With the whole of South Park lacking in Christmas spirit, Stan Marsh (voice: Trey Parker), Kyle Broflovski (voice: Matt Stone), Kenny McCormick (voice: Matt Stone), and Eric Cartman (voice: Trey Parker) go down in the sewers to find Mr. Hankey. He has gotten married to a drunk and had three children, so hasn’t had time
Series Christmas Episode: Stan Marsh (Trey Parker-voice), out walking in the forest, comes upon the woodland critters preparing for Christmas. They ask his help in putting a star on the top of their tree. Later, the critters turn up at Stan’s house asking for more help. It seems that lady porcupine, a virgin, is pregnant
Four boys, Kyle (voice: Matt Stone), Stan (voice: Trey Parker), Cartman (voice: Trey Parker), and Kenny, are caroling and arguing, when Jesus shows up. He’s upset with Santa Claus taking the focus off of his birth. Jesus and Santa start fighting, destroying everything around them, so the boys call upon a really important person, skater
Inn keeper Nick Catapoli (J. Carrol Naish) has lost his faith in humanity and has little use for Christmas. As he repairs his giant, electric, star-shaped sign, and his customers continue their relentless unpleasantness, a pregnant woman and her husband, a mysterious hitchhiker, and three cowboys converge on his inn, and they will change everyone’s
Fifteen years ago, a naive barber (Johnny Depp) was falsely imprisoned by a corrupt judge (Alan Rickman) who lusted after his wife. Now, the newly christened Sweeney Todd is back, obsessed with revenge. Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), the maker of the worst pies in London, teams up with Sweeney, who she always loved, with a simple
Five strangers, lost in a tomb, sit before The Crypt Keeper (Ralph Richardson) as their stories are told. The stories: All Through The House — A woman (Joan Collins) murders her husband on Christmas Eve, with a Santa killer outside the house. Reflection of Death — A man (Ian Hendry), runs off with his mistress
One of the suitors for the beautiful Bianca (Natasha Pyne) gets his money-hungry friend, Petruchio (Richard Burton), to woo her wild sister, Catarina (Elizabeth Taylor). Petruchio attempts to change Kate into a dutiful wife with mind games and “kindness.” I can’t say what stands out more in this very traditional rendition of Shakespeare’s comedy, the
The board members of White Star, led by Bruce Ismay (E.F. Fürbinger), use the fragile financial condition of the company brought about by the expense of building The Titanic, as an opportunity to buy up stock. If the ship’s maiden voyage can break speed records, the stock price will rise and they’ll make a fortune.
Titus (Anthony Hopkins), an honored general, sacrifices one of his captives, a prince of the Goths. The queen of the Goths vows revenge which leads to betrayal and death. Quick Review:This is what you get if Shakespeare wrote the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and ramped up the violence. I’ve never seen any film that is
An entertainment spy sneaks into Michael Crichton’s room and steals his script for Twister. His bosses make a few cosmetic changes, paste a new name on it, and rush it into production so it can beat Twister‘s release date. Wait, that’s not the plot of Tornado!. That’s a reasonable supposition on how it was made.
Wealthy, elderly brothers (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) switch the lives of snobbish Louis (Dan Aykroyd) and lower-class conman, Billy Ray (Eddie Murphy), and bet on the outcome. As Billy Ray succeeds in corporate life, Louis is left with nothing, but finds help in a beautiful and clever prostitute (Jamie Lee Curtis). Quick Review: I