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The Lego Movie is a 2014 computer-animated comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord, Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Genres: Satire, Comedy, Black Comedy. At first glance it appears that life has been good to Mr. and Mrs. Life as a monk has hardly prepared Brother Stephen for the mission ahead. Excellent, intelligent script & solid performances from Depp, Jenkins, Ribisi, Rispoli, Eckhart, Heard, et al. Summary: In the Hollywood satire "S.O.B.," director Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) tries to keep his failed family film afloat by convincing his wife, Sally (Andrews), to help him make it R-rated. South Park IMDB Synopsis: “Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, … Ribisi especially good as a dissipated but defiant roué. Not surprisingly, some of the best films of the past decade have been dark comedies, and we've compiled 25 of the greatest. 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Audio format Dolby Digital 2.0 Original release 4 December 2011 () – 5 June 2019 () External links Website Black Mirror was inspired by older anthology series, such as The Twilight Zone, which Brooker felt were able to deal with controversial, contemporary topics with less fear of censorship than other more realistic programmes. The immense popularity and wide recognition of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter fantasy series has led to its being extensively parodied, in works spanning nearly every medium. I do reviews of Doctor Who from 1963 to present, plus spin-offs. Nightfire's script is recycled from a movie script recycled from a movie script recycled from a movie script. Michael Keaton was a blast in a role that reminded me a bit of " Mr. Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. 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