Comedy
Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? A: The fish. Much like that joke, comedy comes down to personal taste and what one finds funny or not. Some like their humour light and frothy and very generalised, while others like it to have an edge and go for a more twisted, darker humour. The motherlode of this genre can be scrolled below. Either way, we're sure there will be something for everybody in the subsections on the left.
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Vegas Vacation (1997)
5.9/10
Director: Stephen Kessler
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid
The Griswolds arrive in Las Vegas ostensibly to renew Mum and Dad's wedding vows. Once there, Dad becomes a gambling addict, Mum is courted by Wayne N... Read more
Venom (2018)
7/10
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Michelle Williams, Stan Lee, Woody Harrelson, Tom Hardy, Riz Ahmed, Reid Scott,...
Journalist Eddie Brock is trying to take down Carlton Drake, the notorious and brilliant founder of the Life Foundation. While investigating one of Dr... Read more
Venom (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7/10
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Michelle Williams, Stan Lee, Woody Harrelson, Tom Hardy, Riz Ahmed, Reid Scott,...
Journalist Eddie Brock is trying to take down Carlton Drake, the notorious and brilliant founder of the Life Foundation. While investigating one of Dr... Read more
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
6.7/10
Director: Andy Serkis
Starring: Michelle Williams, Woody Harrelson, Tom Hardy, Reid Scott, Naomie Harris, Stephe...
Eddie Brock struggles to adjust to his new life as the host of the alien symbiote Venom, which grants him super-human abilities in order to be a letha... Read more
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Blu-ray) (2021)
6/10
Director: Andy Serkis
Starring: Michelle Williams, Woody Harrelson, Tom Hardy, Reid Scott, Naomie Harris, Stephe...
Eddie Brock struggles to adjust to his new life as the host of the alien symbiote Venom, which grants him super-human abilities in order to be a letha... Read more
Venus (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redg...
The grand Peter O'Toole plays a weathered old curmudgeon in this hilarious and touching story of an aging actor taking a young woman under his wing. M... Read more
Very Annie-Mary (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Sara Sugarman
Starring: Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys, Kenneth Griffith,...
In the type of film that the British have made their own, "Very Annie Mary" brings shades of "Billy Elliot" and "Little Voice" to the uplifting and of... Read more
Very Bad Things (1998)
6.3/10
Director: Peter Berg
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, Jon Favreau, Leland Orser, Jeremy...
A very black comedy about a group of guys who head off to Las Vegas for a stag party. The situation gets out of hand very quickly and continues downhi... Read more
VHYES (2019)
5.7/10
Starring: Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon
This bizarre retro comedy, shot entirely on VHS and Beta, follows 12-year-old Ralph as he accidentally records home videos and his favorite late night... Read more
Vice (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill,...
Governor George W Bush of Texas picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co, to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No... Read more