre exploration by tackling one of my oddly least favourite genres: comedy.

0:00 – 1:00 - Introduction
1:00 – 4:20 – Red Review
4:20 – 8:30 – Hereafter Review
8:30 – 11:45 – Nowhere Boy Review
11:45 – 13:15 – Restless Trailer
13:15 – 15:00 – DVD releases
15:00 – 38:45 – Comedy as a Genre
38:45 – 39:10 – Upcoming up Next Week
39:10 – 40:16 – Outro

Restless Trailer (release date: January 28, 2011)


Show Notes

• Reviews of films mentioned: Red, Hereafter and Nowhere Boy
• Check out this weeks DVD releases
• Check out my *new* Facebook Page!

Comedy as a Film Genre Show Notes:

• Comedy film as defined by Wikipedia "Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending (the black comedy being an exception)."
• Humour as defined by Wikipedia: "which is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement."
• 2010 comedies I'd recommend: City Island & The Trotsky
• 2010 non-comedies that I thought were funny: Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, The Tooth Fairy, Passenger Side, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, The Misfortunates / De helaasheid der dingen, The Last Exorcism and Date Night
• Favourite comedies of all time: Galaxy Quest, Black Dynamite, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Strange Brew, Tank Girl, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Hot Fuzz
• Funny documentaries & mockumentaries: Best Worst Movie, King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and Finishing the Game
• The exceptions to my own rules of comedies: A Film with Me in It, Blade Trinity, In the Loop and The Royal Tenenbaums
• List of all comedies reviewed

Huge list 'o' recommended comedies from fellow film folks:
7 Year Itch
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Ace in the Hole
Airplane!
Arsenic and Old Lace
Ball of Fire
Big Lebowski, The
Bottle Rocket
Box of Moonlight
Bringing up Baby
Burbs, The
Charade
Disorganized Crime
Dr. StrangeLove
Duck Soup
Fear and Loathing
Fish Called Wanda, A
General, The
Ghostbusters
Gilda
Going in Style
Good Fairy
Gremlins
Heaven Can Wait
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Humble Pie
Imposter, The
Joe vs the Volcano
Kind Hearts and Cornets
Ladykillers
Life of Brian, The
Love and Death
Love at Stake
Night at the Comet
O Brother Where Art Thou
Raising Arizona
Reel Life
Some Like it Hot
Space Balls
Spinal Tap
Tamara Drewe
The Awful Truth
The End
Tin Cup
To Have and Have Not
Trading Places
Unfaithfully Yours
Used Cars
What's Up Doc
When Harry Met Sally
Young Frankenstein
Zelig

Thank you for the recommends:
John Allison, Stephen Farrow, Krakan, Andrew from Gmanreviews, Chris Magee, Polly Esther, Matt & Matt, Ninja Matt, Mark, Kurt, Bob, Trista & Andy, Hatter, James, Joesph, Sarah and Leora.

IMDB Top 50 comedies (as of October 20, 2010)
1. Toy Story 3 (2010)
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
3. City Lights (1931)
4. Amélie (2001)
5. Modern Times (1936)
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
7. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)
8. The Great Dictator (1940)
9. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
10. The Apartment (1960)
11. Some Like It Hot (1959)
12. The General (1926)
13. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
14. Up (2009)
15. The Sting (1973)
16. Safety Last! (1923)
17. Hababam sinifi sinifta kaldi (1976)
18. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
19. It Happened One Night (1934)
20. The Kid (1921)
21. The Gold Rush (1925)
22. Annie Hall (1977)
23. Mary and Max (2009)
24. The Big Lebowski (1998)
25. Toy Story (1995)
26. Life of Brian (1979)
27. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
28. The Graduate (1967)
29. Finding Nemo (2003)
30. Groundhog Day (1993)
31. Harvey (1950)
32. My Man Godfrey (1936)
33. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
34. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
35. Ratatouille (2007)
36. Paper Moon (1973)
37. Duck Soup (1933)
38. His Girl Friday (1940)
39. The Lady Eve (1941)
40. Time of the Gypsies (1988)
41. My Sassy Girl (2001)
42. The Princess Bride (1987)
43. El ángel exterminador (1962)
44. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
45. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
46. Roman Holiday (1953)
47. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
48. La dolce vita (1960)
49. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
50. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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