Black Humour
"Black comedy...also known as 'black humour' or 'dark comedy', is a sub-genre of comedy and satire where topics and events that are usually treated seriously – death, mass murder, sickness, madness, terror, drug abuse, rape, war etc - are treated in a humorous or satirical manner." - Wikipedia
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Calvary ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
7.4/10
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Aidan Gillen, Brendan Gleeson, M Emmet Walsh, Dylan Moran, Marie-Josee Croze, Ch...
One Sunday morning, like any other Sunday morning, in a sleepy western Irish coastal town, Father James Lavelle (Brendan Gleeson) is taking confession... Read more
Carry Me Back (1982)
6.1/10
Director: John Reid
Starring: Kelly Johnson, Dorothy McKegg, Grant Tilly, Derek Hardwick, Joanne Mildenhall, J...
An instant sucess when released in 1983. Like 'Goodbye Pork Pie' its bizarre but familiar and distinctly kiwi brand of comedy quickly struck a cord wi... Read more
Casino Jack (2010)
6.2/10
Director: George Hickenlooper
Starring: Jon Lovitz, Kelly Preston, Kevin Spacey, Ruth Marshall, Barry Pepper
Kevin Spacey delivers a powerful performance as infamous Washington, D.C., power player and lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Joined by his protege, Abramoff be... Read more
Cheap Thrills (2013)
6.7/10
Director: E L Katz
Starring: Ethan Embry, David Koechner, Sara Paxton, Pat Healy
During a chance encounter at a neighbourhood dive, a pair of old pals (Pat Healy, Ethan Embry) are commiserating over their money problems when their... Read more
Child's Play (1988)
6.6/10
Director: Tom Holland
Starring: Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent, Chris Sarandon
Gunned down in a toy shop, a homicidal psychotic casts his soul into a pudgy doll named Chucky, becoming a toy for a six-year-old and a terror to the... Read more
Child's Play (Blu-ray) (1988)
6.6/10
Director: Tom Holland
Starring: Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent, Chris Sarandon
Gunned down in a toy shop, a homicidal psychotic casts his soul into a pudgy doll named Chucky, becoming a toy for a six-year-old and a terror to the... Read more
Choke (2008)
6.5/10
Director: Clark Gregg
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald, Clark Gregg, Brad Henke, Bijou P...
Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) shouldn't be a likeable character. He attends Sex Addicts Anonymous, looking for women to bed; he pretends to choke in r... Read more
Chopper (2000)
7.2/10
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Dan Wyllie
Standover man, unrepentant underworld executioner, inventive raconteur, and Australia's most infamous living criminal, whose deadpan wit and colourful... Read more
Christmas (2003)
7.2/10
Director: Gregory King
Starring: David Hornblow, Darien Takle, Helen Pearse-Otene, Tony Waerea
Broke, jobless and chronically depressed, eldest son Keri returns to the family home for Christmas, where he must face the emotional train-wreck that... Read more
Chuck and Buck (2000)
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros
This wonderful tale of comically twisted obsession tells of Chuck, a Los Angeles record executive who, upon meeting childhood friend Buck at Buck's mo... Read more