Smart People (2008)
Still in a life crisis after the loss of his beloved wife, Carnegie Mellon English professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Quaid) has become a self-absorbed jackass. No one knows this more than his children, James (Holmes) and...
Category: Comedy
The Mummy Returns (2001)
Although only three years have passed since the first film in real time, this sequel takes place about a decade years after the events of The Mummy. Adventurer Rick O’Connell (Fraser, Monkeybone) and librarian Evelyn...
The Mummy (1999)
A barely recognizable remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic, 1999’s The Mummy tells the tale of the Ancient Egyptian high priest, Imhotep (Vosloo, Agent Cody Banks), who made the fatal error of engaging in an affair...
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Johnny Depp (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Arizona Dream) stars as Edward, a synthetic representation of a young man created by a bizarre inventor who died shortly before his transformation from mechanical construct to organic...
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
With Hellboy II: The Golden Army, writer-director Guillermo del Toro (Blade II, Mimic) continues his tradition of making visually magnificent spectacles that succeed not just through gorgeous eye candy, but by giving his characters the room to...
Wayne’s World 2 (1993)
After Wayne’s World became a surprise hit, becoming not only the highest grossing film based on an SNL skit, but also among the top 10 biggest money makers of 1992, it was inevitable that a sequel...
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
Three lusty (and furry) aliens make the discovery of hot babes on Earth to procreate with and decide to land their spaceship, ending up in the backyard pool of So-Cal “valley girl” Valerie Gail...
The Accidental Husband (2008)
Warning: The following review will contain some spoilers, especially the first paragraph. The film is so predictable, this caveat is somewhat debatable, but I still feel the need to offer a fair warning. Read...
2 Days in Paris (2007)
Actress Julie Delpy writes and directs her starring vehicle with 2 Days in Paris, a look at the tricky relationship that emerges between a French woman and an American man, especially in the culture clashes...
North by Northwest (1959)
Although many people associate the famous scene of Cary Grant (To Catch a Thief, Suspicion) being chased out in farm country by a crop-duster with the movie as a whole, that stretch of film alone...