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...
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
After lackluster box office returns for Star Trek V, questions abounded whether Paramount finished the film series for good. Retaining the core cast proved so expensive that continuing might be unsustainable if they couldn’t...
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek V marks Shatner’s debut as a feature film director, with his prior directorial experience, like Leonard Nimoy, coming from stage productions and TV episodes. Due to the “favored-nations” contract that stipulated that...
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home starts with our heroes on planet Vulcan, loading up to go home and face punishment from the Federation for their hijacking of the Enterprise and its subsequent destruction,...
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
The third entry in the Star Trek film series was announced shortly before the release of the Wrath of Khan, mostly to stave off blowback the makers were receiving for killing off Spock. At that...
Miss Congeniality (2000)
Call it a guilty pleasure if you must, but I do find Miss Congeniality to be one of Sandra Bullock’s most entertaining comedies, despite all of the things going against it. It is a ridiculous idea...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture continues the TV series that ran on NBC from 1966-69. Suffering abysmal ratings in its initial run, Paramount sold the show to syndication, where it developed a strongly devoted...
Showtime (2002)
I suppose it may be true that if you’ve seen one buddy movie, you’ve seen ’em all. The “buddies” are usually two people who don’t particularly belong together and throughout have an inability to...
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Before the ponderous space odyssey, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, opened, Paramount planned for a follow-up. Due to the costly production problems they experienced, the sequel would be a modestly budgeted film made by...
Star Trek Generations (1994)
Kirk, Scotty, and Chekhov, now retired from service, come out to celebrate the christening of the Enterprise-B. While on board the ship answering reporters’ questions, a distress signal comes in, and they are the...