The odd couple is back. Director/writer Harold Ramis is reuniting Paul Vitti and Dr. Sobel – or Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal, if that rings more of a bell. Continuing the hilarious story of "Analyze This," once again we are allowed to [...]
I was first introduced to Rowan Atkinson’s unique form of physical comedy while watching old "Blackadder" episodes on late night public television. I was hooked at first sight although I will admit that I’ve always had a weakness for that [...]
He’s currently nominated for an Oscar for his work in "Adaptation" and he already won the coveted statuette for "Leaving Las Vegas, " but for me the benchmark Nicolas Cage performance arrived in 1989 with the pitch black comedy [...]
Last year’s surprise break-out hit and the sweetest film of the year, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is now making its DVD debut courtesy of HBO Home Entertainment. There can be no doubt that many are eagerly awaiting this release, if only to [...]
"Saturday Night Live" alumni Dana Carvey’s latest feature film antics are soon coming to DVD from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, and as he’s proven before, Carvey truly is a man of a thousand faces. Aptly called "The Master Of [...]
A strange thing happened this past summer. Not only did I not see "Goldmember" in the theaters, but I wasn’t inundated with catchphrases coming out of the mouths of everyone who had in fact seen it. On the contrary, this third installment of [...]
For over thirty years, British movie screens lit up regularly to the leering, naughty bits antics of the "Carry On" film series. Between 1958 and 1992, there were thirty-one "Carry On" movies. Each one sported the same formula: spoof a [...]
When it comes to the movies, everyone has their guilty pleasures. You know, those movies we’re ashamed to like but have no shame in admitting we like. For whatever reason – psychological baggage, wish fulfillment or just plain self-imposed ignorance [...]
As a Farrelly brothers film you can rest assured that "Shallow Hal" is infused with a very bent sense of humor. What may come as a bit of a shock is that the film is actually fairly sweet and seldom drops to the same level of gross-out humor as [...]
To my generation the frequent collaborations in the 1980s between writer/director John Hughes and actress Molly Ringwald were our cultural touchstones. "Sixteen Candles, " "The Breakfast Club, " and "Pretty in Pink" formed [...]
