Wheels on Meals (1984)
In Spain, a couple of mobile Chinese food cooks and an amateur detective do what they can to protect a thieving prostitute from a Count and his henchmen, who want to protect their inheritance...
Category: Comedy
Beetlejuice (1988)
The idea for Beetlejuice developed when Michael McDowell, a horror novelist and occasional television writer for “Tales from the Darkside”, sold the rights to some of his Southern Gothic novels to a former studio...
As Good As It Gets (1997)
Nominated for seven academy awards (winning two for Best Actor and Actress: Jack Nicholson (Wolf, Hoffa) and Helen Hunt (Twister, Roller Coaster)), As Good As It Gets tells the story about a grumpy writer with idiosyncrasies galore, his...
Bull Durham (1988)
An aging minor league catcher named Crash Davis (Costner) sent to Class A ball to keep a hot new pitching prospect’s head on straight. They both also become involved with Durham Bulls groupie #1, Annie...
Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
Muriel’s life in a small Australian town is dull and full of feelings of inadequacy, with nothing for her to do but listen to ABBA and hope one day she gets married to somebody…anybody!...
The Nutty Professor (1996)
One time unflappable box-office draw Eddie Murphy takes his first step to resurrecting his floundering film career with this tour de force in which he plays a 400-lb. chemistry professor named Sherman Klump, who...
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Young Frankenstein represents a dilemma for me as a reviewer. I recognize the fact that many people consider it one of the best comedies ever made. I suppose if I had watched it as a...
Clueless (1995)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High director Amy Heckerling takes another crack at teenage life over ten years later in this snappy comedy centering around Cher (Alicia Silverstone) and her observations of high school life in...
Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
A professional mafia hit man (Nicholson, The Postman Always Rings Twice) falls for an equally tenacious hit woman (Turner, Romancing the Stone), but past crimes against his family put her in a precarious standing. Prizzi’s Honor is...
Big (1988)
A boy with low self-esteem (Moscow, Just Married) makes a wish with a fortune teller vending machine at an amusement park, wishing he were “big”. Upon waking the following morning, the boy discovers he now has...