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Eddie Murphy does not make "comebacks", because, according to him, he hasn't been out of the spotlight. But, following three critical and box-office flops (The Distinguished Gentleman, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Vampire in Brooklyn), Murphy is hop...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-06-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Larry Miller, ...
Nostalgia - many movies (especially sequels to long-lasting franchises) trade in it to one degree or another. Few films, however, rely on its impact as strongly as The Peanuts Movie, the first big-screen outing for Charlie Brown & friends since 1...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-11-06
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Animated
Director: Steve Martino
Cast: (voices) Noah Schnapp, Alexander Garfin, Hadley Belle Miller, ...
I have gotten a lot of e-mails lately regarding my opinions of the two latest blockbusters, Transformers and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This gives me an opportunity to address some of these comments while exploring a few "larger" ...
Three of the movies I saw on planes during my marathon 44-hours in the air during the last week of May have now reached U.S. theaters. One of the benefits of flying Singapore Air is that each passenger has his/her own personal entertainment center, ...
A look back at 2020, including the Top 10 list.
There's something daring - almost pompous - about calling a book The Great Movies, but that's precisely what Roger Ebert has done. Originally released in hardback during 2002, the volume (which is a compilation of retrospective reviews previously ...
It seems that every new comedy to arrive in theaters pushes the envelope further, daring the MPAA to give it an NC-17. Scary Movie, from the demented and very funny minds of the Wayans Brothers, becomes the latest motion picture to risk censure in...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-07-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Cast: Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, ...
Uninspired. Pointless. Lifeless. Obligatory. Those are a few of the adjectives that can be used to describe Keenen Ivory Wayans' Scary Movie 2, the profit-driven sequel to the surprise 2000 hit, Scary Movie. Like far too many follow-up motion ...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-07-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Cast: Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, ...
When the filmmakers started out two films ago, the Scary Movies were funny. Since then, it has been a rapid decline through mediocrity into near-unwatchability. Absent for this third installment are the Wayans Brothers, who are replaced by David ...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-10-24
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: David Zucker
Cast: Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Simon Rex, ...
Scary Movie 4 is better than Scary Movie 3. Writing that sentence falls into the category of damning with faint praise, because the experience of sitting through the third installment of the comedy series was as pleasant as spreading organic ferti...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-04-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: David Zucker
Cast: Anna Faris, Craig Bierko, Regina Hall, ...