Everyone likes to watch a good movie, but who likes to get caught up reading stuffy film reviews from "professional" critics? Instead check out our funny and irreverent take on some popular movies.
New Releases
I Love You, Man (2009)
- Director: John Hamburg
- Cast: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, J.K. Simmons
- Awards: None
After proposing to his girlfriend, Peter Klaven realizes he has no one to act as his best man. Through a series of "man-dates," he finds Sydney Fife, and the pair become instant friends. But as Peter's "bro-mance" with Sydney grows stronger, it threatens his relationship with his fiancee forcing Peter to make a choice.
Coraline (2009)
- Directed by Henry Selick
- Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher
- Awards: None
Coraline is a young girl whose parents are very busy with their careers. They move to a new house where she discovers a secret portal to an alternate world with doting parents who have buttons for eyes. But as the trailer tagline warns, be careful what you wish for.
Comedy
Tropic Thunder (2008)
- Director: Ben Stiller
- Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Tom Cruise
- Awards: Oscar- Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
A comedic movie about filming a Vietnam war movie with a dysfunctional cast and crew. Filming on scene in Southeast Asia the cast find themselves attacked by local drug dealers.
Anchorman (2004)
- Director: Adam McKay
- Cast: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell, Fred Willard, Vince Vaughn
- Awards: Satellite Award, Best Original Song, and Sierra Award, Best Song
This comedy shows the sexist world of TV news in the 1970s when Ron Burgundy, the arrogant and narcissistic main anchor for the top news station in San Diego, must learn to accept a woman, Victoria Corningstone, sitting behind the news desk.
Horror
1408 (2007)
- Director: Mikael Hafstrom
- Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson and Mary McCormack
- Awards: Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film, Nominated for the Teen Choice Award in the Horror/Thriller category.
A skeptic author who debunks stories of haunted places checks into room 1408 at New York City's Dolphin Hotel and isn't there long before strange things start happening.
Quarantine (2008)
- Director: Adam McKay
- Cast: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech, Columbus Short
- Awards: None
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Musicals
Chicago (2002)
- Director: Rob Marshall
- Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger
- Awards: Won six oscars for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound
Set in Chicago in the 20's, two ladies who dream of becoming stares kill their husbands in rage. Soon the murderesses find themselves in jail but use performances and drama to gain popularity and fame and try to escape jail.
Sweeney Todd (2007)
- Director: Tim Burton
- Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Sacha Baron Cohen
- Awards: Won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Art Direction
This musical is based on the English legend of a barber who murders his customers and a woman who bakes them into pies. The characters are all intertwined in the meaty plot of revenge. Tim Burton's film brings the Broadway version to the big screen.
Some more of our favorites:
- Goodburger
- The Sandlot
- Space Jam
- 3 Ninjas
- The Mighty Ducks
- Casablanca (1942)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- The King and I (1956)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- City of God (Portuguese)
- Life is Beautiful (Italian)
- Blame it on Fidel (French)
- Belle Epoque (Spanish)
- The Motorcycle Diaries (Spanish)
- Independence Day
- The Patriot
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Apollo 13
- Mr. Smith Goes To Washington