Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
Whoopi Goldberg (The Player, The Lion King) stars as Terry Dolittle, a international accounts computer operator working behind the scenes for a major New York City bank. Terry gets into a bit of trouble with...
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The Great White Hype (1996)
The Great White Hype is a broad satire of the boxing industry, particularly in how publicity and marketing govern the suitability of one’s rise to the top more so than sheer talent. Spoofing everything from...
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
When a screwball spoof is successful, it is stupid in an intelligent kind of way. Loaded Weapon 1 is just plain stupid. While a few of the quips and sight gags might elicit a mild chuckle...
The Benchwarmers (2006)
The tagline for The Benchwarmers reads, “It’s never too late to take a stand,” and if it were up to me, I’d add, “…and walk out of the theater” to the end of it. Mouth agape,...
Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
I freely admit that I’ve been known to use crude humor from time to time. Normally I reserve such lowbrow humor for people I know well enough so that I don’t offend others who...
Rat Race (2001)
I am not sure which is the most astonishing feat evidenced from watching Rat Race: Jerry Zucker not providing laughs or in the very fact that Rat Race could get a green light to be made to...
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
It will come as no surprise to learn, for those people unfortunate enough to view 3000 Miles to Graceland, that its director, Demian Lichtenstein, started his career in music videos. It is mainly because he...
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...