Jimmy (Guy Pearce) is a selfish, egotistical salesman who’s always thinking of a way to make that big sale. Then a car accident finds him with time to kill and a fortune teller nearby. After several of the palm reader’s predictions come true, Jimmy worries that a more dire prophecy could also be accurate: that
Head butler, Fitzwilliam (Dick Van Dyke), and his loyal staff rob and con in order to raise enough money to keep Miss Vicky (Dame Edith Evans) convinced she’s still rich. But their perfect world is upset when a new secretary, Juliet Nowell (Barbara Feldon), enters the household. Quick Review: A skillfully written piece of Christmas
Commander John J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen) and his crew travel to Altair-IV aboard their flying saucer to investigate the disappearance of the ship, Bellerophon, years earlier. They find that only Dr Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his innocent daughter, Altaira (Anne Francis), have survived. Morbius is studying the advanced machinery of a dead race, the Krell,
The four members of the stodgy, conservative, ultra-religious Franklin family live their lives around what is proper, until a car crash puts Frank (Robertson Dean), Betty (Teresa Willis), and their son Brian (Vince Pavia) into direct contact with Jesus, who removes their sense of shame. Returned to Earth, the three find new meaning in life, but
Confused, single mother Brenda Martin (Julianne Moore) reports that she has been carjacked by a black man, and that her four-year-old son was in the back seat. Police lockdown an all-black housing development and officers from the nearby, mainly-white, town, including Brenda’s aggressive brother (Ron Eldard), over-zealously push the residents for information on the child. Detective Lorenzo
On Christmas Eve, The Tasmanian Devil (voice: Mel Blanc) is accidentally dropped from an airplane and falls into Santa Claus’s suit, which is on a line to dry. Bounced into Santa’s sleigh, “Taz” shows up at Bugs Bunny’s (voice: Mel Blanc) house, but, as always, the ferocious devil can’t get the best of Bugs. 7
Jimmy Durante narrators the story of Frosty, a snowman who is brought to life when a hat, thrown away by Professor Hinkle (voice: Billy De Wolfe), a bad magician, is placed on his head. Frosty (voice: Jackie Vernon) realizes that he’ll melt unless he reaches the North Pole, so he sets off with little Karen
Dick and Jane Harper (Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni) are living the upper-middle class American dream. When Dick gets promoted to VP, the future looks secure and Jane quits her job. But Dick’s boss (Alec Baldwin) is a Ken Lay-style crook and the company folds like Enron. As their lives crumble, Dick and Jane must find
Philip J. Fry (voice: Billy West) is depressed because he’s away from his family at Christmas and because the holiday (now pronounced “ex mass”) has changed so much in a thousand years. Now, Santa Claus is a highly armed robot that punishes the naughty, and he considers almost everyone naughty. When Fry learns how sad
Sylvester is far less impressed with his Christmas present (a rubber mouse) than with Granny’s (Tweety). Cat wants bird. Bird wants to live. Granny wants peace. It’s the eternal triangle…right? 7.5 min. If you’ve seen one Tweety cartoon, you’ve… Well, you get the idea. Unless you haven’t seen a Tweety cartoon, in which case: What’s
Goth teens Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katherine Isabelle) have sworn an oath to always be together. They also will do anything to be different. On the night that Ginger begins to menstruate, she is bitten by an oversized wolf. As Ginger becomes sexual, violent, and irrational, Bridget works with the local drug dealer (Kris