Sofia Coppola writes and directs this very revisionist piece on one of France’s most famous of queens, Marie-Antoinette. Interestingly, for such a popular historical figure, there is a dearth of biographical films about her life...
Down Periscope is a comedy without laughs. It’s goofy, light, and amiable, but it’s just not funny. It’s so unfunny, it is actually painful to see just how hard they try to be funny and...
2000s / Action / Comedy / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published June 21, 2004 · Last modified May 10, 2019
Rawson Marshall Thurber may be a first-time big-screen writer-director, but he had already made a splash in sports comedy with a series of television commercials for Reebok called, “Terry Tate: Office Linebacker”. Thurber started...
Defending Your Life is a wryly witty and very amusing comedy from the mind of writer-director Albert Brooks, who gives a hilarious take on the process of what happens after we die. Apparently, we all...
Like Independence Day, which also starred Will Smith, here is another popcorn movie whose sole assets are special effects and sheer energy. They both also have high doses of cheesy humor, and a half-cooked plot...
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