The trials and tribulations of a pleasant, silly “every-woman” (Renée Zellweger) as she attempts to lose weight, smoke less, and find a man who isn’t her boss (Hugh Grant). It couldn’t possibly be that rude Darcy (Colin Firth), could it? Quick Review: Not a romantic comedy, but a comedy about romance, Bridget Jones’s Diary is
Two hundred years ago, a miracle took the village of Brigadoon out of time, making it appear for only one day every hundred year. On the second day after the “miracle,” American Tommy Albright (Gene Kelly) and his grumpy sidekick Jeff Douglas (Van Johnson) stumble upon the town. Tommy falls for Fiona (Cyd Charisse) but
A man who may be Elvis (Bruce Campbell) joins up with one who almost certainly isn’t JFK (Ossie Davis) to save the inhabitants of their Texas nursing home from a soul-sucking mummy. How to make a cult film: 1—Start with a zany idea; 2—Add cultural references and in-jokes; 3—Put in some overly-serious, angst-filled revelations from
Valley-Girl Buffy (Kristy Swanson) is the chosen one, the vampire slayer, except she doesn’t know it and instead spends her time shopping and cheerleading. Then her “watcher” (Donald Sutherland) comes to town to train her before the master vampire, Lothos (Rutger Hauer) kills her. Teaming up with rebel-teen, Pike (Luke Perry), Buffy attempts to stop the vampire
Scrooge (a.k.a. Yosemite Sam) is up to his normal skin flint ways. His treatment of Bob Cratchit (Porky Pig) is this the last straw for Bugs Bunny, who declares, “This means war!” Grabbing a sheet, Bugs pretends to be a ghost to scare Scrooge into some Christmas spirit. 8 min. The Looney Tunes, do Dickens,
Ben and Marian Rolf (Oliver Reed, Karen Black), along with their son and Aunt Elizabeth (Bette Davis), move into a worn mansion for the summer. The one hitch is that an old, and never seen woman will be staying in one of the rooms. Once in the house, the family members begin to have hallucinations
Four children, Evan, Andrea, Lenny, and Tommy, have a horrendous childhood filled with murder, molestation, mental breakdowns, and general cruelty. Evan (Ashton Kutcher) blacks out during many of the worst moments. As a college student, he finds that he can go back in time to the blacked out periods, and “fix” the past, but each
Directed by: Robi Michael. Written by: Winston Engle (based on a short story by A.E. van Vogt). Produced by: Thomas Sammon. Visual effects supervision by: Thomas Marinello. 25 min “Unhappy paint is dead paint.” The ’40s and ’50s were an unimpressive time for cinematic science fiction. Space opera serials, mad doctors, and a few red-scare-induced
Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen), a university student working on a paper about urban myths, investigates the legend of the Candyman. Both a romantic and a horrifying figure, when human, the Candyman (Tony Todd) was brutally murdered due to his race. If you say his name five times, he will appear. Quick Review: Candyman is poetry
The hook-handed, ghostly Candyman (Tony Todd) is haunting New Orleans and the Tarrant family. He killed Annie Tarrant’s (Kelly Rowan) father and husband, and her brother has been arrested for the crimes. Annie realizes there’s a secret that connects her to the ghost, and sets out to uncover it. Candyman was a frightening and artistic Slasher/Ghost Story,
Due to an act of cowardice, Sir Simon de Canterville (Charles Laughton) is cursed never to know peace until a descendant performs a brave deed. Three hundred years later, American troops are billeted at Canterville castle, and one of them, Private Cuffy Williams (Robert Young), turns out to be a distant relative. The young Lady
Harry (Ted Wass), an American, his daughter Jennifer (Alyssa Milano), and his new wife Lucy (Andrea Marcovicci), move to his ancestral castle in Briton, which is haunted by a ghost (John Gielgud) who doesn’t like visitors. But they aren’t leaving until they can sell it, and Jennifer finds she likes the ghost. OK, this doesn’t