The Thing (1982)
In 1975, while at a party for a mutual screenwriter friend, TV producer Stuart Cohen mentioned in a conversation with film producer David Foster that he’d love to break into features. Foster agreed to...
Author: Vincent Leo
Wise Guys (1986)
Although known primarily for his thrillers, director Brian De Palma started off as mostly a comedic director, but with the exception of 1979’s Home Movies, Wise Guys would be the first pure comedic vehicle he has done since Phantom...
Police Academy (1984)
The first of a whopping seven films in the series, two short-lived television series, and it’s still the only one worth watching, Police Academy is an amiable, juvenile romp that is recommended for a few belly...
Miracle (2004)
Long considered one of the greatest moments in sports for the United States, Miracle is a dramatization of the true life events of the United States Winter Olympic hockey team, and its quest to gain the...
Uptown Girls (2003)
In 1989, Boaz Yakin sees his first screenplay hit the big screen, in the misguided comic book adaptation, The Punisher. In a strange twist of fate, fourteen years later, Yakin is The Punisher! Uptown Girls is a film so horrendously inept...
The Parent Trap (1998)
The Parent Trap is a Disney family movie, and that doesn’t mean it’s just for kids — adults can enjoy this just as much. Although it’s a remake of the 1961 Disney classic, it...
The Big Bounce (2004)
One of the many reasons that people enjoy reading Elmore Leonard is for the observations made by the colorful characters, and the asides they make are just as enjoyable as the overall story itself. ...
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
The Butterfly Effect derives its name from a short story by Ray Bradbury entitled, “A Sound of Thunder” (which is coincidentally being made into a movie the same year), whereby men travel back to prehistoric...
The MatchMaker (1997)
The MatchMaker is a very by-the-numbers rom-com (despite the tagline of it being a romantic comedy for people who don’t like them) that is only modestly successful for genre fans because it embraces the tried-and-true...
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Of all of Hitchcock’s films, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is perhaps the least Hitchcock-like. It’s a pleasant romantic comedy, and a good one, just so long as you aren’t going to criticize it for a lack of...