Tagged: fish out of water

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2010s / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Paddington (2014)

From the appearance of the terrible pratfall-filled trailer, Paddington would appear like one of those anthropomorphic misfires in the vein of Kangaroo Jack or Yogi Bear. The film had some dubious press in the late days of its production...

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1980s / Adventure / Comedy / Romance

Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Australian comedian and actor Paul Hogan (Almost an Angel, Lightning Jack) stars as Mick “Crocodile” Dundee, the famed adventurer of Australia’s rugged outback. Hearing the seemingly tall tales about his survival of croc attacks...

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2010s / Action / Fantasy / Superhero

Thor (2011)

Hard to call it a superhero film when it is about a Norse god, but given its comic book pedigree, that it’s a Stan Lee and Jack Kirby creation, and Thor’s future inclusion in...

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1960s / Action / Drama

Coogan’s Bluff (1968)

Although still utilizing his Western persona, Coogan’s Bluff marks the first Eastwood cop flick, and the first of five films he would do for director Don Siegel, the most notable of which would be his second...

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1990s / Comedy / Romance

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...

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2000s / Comedy / Fantasy

Elf (2003)

Comedian Will Ferrell and director Jon Favreau have done funny work in comedies that are more adult, mean-spirited, and on many occasions, vulgar.  Expectations for their Christmas comedy, Elf, would lead you to think this might...

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2000s / Comedy / Fantasy

Just Visiting (2001)

JUST VISITING is one of those remakes that will make you say “Why did they bother?”  After all, this is an American remake of a French film that only came out eight years before,...

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1990s / Comedy / Science Fiction

Blast from the Past (1999)

A crashed plane is mistaken for a nuclear bomb explosion by an eccentric inventor and his family. In their attempts to get away before the world explodes, they go underground in their massive bomb...

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1990s / Comedy / Fantasy

The Visitors (1993) | Les Visiteurs

A brutish 11th Century medieval lord and his lowly peasant squire are magically transported to France of today. Here, they meet one of the lord’s descendants, and enlists her help in trying to find...