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Mad Dogs (TV Series)Mad Dogs (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. John Simm, Marc Warren, Max Beesley
Oddly unsettling and engaging in equal measure, this mid–life black comedy centres on four middle–aged blokes who reunite to celebrate…
SmugglerSmuggler (2011)
Dir. Katsuhito Ishii
Feat. Satoshi Tsumabuki, Masatoshi Nagase, Yasuko Matsuyuki
An entertainingly schizophrenic black comedy by way of cult Japanese dir. Katsuhito Ishii, whose penchant for the wacky and surreal drives this…
Violet and DaisyViolet and Daisy (2011)
Dir. Geoffrey Fletcher
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, James Gandolfini
Two young female assassins have second thoughts about executing their latest target (an affable James Gandolfini, one of the late actor's last roles)…
Burke and HareBurke and Hare (2010)
Dir. John Landis
Feat. Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson
An oddball comedic take on the infamous grave robbing duo, with Serkis and Pegg supported by a terrific ensemble of British comedic thesps. While…
Burning PalmsBurning Palms (2010)
Dir. Christopher Landon
Feat. Jamie Chung, Rosamund Pike, Zoe Saldana
Five sordid satires make up this extremely dark comedy with incest, rape, suicide, infanticide and an eternal fecal smell as plot devices. Obviously…
HesherHesher (2010)
Dir. Spencer Susser
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Devin Brochu
Cruel comedy as black as the tee–shirt of its stringy–haired, metal–loving, borderline–sociopath titular character, who…
It's a Wonderful AfterlifeIt's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010)
Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Shabana Azmi, Goldy Notay, Sanjeev Bhaskar
The director of BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM serves up an less–than–subtle mix of cultural satire, black comedy, and Ealing–style humour in…
KlownKlown (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mikkel Nørgaard
Feat. Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen
Danish comedians Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen play debauched versions of themselves on a weekend canoe trip away with their long–suffering…
Little FockersLittle Fockers (2010)
Dir. Paul Weitz
Feat. Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson
Star–powered third entry in popular familial dysfunction series has Ben Stiller once again struggling to win stern patriarch De Niro's approval…
Miss NobodyMiss Nobody (2010)
Dir. Tim Cox
Feat. Leslie Bibb, Adam Goldberg, Kathy Baker
Bloody black comedy with a mousy executive murdering her way up the corporate ladder. Strange brew that suggests AMELIE as remade by the Coen…

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