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Loser *** (2000, Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Greg Kinnear) – Classic Movie Review 1500

Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari reunite in 2000 after American Pie (1999) for a softer option. Co-producer/writer/director Amy Heckerling’s movie is a mild, bitter-sweet teen romantic comedy. Biggs plays a hard-working, rural upstate hick-from-the-sticks, who comes […]

Jul, 31

Crossroads * (2002, Britney Spears, Zoë Saldana, Taryn Manning, Kim Cattrall, Justin Long) – Bad Movie 6

In director Tamra Davis’s 2002 drama, pop diva Britney Spears makes an unwise crossover to the movies, acting forlornly and singing to little effect as a girl at the crossroads of her life. The yarn […]

Jul, 13

Tammy * (2014, Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon) – Movie Review

Tammy stars Melissa McCarthy, and it’s directed by actor Ben Falcone, her husband since 2005. Enterprisingly, together the couple write their own screenplay, in which Tammy (McCarthy) crashes her car, is fired from her crappy burger joint waitress job […]

Jul, 03

Grosse Pointe Blank **** (1997, John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Hank Azaria, Alan Arkin) – Classic Movie Review 1092

Director George Armitage’s amusingly quirky, very dark 1997 comedy drama Grosse Pointe Blank stars John Cusack, who gives an outstanding performance – one of his very best – as a man reluctant to attend his […]

Apr, 14

Evolution *** (2001, David Duchovny) – Classic Movie Review 948

Director Ivan Reitman’s amiable and likeable 2001 sci-fi comedy stars Dan Aykroyd as the Arizona governor who is understandably in a bit of a tizzy: ‘My state out there is being overrun by aliens!’ A […]

Mar, 20

Ghostbusters **** (1984, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver) – Classic Movie Review 931

Who ya gonna call? Producer-director Ivan Reitman’s 1984 special effects-led sci-fi comedy blockbuster Ghostbusters was boosted to huge popular success by Ray Parker Jnr’s hit song and a great ad campaign featuring a ghost sign […]

Mar, 17

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