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The Essential Comedy Movies of 1996

February 23, 2026 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a trip back some thirty(!) years to look at the essential comedy movies of 1996… Back in the 90s, the comedy genre was going through a purple patch. It might surprise younger audiences, largely starved of regular comedy releases (especially on the big screen), that comedy was one of the most prolific big-screen […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bottle Rocket, Fargo, Happy Gilmore, Kingpin, Swingers, The Birdcage, The Cable Guy, The Frighteners, The Nutty Professor, Trees Lounge

When Jim Carrey Was a Revelation

February 2, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks back the emergence of Jim Carrey, who ruled comedy from the mid-late 90’s… It was 1993/94. I was at the cinema to see a film with a friend. For the life of me, I cannot remember what film it was. It was something comedic, but by the time we came out of […]

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