A lot of people regard the classic sports comedy The Longest Yard from 1974 as the greatest football comedy, if not film on the sport, of all time.
The co-director of Antz, Eric Darnell, teams up with fellow animator Tom McGrath and two comedy writers, Mark Burton and Billy Frolick, to sculpt out a story about some zoo animals who mistakenly end up being reintroduced back into the wild.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Oh wait, that's another article altogether, though given the current trend of movie audiences, that opening sentence could just as easily be used here to describe the current pattern of many movie audiences. Once upon a time, going to movies was a social and sometimes even monumental event.
Star Wars began back in 1977 and changed the way movies were made, marketed, and seen in theatres around the globe.
We have seen what happens when you bring a martial arts sensation like Jet Li to the streets of Europe. In 2001's Kiss of the Dragon, Li collaborated with producer Luc Besson for a gritty conspiracy action film.
Make no mistake, dear moviegoer, this is a Will Ferrell movie. Without him, it would be another in a long line of kids' movies hammering home a message about "it's not important if you win, as long as you have fun".
Will Ferrell is one of those comedians that if you love him, then you are addicted. You want to see everything that he does and you find yourself giggling at everything he does on screen, even the smallest.
As I sat back in a darkened movie theatre and listened to the audience around me, I began to see who were the addicts and who were the baffled. Sorry, but I am one of the baffled.
The zany new comedy, Monster-in-Law, brings forth the return of a Hollywood icon. Jane Fonda hasn't been seen in a movie in 15 years, and back then she retired.
In the world of film criticism, it doesn't get much more small-time than Butte, Montana-based film critic Jiminy Glick (Martin Short). Glick is an entertainment reporter for a local television station. Up until now his biggest claim to fame is having a local actress on his show a total of 21 times, despite not even caring for her work.
So, we all want to see Paris Hilton get stabbed.
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