Pretty Woman: 15th Anniversary Special Edition
February 2, 2006
Pretty Woman (1990) is the film that transformed Julia Roberts into a superstar and made her America’s sweetheart, a mantle she took away from Meg Ryan who had held it a year earlier and would lose to Sandra Bullock a few years later. Considering the...
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
February 2, 2006
Before The Office made uncomfortable humour hip again, Knowing Me Knowing You was on British TV and quickly developed a cult following—enough to spawn several additional series and a one-off special. The show was created by talented comedian Steve Coogan...
Fever Pitch: Cursed Reversed Edition
February 2, 2006
Unlike fellow Saturday Night Live alumni Will Farrell, Jimmy Fallon has yet to make the successful jump from television to movies. He showed promise with his small (and almost unrecognizable) role in Almost Famous (2000) and then completely wasted it...
Kung Fu Hustle
February 1, 2006
Fresh from the worldwide triumph of Shaolin Soccer (2001), Stephen Chow surpassed its critical and commercial success with Kung Fu Hustle (2004). He took the winning formula he perfected with his previous film and elevated it to a more ambitious scale....
Annie Hall
January 31, 2006
Prior to Annie Hall (1977), Woody Allen was known as a comic, cutting his teeth in stand-up comedy and paying his dues as a comedy writer. When he started making films, his early efforts were flat-out comedies and farces like Bananas (1971). It wasn’t...
The Jerk: 26th Anniversary Edition
January 31, 2006
One of the staples of comedy is the dumb guy movie that features a protagonist so clueless and so stupid that he somehow bungles his way through a series of misadventures. Each generation has someone who excels at this kind of comedy: Gene Wilder, Jim...
The Muppet Show: Season 1
January 29, 2006
For anyone who grew up in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, The Muppet Show was an integral part of their childhood. Jim Henson’s brainchild was to create a variety show hosted by dogs, frogs and monsters. The result is an ingeniously funny TV show...
The Wedding Date
January 28, 2006
The problem that faces a lot of TV actors is making the jump from the small screen to the big one. Quite often they are so closely identified with the show they’re on because you can see them on it all the time. In the case of Debra Messing, who is...
The Breakin’ DVD Collection
January 23, 2006
It’s time to put your headband and parachute pants on and break out those Grandmaster Flash records for the holy breakdancing trilogy of films. These movies were made pre-Gangsta rap when disputes were settled either on the dance floor or on the mic....
Beautiful Girls
January 21, 2006
There is something about turning 30 that makes one re-evaluate their life. It is that time when you are forced to grow up, find direction, settle down and become an adult. Beautiful Girls (1996) concerns a group of men faced with this dilemma. They have...
