Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category
“God, you’re alive! I thought that rabbit was eating your head.”
The Scoop: 1991 R, directed by Richard Shepard and starring Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, and Eszter Balint
Tagline: He wants to be tied down. She wants to be tied up. It’s not what you think.
Summary Capsule: Lucy is obsessed with Harry Houdini. Monte needs a greencard pronto. So they plan to rob the restaurant they work at.
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“The girl of my dreams is a vegetable!”
The Scoop: 1988 PG, directed by John De Bello and starring Karen Mistal, John Astin, and George Clooney
Tagline: The vegetables of doom return! They’re bad and this time they’re really stewed!
Summary Capsule: The nasty tomatoes are back, and a new (80s) generation rise up to fight the menace. Plus, there’s this really cute babe.
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“There are certain times in your life when I guess you’re not supposed to have anyone, you know? Certain doors you gotta go through alone.”
The Scoop: 1990 PG, directed by John Patrick Shanley, and starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Dan Hedaya, and Abe Vigoda
Tagline: An Average Joe. An Adventurous Comedy.
Summary Capsule: Joe vs. a volcano
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“I am nobody Mr. Hayes, but I do not intend to be nobody for long. It is too exhausting.”
The Scoop: 1993 R, directed by Stewart Main and Peter Wells starring Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, and Lisa Chappell
Tagline: In The Game Of Love There Are No Rules
Summary Capsule: If a David Lynch movie and a very early Baz Luhrmann movie had a baby starring a woman who looks like reincarnated Maureen O’Hara with a cast full of New Zealand regulars, this’d be it.
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“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet is taking out the trash.”
The Scoop: 1993 PG-13, directed by John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Austin O’Brien, and Bridgette Wilson
Tagline: This isn’t the movies anymore.
Summary Capsule: A kid travels into the movies and then brings the action heroes and bad guys out into the real world.
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“Think I got eyes in my butt?” “That’s where your brains are.”
The Scoop: 1988 R, directed by Donald Petrie and starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, and Vincent D’Onofrio
Tagline: Discover a movie which hits home about love, friendship, dreams and life. A movie that you’ll be talking about long afterwards. Experience something special, something romantic, something honest.
Summary Capsule: 3 girls, in limbo between high school and college, learn about life, love and damn good pizza.
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“This is Buttkiss, Klahn’s bodyguard – he is tough and ruthless. This is Kwong, Klahn’s chauffeur – he is rough and toothless. ”
The Scoop: 1997 R, directed by John Landis and starring Marilyn Joi, Colin Male, David Zucker, and Ed Griffith
Tagline: This movie is totally out of control!
Summary Capsule: SNL skits go R-rated (and sometimes, X-rated)
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“You’re a detective? Great help me find my pants.”
The Scoop: 1994 PG-13, directed by Jonathan Lynn and starring Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Olivia d’Abo, Nancy Travis, Phil Hartman, and Jere Burns
Tagline: Where there’s a will…there’s a relative.
Summary Capsule: An average guy ends up in the middle of his family’s insane obsession with inheriting his uncle’s millions.
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“Kidnapping For Beginners, Chapter One. Have you even asked for a ransom yet?”
The Scoop: 1997 R, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, and Delroy Lindo
Tagline: A comedy for anyone who’s ever been in danger…of falling in love.
Summary Capsule: A kidnapper and kidnappee must fall in love or two angels will be sacked
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“You’re doing life in the friend zone.”
The Scoop: 1997 R, directed by Michael Davis and starring Keri Russell, Joshua Schaefer and R. D. Robb.
Tagline: He came. He sat. He conquered.
Summary Capsule: Dedicated loser decides to win hot chick by camping out in her front yard. Read the rest of this entry »