"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," as the title already suggests, a romantic comedy version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol;" even though Dickens' name doesn't appear in the credits, the movie is boldly set at Christmas (though the holiday has nothing...
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Yes, this is a sex comedy, a romantic comedy for guys. It's very coarse and direct full of all the usual naughty words, with guys exhibiting very bad behavior of the kind that men often find hilarious. Women do too,...
The story goes that "Gremlins" was written by Chris Columbus as a sample, hoping to catch Hollywood attention. As director Joe Dante suggests in one of the extras here, this idea should be taken with a grain or two of...
Until the release of this movie, virtually all Blu-ray discs have been movies of recent years, or ones so famous the man in the street would recognize the title. Kino has taken a great step forward: this is a silent...
The advertising for "My Cousin Vinny" insisted that it's a raucous fish-out-of-water comedy tossing a street-wise, fast-talking, tough little New York Italian--Joe Pesci, of course--into the still waters of the Deep South, with laffs aplenty following. Actually, it's a much...
Pixar is almost unnerving. They've been making features since 1995's "Toy Story," and every one of them, without exception has been very good. Several have been outstanding, among the best movies of the year, animated or otherwise. Their ease and...
There's an entire level of show business rarely treated seriously or respectfully by movies. There are many entertainers out there who go from one small city auditorium to another, criss-crossing the country time after time. Sometimes they get a few...
A friend should grab Steve Martin by the neck and shake him hard: stop doing other people's characters. His "Sergeant Bilko" was a big pile of nothing dumped on the grave of the irreplaceable Phil Silvers. Bilko was created solely...
The President of the United States is on the phone to the Premier of Russia; he has bad news. One of our generals, he admits hesitantly, well, "he went and did a silly thing." He launched a nuclear attack on...
"The Pink Panther" was a phenomenon, a big-scale comedy including slapstick and farce, shot on gorgeous locations with a gorgeous cast. It was an enormous success, establishing Peter Sellers as a leading man and completing the transformation of Blake Edwards...
