Son of the Mask (2005)
$100,000,000 The figure you see above is what New Line Cinema reportedly paid to make this horrendously inept piece of garbage posing as family entertainment. Some sources have that figure at about $75 million,...
Category: Comedy
Sideways (2004)
In my book, Alexander Payne is now 4-for-4 as director and auteur, choosing unlikely ideas for good movies and making them far more engrossing than anyone could have a right to expect them to be. ...
My Favorite Year (1982)
My Favorite Year marks the directorial debut of actor Richard Benjamin, and by all accounts, he nailed it right out of the gate. It’s a loving tribute to the celebrity of yesteryear, which not...
The Slugger’s Wife (1985)
It could have been and should have been, a much better film than it actually is. Marred by lots of problems in production behind the scenes, The Slugger’s Wife is a case of “too many...
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
From the duo that brought you the TV show, “Spaced”, comes Shaun of the Dead, a mix of farcical comedy and gory horror movie. Like many other British comedies, Shaun gains most of its laughs at the sheer...
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
The inspiration for Revenge of the Nerds came when aspiring screenwriters, story editor Tim Metcalfe and film executive Miguel Tejada-Flores. Tejada-Flores brought in elements of his nerdy father, a Bolivian immigrant who went to Cal...
Lost in America (1985)
David Howard (Albert Brooks) and his wife Linda (Julie Hagerty) are stuck in a rut. Their jobs aren’t panning out, they bought a new house that neither of them seems enthused about, and their...
Bowfinger (1999)
Bobby Bowfinger (Martin) is a small-time Hollywood producer who becomes enamored of a script a friend of his writes, a schlock alien invasion story called “Chubby Rain”. Thinking this will be the film which takes...
Corvette Summer (1978)
Before Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, there was Corvette Summer, featuring a similar odyssey of a man who wanted his vehicle back and was willing to go through any lengths to get it. Most notorious for being the...
Get Shorty (1995)
Light, amusing, and full of witty insights, just like an adaptation of Elmore Leonard should be. Get Shorty is one of the most well-made pure entertainment films of the 90s, benefiting greatly from a likable...